10 Favorite Images From 2013 Adventures
By Michael Lanza After plowing through several thousand photos taken over the course of about 15 trips last year, I selected the following 10 that represent, for me, either the essence of each...
View ArticleHead in the Clouds: Thinking About Wilderness On a Big Dayhike In Idaho’s...
By Michael Lanza We gaze up at a wall of shattered, crumbling gray and white rock rising several hundred feet above us, a barrier of cliffs separated by severely steep gullies of loose stones. The...
View ArticleAsk Me: What Backpacking Trip Do You Recommend in Idaho’s White Cloud Mountains?
[Note: This is a combined response to two similar questions from readers.] Michael, Your spectacular photos of Castle Peak and the White Cloud Mountains have inspired us to take a backpacking trip...
View ArticleAsk Me: Dayhikes and Backpacking Trips in Idaho’s Sawtooth and White Cloud...
Hi Michael, I appreciate your generosity in offering to help with planning for our upcoming Idaho trip. We’re looking to do a few things. Primarily, we’ll be dayhiking, but we’re also planning on at...
View ArticleExtreme Hiking: America’s Best Hard Dayhikes
By Michael Lanza Imagine this: You’re heading out on a long, beautiful hike deep in the backcountry, but instead of a full backpack, you carry a light daypack. You’ve avoided hassles with getting a...
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