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Scott & Ariane

Follow us on our journey across the country in a 1976 Vintage Airstream as we inspire and motivate others to get outdoors. We teach everything from backpacking basics, to guiding people through amazing destinations. We are both Leave No Trace Trainers and have Wilderness First Aid Certifications. Now, Let’s GO! Learn More

Our Featured

Full Moon Adventures

Fontanna Lake – Great Smoky Mountains

Our Fontana Lake to Hazel Creek Loop features one of the most unique starts and ends to any hike in the Smokies via a motorboat shuttle across Fontana Lake. But that...

Wilderness First Aid Guided 8 persons 325.00

Grand Canyon North Rim

The day you decide the Grand Canyon is going to be your adventure, you have a lot of information to read and many parts of the canyon to choose from. For most people...

Wilderness First Aid Guided 6 persons 1595

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Our Upcoming

OUTDOOR EVENTS

Mountain Crossings Backpacking Clinic

September 16, 2017 10:00 am. Mountain Crossings

Come out to the Appalachian Trail and Mountain Crossings for a 2 day backpacking clinic....

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Backpacking Bootcamp

September 23, 2017 9:00 am. Dockery Lake Recreation Area

Backpacking Bootcamp takes you right out into the Wilderness with complete instruction how on to successfully go on a Solo Backpacking trip outdoors. This is a Beginner Bootcamp for those who are new to back...

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Scott and Ariane July 21, 2017 0

Outdoor Common Sense Safety Tips

It's Summer and you want to get outdoors and have fun. So many places to go and visit. Planning that amazing vacation or trekking out into the Wilderness for...

Scott Janz May 26, 2017 0

Comparing two of our favorite alcohol stoves

Both Ariane and I have used Alcohol Stoves for years now. After recently buying the Toaks Alcohol Stov...

Scott Janz May 26, 2017 1

Granite Gear VC 60 Backpack Review

Compression, compression, compression. That is what I think about when looking at new lightweight backpacks. How do can they compress, and is the way they co...

What Our Clients Says

TESTIMONIALS

Love these guys!

This Trip was absolutely incredible! Jokingly (because we all know this is nature, and nature can do what it wants and when it wants ) I gave Scott a list of things I would die to see! Wouldn’t you know it, he and nature of course made our dreams come true! From amazing weather, to a fantastic navigated experience, northern lights, otters, fox

827 Camping Trips

361 Backpacking

798 Adventures

2205 Airstream Miles