Backpacking · 4 days
Yosemite Half Dome Backpacking Trip: Mono Meadows
- Yosemite National Park, California
- Small group, up to 8
$1,895from / person
Trip style
Backpacking
Nights on the trail with a permit, a pack and a guide who has walked it before. The strongest thing this operator does, and the hardest to buy anywhere else.
Backpacking · 4 days
Yosemite Half Dome Backpacking Trip: Happy Isles
- Yosemite National Park, California
- Small group, up to 8
$1,895from / person
Backpacking · 5 days
Yosemite Tuolumne River Guided Backpacking Trip
- Yosemite National Park, California
- Small group, up to 8
$2,095from / person
Backpacking · 6 days
Yosemite Half Dome Backpacking Trip: Cathedral Lakes
- Yosemite National Park, California
- Small group, up to 8
$2,295from / person
Backpacking · 4 days
Grand Canyon Backpacking (Escalante Route) 4 Days
Bryce → Grand Canyon National Park
- Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, Colorado
- Small group, up to 11
$2,449from / person
Backpacking · 4 days
Yosemite Ten Lakes Backpacking Trip
- Yosemite National Park, California
- Small group, up to 8
$2,699from / person
Backpacking · 4 days
Rocky Mountain National Park Backpacking Trip
- Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
- Small group, up to 8
$2,699from / person
What a backpacking trip is
A guided backpacking trip is the one thing on this catalogue that cannot be bought as a self-drive itinerary: the permits are held by the operator, the route is one a guide has walked before, and the group carries what it needs for the nights out.
Most of these run four to six days. Group cooking, a shared route plan and a guide who has the permit are what you are paying for — the alternative is a lottery entry and your own logistics.
They are the hardest trips here physically. Expect full days on the trail with a loaded pack at altitude, and read the activity level on each one rather than assuming they are equivalent; the difference between the Yosemite routes is real.