Utah Backpacking

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Backpacking Utah’s Slickrock Canyon Country is unlike exploring any other landscape on Earth; it is an unbelievably colorful region of deep red-walled canyons with clear streams flanked by a lush growth of willow and cottonwood. There are slot canyons and ancient Indian ruins, too. It is spectacular! Above the canyons are high, wide-open mesas of sprawling “slickrock” sandstone, plus sandstone domes, sand dunes, arches and many other spectacular geologic features. Open woodlands of juniper and pinyon provide additional greenery, and from these mesas you can see forever! Backpacking in Utah with Big Wild is a truly unique experience.

Big Wild Adventures has been organizing and leading some of the best Utah backpacking trips into the canyon country wilderness for over three decades. Join us in the big wilds of Canyonlands National Park, the Escalante Canyons and the Utah Grand Staircase backcountry of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. By the way, the Grand Staircase trip is one of our more rugged and remote Utah backpacking trips. The Utah backcountry is among the most exciting and primeval landscapes on Earth!