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• Skurka Adventures // Expert instruction & wilderness expeditions

  Level up your skills & adventure Apply now for our 2026 trips Learn more Our program Schedule & Availability We offer trips in four locations, each in a prime season: southern Utah in late-April and e...

• Gear Lists, Check Lists, and Templates

  Authoritative, comprehensive, and experience-based lists + templates for backpacking, running, hunting, and skiing.

• Beginner backpackers: Start here || Advice, info, tips & resources

  New to backpacking? Start here. Critical information, valuable tools, and trustworthy resources.

• Online course: Plan Like A Pro - Andrew Skurka

  Update (February 8, 2023): Plan Like A Pro courses will not be offered in spring 2023, so that I can focus primarily on the guided trip program. I hope to relaunch PLAP in the future, likely with more...

• Andrew Skurka // Adventurer, Guide, Speaker, Writer

  Andrew Skurka is an accomplished adventure athlete, speaker, guide, and writer. The 40-year-old is most well known for his solo long-distance backpacking trips. He is the author of The Ultimate Hiker'...

• About Andrew Skurka - Andrew Skurka

  I’m a 41-year-old adventure athlete, guide, and writer, and live in Boulder, Colo. with my wife Amanda and two feline fur children, Esmerelda and Luxor. As a twenty-something I was a prolific long-dis...