I've backpacked these 52 locations and would recommend most of them. Some are great for beginners, others moderate in difficulty, and some just plain tough. However, rather than attempt to rank them, it would be best if you contact me regarding a specific area, since many factors enter into such a ranking.
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Please note: Many of these posts are from the 1990s when the Internet was in its infancy. The information remains mostly accurate and the photos are all mine and taken on the actual trails. But the file size and resolution of the photos may be poor since they were uploaded via slow telephone modem after scanning on early generation scanners. You will still get a taste of what I saw as I backpacked.
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Alaska
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Alaska
- Arizona
- Grand Canyon National Park (with photos organized by trail) 1985, 1989 (and rafted canyon 1999)
Havasu Canyon/Grand Canyon West (with photos) 2001
- Superstition Wilderness in the Tonto National Forest (with photos) 2002
Canyon de Chelly National Monument (2008)
- Arkansas
- Buffalo River National Trail 1999, 2002
- Ozark Highlands Trail in the Ozark National Forest (with photos) 1997
- Colorado
- Mount Zirkel Wilderness in the Routt National Forest (with photos)1987, 1990
- The Colorado Trail (with photos) 2001
- Uncompahgre/Big Blue Wilderness in the Uncompahgre National Forest (with photos)1989, 1993, 1994
- Weminuche Wilderness in the San Juan National Forest (Valecito, Johnson Creek, Chicago Basin, Purgatory 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1999 (also)
Weminuche's Squaw Pass, Squaw Lake, Squaw Creek Trails to the CDT
- Idaho
- Targhee National Forest/Jedediah Smith Wilderness (with photos) 1998
- Illinois
- Sand Ridge State Forest (with photos) 1998
- Shawnee National Forest 1992
- Indiana
- Hoosier National Forest (with photos) 2003
- Kentucky
- Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area (with photos) 2000
- Land Between the Lakes (with photos) 1996
- Mammoth Cave National Park (with photos) 2001
- Pine Mountain Trail (with photos) 2002
- Red River Gorge (with photos) 2007
- Michigan
- Bay de Noc - Grand Island Trail in the Hiawatha National Forest (with photos) 2001
- Isle Royale National Park in Lake Superior (with photos of island and moose) 1993, 1995
North Manitou Island/Sleeping Bear Dunes Natl Lakeshore (with photos) 2009
- Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (including neighboring Grand Island) (with photos) 1996
- Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park (with photos) 1992
- Sylvania Wilderness in the Ottawa National Forest (with photos) 1992
- Minnesota
- Superior Hiking Trail in the Superior National Forest (with photos) 1996
- Missouri
- Mark Twain National Forest / The Berryman Trail (with photos) 1997
- Montana
- Gallatin National Forest/Lee Metcalf Wilderness (with photos) 1998
Glacier/Waterton National Park (with photos) 1997
Bob Marshall Wilderness in the Flathead National Forest (with photos) 1997
New Hampshire - Pemigewasset Wilderness in the White Mountain National Forest (with photos) 1995
- New Mexico
- Pecos Wilderness in the Santa Fe National Forest (with photos) 1989, 1991
- North Carolina
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (with photos) 1995
- Lake Watagua segment of the Appalachian Trail (2006)
- South Dakota
- Black Hills National Forest/Black Elk Wilderness (with photos) 1997
- Tennessee
- Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area (with photos) 2000
- Cherokee National Forest (with photos) 1998
Cumberland Trail (with photos) 2002
- Land Between the Lakes (with photos) 1996
- (Great) Smoky Mountains National Park (with photos) 1995
- Utah
- Bryce National Park (with photos) 1999
- Manti-LaSal National Forest 1999
- High Uintas Wilderness in the Ashley and Wasatch-Cache National Forests(with photos) 1990
- Zion National Park (with photos) 1999
- Virginia
- Mt. Rogers National Recreation Area (Jefferson National Forest) 2003
- Pine Mountain Trail (with photos) 2002
- Washington
Olympic National Park (with photos) 2000
- Pinchot National Forest - Goat Rocks Wilderness (with photos) 2004
- Wisconsin
- Kettle Moraine State Forest -- Ice Age Trail (with photos) 2000
- Chequamegon National Forest (with photos) 1996
- Wyoming
- Grand Teton National Park (with photos) 2000
- Targhee National Forest/Jedediah Smith Wilderness (with photos) 1998
- Wind River Range/Bridger-Teton National Forest/Bridger Wilderness (with photos) 1998
Yellowstone National Park (with photos) 1997
You can get buried in Worries of the world, But you can never Get too deep For the woods.
--Ollie Olsen--
This is a perpetually unfinished work as every year I discover new favorites.
May it ever be so!
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