Wilderness Trekking School

WS1-LWB provides an introduction to lightweight backpacking philosophy, techniques, and gear (3 days).

In partnership with Montana Council BSA, Backpacking Light offers this program exclusively for registered BSA leaders and high adventure staff.

In partnership with Montana Council BSA, Backpacking Light offers this program exclusively for registered BSA leaders and high adventure staff.

Gear notes and more from a trek in the Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness in late October and early November, 2012. Read More...

Our seasoned crew decided early on a mostly off-trail trip on a high route through the Teton Range. With no navigational resources but map and compass, we planned to formulate our route day by day as we progressed north to south through mountains. Read More...

The stated goal wasn't to make everything else a little bland, but this trip was beyond the pale. And yes, everything else IS just a little bland afterwards. Read More...

I got less - and more - than I bargained for. Read More...

I was perfectly content to let others do all the lightweight lifting, but at the first chance of a packrafting class (learning to play without buying the gear!), I jumped... and pulled my husband, Rob, with me. Read More...

The summer of 2008 got Backpacking Light's Wilderness Trekking School off to a great start. We ran three trips in three wildly different locations: Northern Rockies, Pacific Northwest, and Desert Southwest. Each allowed for a unique experience and permitted us to focus on the core curriculum of the Wilderness Trekking format. Read More...

WS1-IPR provides an introduction to flatwater and Class I-II river packrafting philosophy, techniques, and gear (3 days).

Backpacking Light's Wilderness Trekking School Photo Essay. Read More...

The gear chosen by the Wilderness Trekking III course participants and leaders Read More...

BPL members and staff trek - off trails and off maps - through the snowy Beartooth Mountains Read More...