Bike, Hike, and Paddle

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From January of 1996 to October of 2008, this site was called "Chuck's Backpacking Bonanza" and was hosted on AOL until they ceased such hosting. Over the years, I expanded the site to include much more than only backpacking, so the name is now Bike, Hike, and Paddle. Enjoy my efforts!
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Saturday, October 4, 2008

My Backpacking Locations


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.
wildernessinspector at gmail dot com

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
Kesugi Ridge Trail in Denali State Park 2004 (with photos)
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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