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Planning Your First Backpacking Trip Out West

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Jun 23, 2015 at 10:00 pm #1330161

Stephanie Jordan
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@maia
Locale: Rocky Mountains

Companion forum thread to:

Planning Your First Backpacking Trip Out West

Jun 24, 2015 at 4:04 am #2209567

James Marco
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@jamesdmarco
Locale: Finger Lakes

David, I am going to bookmark this article for sure! Thanks!

Jun 24, 2015 at 7:25 am #2209598

Ben C
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@alexdrewreed
Locale: Kentucky

Nice article that hits your target audience just right. Thanks for taking the time to put this together.

Jun 24, 2015 at 9:27 am #2209630

Chris Bruce
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@lonepalm
Locale: Central Florida

David,

Thank you for this article. I am in beginning stages of planning a week long trip for next year(thinking either summer or fall) and you have really helped narrow it down with this. Great job!

Chris

Jun 29, 2015 at 1:35 pm #2210964

Stillalive
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@asterias
Locale: quebec

Great as usual thx you

Jun 29, 2015 at 7:10 pm #2211064

David Chenault
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@davec
Locale: Queen City, MT

Thanks everyone.

I had coffee with a new-to-Montana person last week, and talking to her about the logistics of backcountry permits in Glacier got me thinking about how tough it can be for neophytes to do the big national parks in the summer. If you don't have previous knowledge the logistics of even little things can get very frustrating, which seems to put lots of folks off. I think this is unfortunate, as usually fairly minor alterations in planning can make these issues mostly go away.

Jul 3, 2015 at 12:52 am #2211863

Doug Knox
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@dsknox328hotmail-com

Thank you David for taking the time to put this article together and share. Perfect timing, as I'm heading to CA in Sept for my first BP trip in the West.

Sep 12, 2015 at 9:38 am #2226320

Darrow Kirkpatrick
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@dkirkpatrick
Locale: Northern NM/Southern CO

Thanks David. This is an excellent overview of the possibilities out west. The summaries for each area distill a lot of helpful, real-world experience. As a transplanted easterner, just finishing my 2nd season out here, I really appreciate it!
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