Trip Planning Tutorial: Join us March 6

Join Andrew and I on March 6 for another tutorial livestream. The focus of this conversation is a deep dive on how to plan a backpacking trip.

Join us on March 6 at 6:00pm MT here.

Topic covered will include:

Why trip planning mattersDefining trip parameters: where, when, with who, and why?How to research likely conditions, such as temperature and bug pressureHow to select gearPlanning an itineraryFood and resupply planningCreating and collecting navigational resourcesAssessing and gaining the appropriate skills and fitnessCompleting a final systems check

Andrew draws from experience planning lengthy expeditions like the:

Alaska-Yukon Expedition (6 months, 4,700 miles),Great Western Loop (7 months, 6,875 miles), and theSea-to-Sea Route (11 months, 7,775 miles).

And Katie from planning trips, such as:

backpacking the length of the Grand Canyon,hiking an 800-mile off-trail loop in the Great Basin of Nevada, and traversing the Sangre de Cristo range.Questions?

If you would like to submit a question for this event, complete this form. Or leave a comment below. During the broadcasts we try to answer all questions received.

The post Trip Planning Tutorial: Join us March 6 appeared first on Andrew Skurka.