Join the expert guides of Go Wild on these 3 night / 4 day excursions into Oregon's largest wilderness. These group trips are fantastic wilderness adventures for first-timers and seasoned experts alike. During your trek, dine on hyper-local elevated backpacking meals, sip on craft signature cocktails, explore incredible alpine lakes and vistas, and try your hand at one of many custom activities: fly fishing, hatchet throwing, foraging lessons, star gazing, and more.

Expect to carry a backpack weighing close to ~40lbs, including all of your own gear plus a portion of camp food. Daily hike distances range from 5-10 miles and up to 1500' elevation gain. Hike hard, play (and eat) harder!

What's Backcountry Banquet?

We've engineered these backpacking trips so that camp on your final night falls at the same location as our mule-based trips running at the same time. Waltz into a fancy basecamp for your final night to meet a new group of friends and enjoy a new level of gourmet camp food and cocktails made possible by our fuzzy mule friends. That's what we call ending a trip with a bang! 

Hike Destinations & Difficulties:

July 15-18-----Eagle Cap Wilderness | Medium | 5-7 miles and up to 1500' elevation gain per day

July 23-26----Eagle Cap Wilderness | Medium | 5-7 miles and up to 1500' elevation gain per day

August 13-16--Elkhorn Crest Trail | Difficult | Total 27 miles, avg daily gain 1200', one day of 11 miles (includes shuttle fee)

August 20-23-Elkhorn Crest Trail | Difficult | Total 27 miles, avg daily gain 1200', one day of 11 miles (includes shuttle fee).

• Local, professional, naturalist guides from Go Wild
• All meals, including coffee service and cocktails, excluding lunches
• Backpacking gear as need- tents, backpacks, pads, group gear, kitchen, etc. (excluding sleeping bags)
  • we'll send you a packing list upon booking
  • A note on tents: for non-solo travelers, let us know if you would like to / can share. This decreases our impact on the land.
• Camp games, activities- we are professional wilderness fun facilitators
• Backcountry Banquet- enjoy even more gourmet fare on your final night in the woods. 
• Professional photographer & download link to photos
• Meet & greet evening before
• Endless adventure, new friends, an experience of a lifetime

• lunches
• transportation to and from Eastern Oregon
  • for a small fee we can provide transportation from PDT (Pendleton, OR ~45min) or BOI (Boise, ID ~2hrs)
• lodging before / after wilderness trip
  • contact us for local recommendations
• sleeping bag (Big Agnes Synthetic Down sleeping bag rentals for $40/person cleaning fee)
• other items not borrowed from Go Wild

• SIMPLE & ELEVATED: leave logistics, trip planning, safety, local  knowledge, and gear considerations to us. We'll craft a trip worth  remembering. These are great introductory backpacking trips. 
   
• DINE: We've taken great lengths to develop an uber-elevated backpacking menu that will leave you satisfied and tickled too.
   
• LEARN: valuable backpacking & wilderness skills, naturalist ecological and  cultural interpretation, guided fly fishing and more
   
• ALL GEAR INCLUDED: No need to drop big bucks at REI, we have everything to make your backcountry trip simple and comfortable
   
• DISCONNECT: explore Oregon's largest wilderness free of distractions with local professional guides. There's no cell service here.