Co-ed Backpacking 101 in Montana’s Alpine Wilderness

Duration

3 days / 2 nights

About

Join us for a powerful adventure into the woods and up to pristine alpine lakes. This trip is for people who are new to backpacking, who have intermediate experience, and for those with experience but want to enjoy the backcountry in a supportive group of people. Retreat to Montana’s mountains on this backpacking trip! Over the course of three days, you’ll be immersed in the alpine wilderness around Doris Lake and Doris Peak. If you’re feeling up to it, your guides will offer stretching, meditation, and journaling time every day. Spend your days swimming in lakes and your nights warming up next to a campfire. As you’ll have all meals included and plenty of optional activities to try out, you can relax and look at this trip as a quick getaway from your everyday life!

New to backpacking and want to learn how it's done? Have a few backpacking trips under your belt and want to refine your skills? Join us and up to 9 other people for a restorative adventure into the mountains.

Itinerary

Day 1: Reach the camp and summit Doris Peak:

Hiking: 5 miles/ 8 km (2 miles to campsite, 3 miles to the peak and back) Elevation: 1,660 ft gain

Start walking through conifer woodlands of Montana’s mountains. Go through backpacking basics, from gear to setup to map reading. Once you reach your campsite for the night near the Doris Peak, set up camp and spend the rest of the afternoon however you’d like. Relax at your camp and get to know your hiking friends or go for an optional hike to the peak without your backpack (about 3 extra miles with 1000 ft of elevation gain). Your guides also offer optional guided stretching, journaling, and meditation. After a delicious dinner and a warming fire, you’ll get cozy for the night in your tents with your new tent buddy.

Day 2: Hike to Jenny Lake

Watch the sun go up with your morning cup of coffee. To kick off your morning, do some guided stretching, after which you’ll have breakfast. Go over how to break down a camp, repack your backpacks, and set off to your new campsite. Once you arrive at your next stop, there’s an option to hike to Jenny Lake (8 miles round trip). Another option is to enjoy your time at the campsite or head on another shorter guided hike—your group can split into two and pick your goals for the day. Once you all regroup at the camp, stretch, journal, and meditate. Hiking: 3-8 miles/ 5-13 km Elevation: up to 2,270 ft/ 690 m, max elevation 7,222 ft/ 2200 m

Day 3: Back to civilization

Rise and shine with more coffee and stretches. Take in your last morning swims and pack up at a leisurely pace to head out. Once back at the cars, you’ll have much deserved cool drinks and say your goodbyes.

We hope to take you on an adventure!

Throughout the entire trip, we will be practicing and teaching leave no Trace Ethics to ensure preservation of our land.

Hiking: 2 miles/ 3.2 km