Utah Hiking and Backpacking Travel Guide

Utah Hiking and Backpacking Travel Guide

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  • Camping
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Top Hiking and Backpacking Destinations In Utah

• Brian Head, UT
  
• Arches National Park, UT
  
• Canyonlands National Park, UT
  
• Moab, UT
  
• Bryce Canyon National Park, UT
  
• Capitol Reef National Park, UT
  
• Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, UT
  
• High Uintas Wilderness, UT
  
• Natural Bridges National Monument, UT
  
• Wasatch-Cache National Forests, UT
  
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Travel Guides In Utah

• Antelope Island State Park, UT
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
• Brian Head, UT
  • Active and Adventure Guide
• Salt Lake City, UT
  • Family Guide
• Arches National Park, UT
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
  • Family Guide
  • Active and Adventure Guide
• Canyonlands National Park, UT
  • Active and Adventure Guide
  • Parks and Outdoors Guide
  • Family Guide
• Moab, UT
  • Active and Adventure Guide
• Park City, UT
• Provo, UT
• St. George, UT
• Alta, UT

Mountain West Hiking and Backpacking States/Provinces

• Colorado
• Idaho
• Montana
• Utah
• Wyoming

Active and Adventure Travel Destinations

• Mid-Atlantic
  • Maryland
  • New Jersey
  • Pennsylvania
  • West Virginia
• Midwest
  • Indiana
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • South Dakota
  • Wisconsin
• Mountain West
  • Colorado
  • Idaho
  • Montana
  • Utah
  • Wyoming
• Northeast
  • Maine
  • Massachusetts
  • New Hampshire
  • New York
  • Vermont
• Pacific Coast
  • Alaska
  • California
  • Hawaii
  • Oregon
  • Washington
• Southeast
  • Alabama
  • Arkansas
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Kentucky
  • Louisiana
  • Mississippi
  • North Carolina
  • Tennessee
  • Virginia
• Southwest
  • Arizona
  • Nevada
  • New Mexico
  • Texas

Fisher Towers at twilight, Moab, Utah (Corbis)

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• Photos
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• Practical Advice
• Adventure Trips
• Gear
• Fitness
• Attractions
• Hotels

Top Hiking and Backpacking Destinations	Related Travel Guides	Find Hotels
Arches National Park		Hotels
Canyonlands National Park		Hotels
Bryce Canyon National Park		Hotels
Capitol Reef National Park		Hotels
Zion National Park		Hotels
Moab		Hotels
Brian Head		Hotels
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument		Hotels
High Uintas Wilderness		Hotels
Natural Bridges National Monument		Hotels

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Feature Articles

• Desert Escapes
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  Utah Canyons
• Deep Impact: Canyoneering in Utah's Zion National Park
  Over Your Head and Hanging From a Rope in Search of the Unfound
• Driving to Distraction
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  UTAH: The Canyons of Zion and Escalante
• Dives and Drives
  Southwestern Swimholes: Head out west for monster dives and better sun
• Heyduke Hike
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  An 812-mile effort to revive the spirit, if not the tactics, of the West's most notorious monkey-wrencher

Trip Ideas

• Into the Guts of Canyonlands National Park
  
• Rafting Lodore Canyon in Utah's Dinosaur National Monument
  

Practical Advice

• Adventure Travel 101
  GORPTravel’s Kate Tucker and Linda Long answer our burning questions about the tao of adventure travel
• Day Hiking: A Packing List
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• Backpacking: A Packing List
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• GORP - Recovering from a Dislocated Joint - Dislocated Joints in the Backcountry
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• GORP - Dislocated Knee - Dislocated Joints in the Backcountry
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GORPtravel Adventure Trips & Guided Tours

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  Utah & Arizona - The Grand Canyon, Bryce & Zion
  Boundless Journeys
  from $2795, 6 days
  Hiking through colorful canyons and tall spires of rock in Grand Canyon, Bryce, and Zion National Parks. Evenings bring star-filled skies, cowboy poetry, and hearty southwestern cuisine. ......
  
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  Canyonlands-Escalante Hiker
  The World Outdoors
  from $2598, 6 days
  Forming a bizarre and surreal landscape, the canyons of Utah's Color Country make up one of the West's most fascinating geologic wonderlands....
  
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  Arches National Park Hike & Scenic Tour - 1-Day Adventure
  Moab Adventure Center
  from $75, 1 days
  Moab's must-do hike is the maze-like Fiery Furnace in Arches National Park. Accessed only when accompanied by an experienced guide, this hike twists...
  
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  Colorado & Utah: Mesa Verde, Arches & Canyonlands
  Country Walkers
  from $2498, 6 days
  Walking in this breathtaking region of canyon cliffs and fascinating rock formations is like entering an otherworldly sanctuary - one where eons of...
  
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  Utah - Canyonlands and Arches Hiker
  Timberline Adventures
  from $1895, 6 days
  Moab, Utah - mountain biking mecca of global proportions! That's the image most commonly associated with Moab. Timberline, in fact, has been staging...
  

Gear

• Osprey Exos 46 Backpack
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• Women's Hiking
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• Therm-a-Rest ProLite 3 and Trekker Chair
  The best sleeping pad and chair-maker
• The Gear You Need: Mountain Trekking in Peru
  Save for dense snow cover and crampon-required icefields, if you’re looking to outfit yourself for trekking in places like the Peruvian Andes, we’ve got the goods.
• Complete Gear Archives: Day-Hiking, Backpacking, and Trekking
  From in-depth gear review articles and Gear Guy Q&A highlights to the latest—and past—entries in Outside magazine’s award-giving Summer and Winter Buyer’s Guides, a detailed overview of all things hiking.

Fitness

• America's Best Cities: Charlotte, North Carolina
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  No. 10
• Adventure Never Felt So Good
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  Rancho La Puerta
• The Fit List -- cont.
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Attractions

Bryce Scenic Drive

Good For Hiking and Backpacking

Bryce Canyon National Park
PO Box 640201
Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah 84764-0201

Description: From the park entrance, this 18-mile road runs past 13 spectacular overlooks of Bryce Canyon. On... Read More

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Needles area

Good For Hiking and Backpacking

Utah Highway 211, Canyonlands National Park
Moab, Utah 84532

Description: The Needles district forms the southeast corner of Canyonlands and was named for the red and white... Read More

Expert Rated & Recommended

Rainbow Bridge National Monument

Good For Hiking and Backpacking

In Utah, about 50 miles by boat from either Wahweap or Bullfrog
PO Box 1507
Page , Utah 86040

Description:

Over time, a small stream cut through a rock fin to create the world's largest natural bridge, a... Read More

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PO BOX 929000
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North Campground and Sunset Campground

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