4 Bucket List Backpacking Trips in National Parks
Using Shared Folders in onX Backcountry simplifies the process of planning backpacking trips and sharing them with your companions. With Shared Folders, you can effortlessly organize and manage all aspects of your adventure. To illustrate, we have curated four bucket list backpacking trips in national parks, demonstrating how to use waypoints to mark potential campsites, the route builder tool to calculate distance and elevation, and a variety of other tools essential for crafting your custom adventure. Whether you’re a seasoned backpacker or a novice explorer, onX Backcountry provides everything you need to plan ahead for your next backpacking trip.
Yellowstone National Park
Boundary Creek – Dunanda Falls
Cross the heart of beautiful Bechler Meadows and explore spectacular 150-foot Dunanda Falls. This backpack trip requires overnight permits. Advance reservations are available at Recreation.gov during the Early Access Lottery and General On-Sale period. Securing a permit is as competitive as it is worthwhile.
- Remote, classic Yellowstone setting
- Hot Springs
- Waterfalls
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Yosemite National Park
Tuolumne Meadows to Yosemite Valley
There is no other national park quite like Yosemite, and there is no better way to really see its spectacular scenery than by trekking your way into the valley. This trail starts at Tuolumne Meadows along a section of the Pacific Crest Trail and weaves through a number of trails in the park with a net elevation gain of 6,620 feet. You won’t be short on alpine lakes, mountain streams, and a plethora of wildlife. Permits and bear canisters are required for all these backpacking trips in the national parks.
- A one-way through hike
- Classic Yosemite setting
- Nearby summit hikes
- Historic areas along the way
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Kings Canyon National Park
Rae Lakes Loop Backpack Trip
One of the most popular backpacking loops in all of the Sierras, this epic journey starts out journeying up a canyon and makes its way towards one of the most scenic and stunning areas in the High Sierras, if not all of California.
- A lollipop loop
- Incredible views and setting
- Spur options for summits and lakes
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Sequoia National Park
Glacier Pass, Sawtooth Pass and Big Five Lakes Backpacking Trip
The Mineral King area of California’s Sequoia National Park provides hiking access to some of the most spectacular high country in the southern Sierra. It is well worth enduring the poorly maintained, 25-mile Mineral King Road to access this subalpine glacial valley; you will not be disappointed. There are several day and multi-day backcountry hiking loop options available from the Mineral King Valley. Hiking the Glacier Pass to Sawtooth Pass Loop via Big Five Lakes qualifies at the top of this list. If you are interested in a loop that is approximately 27 miles long and blends cross-country route finding and on-trail travel, stunning alpine landscape, and high Sierra lake fishing, this hike is for you.
- Old growth forests
- Wildflowers
- Fishing
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