These days, there are endless tools available for finding hiking trails. Lucky us! Unfortunately, a lot of the crowd-sourced sites give you incomplete or out-of-date information. Wouldn’t you rather use a hiking guide written by an expert?
At Back o’ Beyond, we pride ourselves in writing in-depth guides that give you everything you need to know so you can do incredible hikes and get out there and back safely.
Most of the guides are written by me (Max) and my wife Kim. We share a mutual passion for the outdoors and fell in love while camping in the Moab desert.
In October 2019, we moved into an RV full time so we could explore the American West, doing hikes along the way.
Note: When it comes to “secret” archeological and natural sites that we feel are insufficiently protected, we don’t give explicit directions. We encourage experienced explorers to use our posts along with recommended topo maps and guidebooks to find these sacred places.
Please practice Leave No Trace principles on the trail.
Arizona
Central Arizona
Northern Arizona
- Grand Canyon Rim to Rim
- Little Black Mountain Petroglyph Site
- The Wave (Coyote Buttes North)
- Liberty Bell Arch
Sedona
- Bear Mountain
- Cathedral Rock
- Doe Mountain
- Devil’s Bridge Trail
- Fay Canyon
- Soldier Pass to Brins Mesa
- West Fork Trail
Tucson
- Agua Caliente Hill
- Arch Canyon Trail
- Babad Do’ag Trail
- Best Hikes in Tucson
- Blackett’s Ridge
- Bridal Wreath Falls
- Chiva Falls
- La Milagrosa and Agua Caliente Canyon
- Lower Tanque Verde Falls
- Molino Basin
- Mount Wrightson
- Romero Pools
- Seven Falls
- Soldier Trail
- Upper Tanque Verde Falls
California
- Andreas Canyon
- Bear Gulch Cave
- Fortynine Palms Oasis
- Pushawalla Palms Loop
- Taft Point
- Upper and Lower Lola Montez Lakes
Colorado
Montana
Glacier National Park
Great Bear Wilderness
Nevada
New Mexico
Utah
Northern Utah
Southern Utah
- Devil’s Pocket Loop
- Elephant Arch
- Enepitsi (Ghost) Trail
- Golden Cathedral
- Grosvenor Arch
- Hellhole Canyon
- Kanarraville Falls
- Little Wild Horse Canyon
- Peek-A-Boo Slot and Spooky Gulch
- Red Canyon Slot (Peekaboo Canyon)
- Red Hollow Trail
- Red Reef Trail
- The Subway From the Bottom
- The Toadstools
- The Wave (Coyote Buttes North)
- Whiterocks Amphitheater
- Yant Flat to Candy Cliffs
- Zebra Slot Canyon