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Backcountry

Backcountry

The same outfitters, the other half of the year. Pack trips into the Selway, whitewater on the Lower Salmon, canoe country down the Rio Grande's Lower Canyons. Horses, rafts, and boots, from a few days to two weeks out.

19 trips

Riders and a loaded pack string stopped on a timbered ridge, peaks behind

Sawtooth Wilderness Pack Trip, Grandjean

Anywhere you want to go, on their horses, with a three-day minimum

From $425/person/day · 3+ days

Sawtooth Wilderness, Idaho — out of Grandjean

Wide overlook down a desert canyon to a green stretch of river

Big Bend Backpacking & Supported Trekking

Carry it yourself or let camp meet you, from a beginner overnight to the Big Bend 100

From $180/person/day

Big Bend Ranch State Park and Big Bend National Park, Texas

Floatplane moored at a lake shore below the mountains

The Essentials Alaska Package, Kenai Peninsula

The broadest week Alaska has to offer, from a glamping resort on the Kenai River

From $575/person · 1–7 days

Soldotna and the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Riders and pack mules on a high open ridge among dead snags, ranges beyond

Selway Wilderness Summer Pack Trip

Horseback into high mountain lake country, built around whatever you want out of it

Price on request

Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, Idaho

Wall-tent camp in a green meadow, woodsmoke rising, guests talking

Hunting & Wilderness School, Selway-Bitterroot

Six days of elk-country fieldcraft, built for the hunter who goes unguided

From $2,400/person · 6 days

Kit Carson Basecamp, Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, Idaho

Rafts and paddlers on the Grande Ronde below timbered slopes

Grande Ronde Wild & Scenic Rafting

Forty miles of roadless canyon, splash without the fear

From $995/person · 3 days

Minam, Wallowa River, Oregon

Whitewater rapid running below a tall limestone cliff line

The Lower Canyons Expedition, Rio Grande

Eighty-three miles of Wild and Scenic wilderness where you may not see another paddler

From $325/person/day · 7–14 days

The Lower Canyons, Rio Grande Wild & Scenic River, Texas

Three brown bears on a gravel bar with a floatplane moored behind

Wildlife & Scenery Package, Kenai Peninsula

For everyone who came to Alaska for the bears, the fjords and the glaciers, not the fish

From $550/person · 1–7 days

Soldotna and the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Loaded pack mule working up a forest trail

Mule Packing School, Selway-Bitterroot

Six days learning to run your own string, ending with a pack trip into the wilderness

From $2,400/person · 6 days

Kit Carson Basecamp, Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, Idaho

Rafts and guests gathered against a canyon wall on still water

Lower Salmon Guided Rafting

White sand beaches and big water, Idaho style

From $1,685/person · 4 days

Lower Salmon River, Idaho

Loaded red canoe on cobbles below a canyon narrows

Mariscal Canyon Float, Rio Grande

The most remote and least paddled canyon in Big Bend National Park

From $325/person/day · 2–3 days

Mariscal Canyon, Big Bend National Park, Texas

Tray of plated appetizers garnished with cilantro

Wine & Food on the Snake River, Hells Canyon

Thrilling whitewater by day, glamping by night

From $2,150/person · 4 days

Hells Canyon, Snake River, Oregon

Canyon walls and their reflection with a canoe bow in the foreground

Boquillas Canyon Float, Rio Grande

Thirty-three miles of Wild and Scenic river through the Caballo Muerto Mountains

From $325/person/day · 3–6 days

Boquillas Canyon, Big Bend National Park, Texas

Camp griddle of vegetables on the riverbank, guests at the water behind

Wine & Food on the Wallowa & Grande Ronde

Paddle by day, chef-prepared feast by night

From $1,495/person · 3 days

Minam, Wallowa River, Oregon

Sunset over limestone benches and a still green pool

Lower Pecos Canoe Expedition

One of the last wild places in Texas, and one of the hardest to get down

From $425/person/day · 3–8 days

Lower Pecos River, Val Verde County, Texas

Beach camp of tents and rafts on a sandbar, seen from above

Wine & Food on the Salmon River

A multi-course dinner on a white sand beach

From $1,995/person · 4 days

Lower Salmon River, Idaho

Aerial of a limestone mesa and cliff line with the river below

Temple Canyon Canoe Camp, Rio Grande

One night on a sand beach under towering limestone, built for families

From $325/person/day · 2–3 days

Temple Canyon, Rio Grande, Texas

Blue raft beached on cobbles in Hells Canyon

Snake River Rafting, Hells Canyon

Big water through the deepest gorge in North America

From $1,495/person · 4–5 days

Hells Canyon, Snake River, Oregon

Sunlit canyon walls narrowing over dark water in Santa Elena

Santa Elena Canyon Float, Rio Grande

Limestone walls 1,500 feet overhead on the Big Bend's most popular canyon float

From $325/person/day · 2–4 days

Santa Elena Canyon, Rio Grande, Big Bend, Texas