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Three days in one of the most remote communities in the country. No road reaches it. You ride the Lady of the Lake fifty miles up a fjord to get there, see Rainbow Falls, eat at the bakery everyone talks about, and walk up the valley toward Agnes Gorge.

https://exploroff.com/itineraries/stehekin-washington

Four days deep in the Boundary Waters. Paddle a lake, portage the canoe, paddle the next one, camp where the loons are. Quota permits are limited by entry point and the good ones go in January, so that booking is the whole trip.

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Three days in Bergen. Bryggen, the funicular up Mount Fløyen, the Fish Market, then the classic day loop out on the Flåm Railway and a cruise through the Nærøyfjord. It rains about 240 days a year, so plan for it rather than around it.

https://exploroff.com/itineraries/things-to-do-in-bergen-norway

Five days on the Lost Coast, the stretch of California too rugged for a highway. Mattole Beach to Black Sands, soft sand and cobble, and three sections impassable at high water. The tide table sets your day, not your legs. Permits come through Recreation.gov.

https://exploroff.com/itineraries/lost-coast-backpacking-california

Three days on the Mississippi barrier islands. Ferry out to West Ship Island and Fort Massachusetts, then a boat-in wilderness camp on Horn Island with nobody else on it. Bring everything, including water.

https://exploroff.com/itineraries/gulf-islands-national-seashore-weekend

Five days backpacking the Guadalupes. Summit Guadalupe Peak at 8,751 feet, the highest point in Texas, cross the high country to Tejas, then drop down through McKittrick Canyon. There is no water up there, so you carry every litre.

https://exploroff.com/itineraries/guadalupe-mountains-texas-hike

Ten days across Georgia, mountains to the sea. Backpack the Appalachian Trail from Springer Mountain, raft the Chattooga, kayak the Okefenokee, then camp wild on Cumberland Island with the horses. Four completely different trips in one loop.

https://exploroff.com/itineraries/georgia-10-day-outdoor-circuit

Ten days in the largest contiguous wilderness in the lower 48. Whitewater on the Main Salmon from Corn Creek, a backpack into the Bighorn Crags to Ship Island Lake, and a bush plane back to Salmon. There are no roads in there.

https://exploroff.com/itineraries/frank-church-river-no-return

Five days and thirty miles through Big Cypress, from the Oasis Visitor Center to I-75. You wade cypress strands and wet prairie most of the way, which is exactly the point. Dry season only, December to March.

https://exploroff.com/itineraries/florida-trail-backpacking

Three days paddling the Wilderness Waterway out of Everglades City, sleeping on chickees at Sunday Bay and Sweetwater Bay. A chickee is a wooden platform over open water with no land anywhere near it. Go December to March.

https://exploroff.com/itineraries/everglades-kayaking-weekend