I would 10000% recommend you begin backpacking in your local area before you ever fly anywhere for backpacking.
Where in Canada are you? I can give you recommendations for Ontario.
Frontenac Provincial Park is open year round, pretty easy to book, and has LOTS of well-marked loops. It's my most recommended beginner backpacking trail. All sites have bear boxes as well, and most/all sites have tent pads of some kind. Downside is lack of privacy at some sites (you share an outhouse).
Bruce Peninsula National Park is very hard to book but has two amazing backcountry campsites. You have to arrange transportation to get back or do an out and back though.
If you want to stay in Ontario and do a week-long, Killarney is one of the best. Do not recommend for your first backpacking trip. You'll want to test out your gear and your abilities on an easier and shorter trip. Hard to book. I did it in May last year and booked in December. You should also look into Lake Superior Provincial Park and my Pukasaw National Park for longer backpacking trips (again, not as your first trip).
if you are in Ontario and you are newer don’t spend money on flights and logistical hassle of flying gear or having to buy stuff when you land such as white gas stoves lighter any sort of multi tool for quick maintenance or bear spray if you are in area where that is necessary/or allowed. just drive park at a trail head and get into the woods enjoy as much as you can.
anything around Northern Georgian Bay (top 3 place on earth in my opinion)
Adirondacks
Upper Peninsula Michigan
these are some great options figuring you’d have a passport if willing to travel
Canada has so many great spots! My first backpacking was on the Long Trail in Vermont and definitely taught an inexperienced backpacker some lessons lol
It's amazing but varies between tough to get reservations for popular routes in National Parks (Rockwall, Assiniboine, Skyline, Skoki) and really wild backcountry. If you go for the second it's often trail-less, no bear- protective features, no latrines (learn to dig a very deep cathole), and just really difficult.
Skyline, Rockwall, Assiniboine, Skoki etc would be amazing though.
Sawback is a nice less popular bit of trail in the Rockies. Less instagram moments but still very pretty and easier to get reservations. Some high passes but not as tough as the elevation profile on the Rockwall. Has bear lockers and latrines.
The biking route may be different. I don’t think all sections of the GDT are bikeable.
Also don’t be confused by a long distance biking route in the US also called the great divide trail. That is a biking route kind of paralleling the US continental divide trail (CDT), but the two only share a route for tiny sections.
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Check out BC, before looking elsewhere in the world. Awesome hiking you could hike from coastal rain forests to the deserts in the interior to snowy glaciers. One great hike/bike is the KVR which is the Kettle Valley Railroad which used to be the rail link between Vancouver to the central interior [https://bestofpenticton.com/little-tunnel-kvr-trail/](https://bestofpenticton.com/little-tunnel-kvr-trail/) now a hiking/biking trail. This trail allows you to traverse a lot of terrain quickly with lots of awesome day hikes, hike in camping, hike in hotsprings, etc.
There is a great route in the big horn mountains in Wyoming. Cloud peak and bomber mountain. Bomber is the wreckage of an old war plane that crashed. It was too hard to get the wreckage out. Cloud is like 13k ft elevation.
I would 10000% recommend you begin backpacking in your local area before you ever fly anywhere for backpacking. Where in Canada are you? I can give you recommendations for Ontario.
That would be great! I am also in Ontario :)
Frontenac Provincial Park is open year round, pretty easy to book, and has LOTS of well-marked loops. It's my most recommended beginner backpacking trail. All sites have bear boxes as well, and most/all sites have tent pads of some kind. Downside is lack of privacy at some sites (you share an outhouse). Bruce Peninsula National Park is very hard to book but has two amazing backcountry campsites. You have to arrange transportation to get back or do an out and back though. If you want to stay in Ontario and do a week-long, Killarney is one of the best. Do not recommend for your first backpacking trip. You'll want to test out your gear and your abilities on an easier and shorter trip. Hard to book. I did it in May last year and booked in December. You should also look into Lake Superior Provincial Park and my Pukasaw National Park for longer backpacking trips (again, not as your first trip).
Thanks very much!
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if you are in Ontario and you are newer don’t spend money on flights and logistical hassle of flying gear or having to buy stuff when you land such as white gas stoves lighter any sort of multi tool for quick maintenance or bear spray if you are in area where that is necessary/or allowed. just drive park at a trail head and get into the woods enjoy as much as you can. anything around Northern Georgian Bay (top 3 place on earth in my opinion) Adirondacks Upper Peninsula Michigan these are some great options figuring you’d have a passport if willing to travel
Canada has so many great spots! My first backpacking was on the Long Trail in Vermont and definitely taught an inexperienced backpacker some lessons lol
Do you know any good Montreal spots?
Thank you, I will look into that one!
Something like the West Highland Way in Scotland? Easy flight, point to point, easy logistics, classic hike.
I am definitely interested in this one! Thanks for suggesting!
Also most of the way you can camp freely. Elevation is medium and you can take a few nice side-hikes to some summits.
Do a segment of the Great Divide Trail in the Canadian Rockies. It’s a world class destination in your backyard.
Cool! I know a lot of cyclists who have done it, I didn’t know it was common for hiking as well. Thanks for suggesting!
It's amazing but varies between tough to get reservations for popular routes in National Parks (Rockwall, Assiniboine, Skyline, Skoki) and really wild backcountry. If you go for the second it's often trail-less, no bear- protective features, no latrines (learn to dig a very deep cathole), and just really difficult. Skyline, Rockwall, Assiniboine, Skoki etc would be amazing though. Sawback is a nice less popular bit of trail in the Rockies. Less instagram moments but still very pretty and easier to get reservations. Some high passes but not as tough as the elevation profile on the Rockwall. Has bear lockers and latrines.
The biking route may be different. I don’t think all sections of the GDT are bikeable. Also don’t be confused by a long distance biking route in the US also called the great divide trail. That is a biking route kind of paralleling the US continental divide trail (CDT), but the two only share a route for tiny sections.
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Check out BC, before looking elsewhere in the world. Awesome hiking you could hike from coastal rain forests to the deserts in the interior to snowy glaciers. One great hike/bike is the KVR which is the Kettle Valley Railroad which used to be the rail link between Vancouver to the central interior [https://bestofpenticton.com/little-tunnel-kvr-trail/](https://bestofpenticton.com/little-tunnel-kvr-trail/) now a hiking/biking trail. This trail allows you to traverse a lot of terrain quickly with lots of awesome day hikes, hike in camping, hike in hotsprings, etc.
Olympic National Park. Dosewallips over Anderson pass to lake Quinault in mid to late summer. Great hike, way off grid, beautiful.
There is a great route in the big horn mountains in Wyoming. Cloud peak and bomber mountain. Bomber is the wreckage of an old war plane that crashed. It was too hard to get the wreckage out. Cloud is like 13k ft elevation.
Jackson Wyoming, Colorado Springs Colorado
I would love to go to Colorado - are there any particular routes you would recommend?