Backpacking Guides and Trips

I worked until 16:30 but had packed my gear the previous night. I hit the trail as quick as possible and made very good time to Hyalite Lake (3.5 mph avg). I had my tarp up, bearbag hung, and cook gear set out just as darkness fell. I awoke leisurely around 7:30 and was back in town before noon.

Date: August 12th, 2010Location: "The Beaten Path" trail from Cooke City to East Rosebud in the Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness.Participants: Ben, Dan, Mike, and Sam

October 2008, Ryan Jordan, Chris Wallace, Ryan Connelly, Sam Haraldson, and Andrew Skurka set out to traverse the Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness using only 100k topo relief maps with no trails or landmarks marked  - - just the topo relief.  We carried no watches or electronics, just compasses.  We carried no water bottles, just our cookpots.  We carried no lighters or matches, just fire strikers.  It was beautiful for the first few days...

Memorial Day Weekend overnighter with Sam, Mike, and dogs Coda and Jax.  We hiked up the river valley with the plan of camping where ever we were when we hit the snow line.  This ended up being approximately 7,500 ft elevation near a spot on the map called Crystal Cave.  We explored the cave and then found a suitable campsite a few tenths of a mile away.  Having taken part in a...

Flavor Country annual backpacking trip. Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness from Box Canyon, up, into and around the Lake Plateau and out the Upsidedown Trail. Approximately 30 miles over four days, Sept. 22 - 25, 2009.More photos of this trip available at:http://picasaweb.google.com/WOTboy

This past weekend, June 12th - 14th, our six member team consisting of four students and two instructors set out into the Gallatin Mountain Range of SW Montana to learn the principles of Lightweight Backpacking during Backpacking Light's Wilderness Trekking School course, "Wilderness Skills I, Lightweight Backpacking".BPL's course was taught by Mike Clelland! and Sam Haraldson. The four students were BPL members, Bruce, Gregg, Dave, and June. Level of experience ranged from 30 years backpacking to some without much...

My Summit Cheeseburger Project entry for Electric Peak; Yellowstone National Park; Wyoming, and Montana.

After my first season on a trail crew in Glacier National Park, my girlfriend of the time came to visit for a few nights of backpacking.  We chose to hike the 41 mile loop up the Coal Creek drainage, over Surprise Pass, and out Nyack Creek.  

View my backpacking Web site at http://samh.net/backpackingOverviewJason, Mark, Mike and Sam set out for a week of backpacking in what ended up being the worst mosquitoes any of us had ever seen. This is no understatement either as we all grew up in various parts of Minnesota which is home to some of the biggest and worst skeeters this side of Alaska. This was Jason's first backpacking trip and we were doing decent miles much to his...

I recently made a career change which has taken me away from the beautiful Arrowhead of Minnesota and placed me into the grandiose peaks and valleys of the approximately 4,000,000 acres of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Upon arriving into my new hometown of Bozeman, MT and unpacking my Subaru of my belongings I immediately dove into my new roomates map drawer to find a couple day backpacking loop to satisfy my lust to enjoy the freedom of the hills. I contemplated...