Slackpacker.com is designed to provide convenient access to websites with hiking and backpacking trail maps, trip reports, and photographs. It is not intended to compete with other hiking-oriented sites, rather to provide quick, organized access to those other sites. In addition, thousands of personal sites have been posted on free web servers -- only to be ignored by search engines. The purpose of slackpacker.com is to provide a way to find these pages, and make research easier for the hiker. Other sections cover activities related to hiking; please refer to the link buttons on the left hand side of this page.

Quick Links: One of our most popular and controversial articles is on our National Park Service Trivia Page. Think Yellowstone was our first National Park? Think again.
Summertime and the burnin' is easy, so bone up on what the weatherman's UV index actually means.
After Dean Potter climbed Delicate Arch, Slackpacker.com was the first to call for a boycott of Patagonia products. In the ensuing melee, Potter and Patagonia admitted that the climb was not in the best interest of the outdoor community, and apologized. So now we're cool with them.
For winter pursuits, we invite you to visit our sister website, SkierNet.com, a complete guide to ski areas, skiing technique, and equipment in the same quick-loading, easy-to-use style as slackpacker.com.