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backpacking skills

Step Up Your Trail Grub: DIY Backpacking Meals and More

February 27, 2019 By foxintheforest Last Modified: December 4, 2025

Trail food can make a lot of people pull their hair out. Pre-packaged meals are often expensive and can cost hundreds of dollars for what is essentially a salt bomb. It is quite simple to make your own backpacking meals. Trail food doesn’t need to be complicated. Here are a few DIY dehydrated backpacking meals, […]

trip plan tips for backcountry travel

How to Plan a Big Hike or Backpacking Trip

January 21, 2019 By foxintheforest Last Modified: December 4, 2025

How to write a trip plan to keep you organized and possibly save your life if something goes wrong.

aspen viewing in colorado

9 Tips for Aspen Viewing in Colorado

September 9, 2018 By foxintheforest Last Modified: December 4, 2025

Get the local scoop on how to enjoy the fall season in the Colorado Rockies.

Mountaineering slang

Avoid Gaper-Dom with These 17 Mountain Slang Terms

January 28, 2018 By foxintheforest Last Modified: January 29, 2018

Don’t sound like a gaper. Brush up on your mountain vocabulary and join the conversation.

leave no trace principals

Leave No Trace Basics

August 20, 2017 By foxintheforest Last Modified: December 4, 2025

Next time you go into the wild, use these tips to help mitigate your impact on the environment.

DIY Dog First Aid Kit for Camping and Hiking

August 19, 2016 By foxintheforest Last Modified: December 4, 2025

We finally arrived at camp right near a road. It was disappointing. I had walked all day only to find myself sleeping near a bunch of dispersed car campers. So much for feeling like I was in remote wilderness. Little did I know this save our butts next morning.

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Meg Atteberry standing on a mountain sticking her tongue out

Meg aka Fox is a 30-something who's born to explore. Toddler mom, queer, and neuro-spicy her favorite things to do are climb in the alpine and camp in the desert. Her mission is to get you out on your greatest adventure. She's been widely-published in the outdoors and even appeared on National TV talking about how to level up your outdoor skills and discover hidden hikes in the American West.

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