Laguna to Cuyamaca Backpacking

Service Description

This is a guided backpacking trip that will teach you how to transition from day hiking to overnight backpacking. The goal is to teach you how to... hike with a pack (all you need to survive) and camp so that you can feel confident doing it on your own in the future. All your gear will be included. This is a trip for women who are already super comfortable day hiking and are interested in backpacking, but have never done it and are feeling nervous, scared, or worried trying to plan a trip themselves. Maybe you don't know anyone else who backpacks that could go with you. Maybe you don't know anyone else who could teach you or answer your questions. Maybe you have only ever gone with someone who did everything for you. This trip is to teach you how to take care of yourself and give you the confidence that you can do this on your own (or take your own friends out, because sharing an experience with others is rather nice). We will be local in the mountains of San Diego. We don't have to travel far away to find the wilderness. Though we will be on hiking trails, dirt roads intersect our trails and emergency evacuation will be accessible. This is a safe space to start to feel remote while actually not being very remote. Are you completely overwhelmed at what gear you should buy? There are so many options! This is an opportunity to try out different types of gear to learn what you like to use. Every day you will sleep in a different type of tent, use a different type of water filter, cook over a different type of stove. You will get to try out the gear before you go home and decide what you buy for yourself and your own pack.