Backpacker – August 2019

JULY/AUGUST 2019
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PHOTOS BY (CLOCKWISE FROM TOP) ADAM MOWERY; LOUISA ALBANESE; NICK COTE

Skill Set

39 ADVENTURE U

LEARN TO CANOE CAMP

Glide into summer with these

paddling tips.

42 PASS/FAIL

BLISTER-FREE HIKING

Do stream crossings and wet shoes

always decimate your feet?

44 BOOT CAMP

STOP, DROP, AND ROLL

Speed post-hike recovery with a

water bottle, a ball, and these simple

massage techniques.

46 TRAIL CHEF

PEANUT BUTTER RECIPES

Discover three delicious new spins

on this trail staple.

48 TRAIL CRAFT

KNOT TYING

Master a trio of essential

backpacking knots and hitches.

50 OUT ALIVE

FLASH FLOOD

A tropical adventure turns

disastrous for one pair of hikers.

Field Test

53 SHAKEDOWN

MOUNTAINEERING BOOTS

Crush alpine objectives with

supportive and grippy footwear.

58 THE KIT

PADDLING

Get the products you need to fl oat

safely in the backcountry.

60 ROUNDUP

CANISTER STOVES

Upgrade your camp kitchen with

an ultralight cooker.

62 TRAIL MIX

Our staff ’s latest picks

14 VIEWFINDER

YOSEMITE NATIONAL

PARK , CA

Wander among Ice Age

remnants in uncrowded

Dana Meadows.

16 LIFE LIST

TIMBERLINE TRAIL, OR

Circle Mt. Hood on this

classic route.

18 INSIDER’S GUIDE

GLACIER NATIONAL

PARK , MT

Find solitude in the Crown of

the Continent with tips and

trips from a local.

20 VIEWFINDER

BLACKWATER FALLS STATE

PARK , W V

See the best of this gorge on

three hikes that go low, high,

and everywhere in-between.

22 DONE IN A DAY

FIRE TOWER HIKES

Score big views on these four

treks to lookouts.

23 THE EXPERIENCE

MAINTAINING TRAILS

Give back to the wild lands

you love by putting in some

sweat equity.

24 VIEWFINDER

NORTH CASCADES, WA

Tick off a 43-mile epic.

26 PERFECT WEEKENDS

STEP-BY-STEP GUIDES

Camp in a glacial cirque in

Sequoia National Park, trek

through a prairie 30 minutes

outside the Twin Cities, fi nd

beach solitude in New York,

and savor Olympic National

Park’s best season.

34 GEOPINION

SIGNS OF THE TIMES

Adding more trail markers to

the CDT will protect it.

In every issue

8 EDITOR’S NOTE

10 T R A I LC H AT

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