Voyageurs National Park is a water haven. Made from several waterways that once boomed from trade and travel in the early 1700’s. Voyageurs’ landscape is abundant with rocks and filled with dense woods. Woods that hug the outer edges of the northern boreal forest along with the Canadian Shield. The Canadian Shield is a massive […]
Wind Cave National Park is near the town of Hot Springs, South Dakota. The National Park is home to two different worlds. Above ground is the largest thriving natural mixed grass prairie in the US. Below ground is the world’s seventh longest cave. It’s the third longest cave in the US. At the time of […]
I combined the hike of Grotto Falls Trail with Palisade Falls Trail. About an hour drive south of Bozeman, it made for an excellent 3.5-mile afternoon hike. The Grotto Falls Trail is a heavily trafficked 2.4-mile, out and back trail that features wild flowers and a waterfall. Grotto Falls is an easy hike that is […]
Big Sky Resort is in Big Sky, Montana, 72 kilometers (45 miles) south of Bozeman on highway 191. It’s another 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of West Yellowstone. The resort is in the northern Rocky Mountains. This creates unique conditions that provide more than 400 inches of snow annually. Big Sky opened in 1973, by […]
Glacier National Park is the crown jewel of the National Park system! It’s actually the first ever International Peace Park, around the globe, sharing its borders with Waterton National Park. Half of the park is located across the northern US border, in Canada. Glacier National has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage site and a […]
Longs Peak is a relentless class 3 fourteener climb. Featured in Rocky Mountain National Park, northwest of Boulder, Colorado. It is the perfect introduction to mountaineering. Longs Peak was the most tenacious mountain that I’ve summited. This mountain is relentless, and it keeps coming through the entire climb. Longs Peak soars over Rocky Mountain […]
Triple Tree Trail is about 10 minutes south of Bozeman, Montana. This is a heavily trafficked, out and back, trail. A trail featuring various wildflowers, sweeping views of the Gallatin Valley, and wildlife. Getting here can be difficult if you don’t have a car, as no public transportation services the area. Instead, if you have […]
Craters of the Moon National Monument & Preserve is in Idaho’s front range desert. Roughly 3.5 hours southeast of Boise and only 5.5 to 6 hours west of Big Sky, Montana. Scientists and astronauts, study what the surface of the moon is like at Craters. In fact, many of the earliest American Astronauts learned geology […]
Grand Teton National Park is in the northwest corner of Wyoming and was born from a wild past. This National Park is roughly 10-miles south of Yellowstone. It includes the small town of Jackson, nestled in the valley of the Teton mountains. This National Park is easily accessed from Big Sky and Bozeman, Montanna as […]
The Shoshone Falls are roughly three miles northeast of Twin Falls, Idaho and often get referred to as ”Niagara of the west.” The falls are located in the middle of the desert in the front range plains of the Idaho mountains. The river has carved a stunning canyon, tucked away, hidden within the Idaho plains. […]
Hey! I’m Nicholas, I was born in Anchorage, Alaska but raised in Denver, Colorado. I spent my career as a bartender, but when Covid hit I knew I’d had enough. I quit my job, sold everything I own, and decided to travel the world! Join me as I backpack around the globe, hitting up bucket list destinations while discovering the hidden gems found off the beaten track!
