Scott's Wish List-Backpacking Trips (Mostly Long Distance)

Scott's Wish List-Backpacking Trips (Mostly Long Distance)

This is my wish list of the top backpacking trips I hope to so within my lifetime. All these are hopefully in reach and I hope to get as many as I can, though my family (wife + kids) are my #1 responsibility and their needs come first.

Hikes were selected for various reasons. Some are on the list simply because they are beautiful, some are on the list because they would be a great challenge for me, some are on the list because they are easy enough that I can climb with my wife and kids, some are on the list for their history, some are on the list just for the heck of it. Some are well known and some are very little known, so there are a variety of hikes that I want to do.

Note: This list only includes the wish list since this page was created. Previously, I have already completed many hikes which were on old wish list, thus there is an absence of hikes listed in my favorite areas (since I've already completed them).

The Hikes List was created on September 4 2012, and expanded a few times since then.

When I complete each of the canyons on this list, it will be noted with a date.

My Other Wish List

Mountains and Rocks

Non-Summit Crags and Climbs

Slot Canyons

Other

1-50

	HIKE	LOCATION	COMPLETED	PHOTO
1	Kokoda Trail	Papua New Guinea
2	Huayhuash Circuit	Peru	Completed June 24-July 5 2017
3	John Muir Trail	California	Partially completed on July 1-2 2015
4	Inca Trail	Peru
5	North Boundary Trail	Canada
6	Nigel Pass to Beaver Creek	Canada
7	Tonto Trail-South Kaibab to Grandview	Arizona	Completed November 25-28 2021
8	Kalalau Trail	Hawaii
9	Highline Trail	Utah	Mostly Completed
10	Nahuel Huapi Traverse	Argentina
11	Haute Route	France/Switzerland
12	El Mirador Trek	Mexico
13	Little Colorado River	Arizona
14	Tanner Wash/Hot Na Naa Canyon	Arizona	Completed April 1-2 2023
15	West Clear Creek	Arizona
16	Boulder Pass Traverse	Montana
17	Lakes Plateau Loop	Montana
18	Wallowa River Loop	Oregon
19	Sawtooths Loop	Idaho
20	Hole in the Rock to Rock Creek	Utah
21	Narsarsuaq to Narsaq	Greenland
22	Paria River	Utah-Arizona	Partially Complete
23	Highline Trail	Wyoming	Partially Complete
24	Top of Kolob Arch	Utah
25	Barranca del Cobre	Mexico
26	Flat-Rock Creek Loop	Utah
27	Wet Beaver Creek	Arizona
28	Everest Basecamp	Nepal	Completed December 11-28 2012
29	Uinta River Loop	Utah	Partially Complete
30	Grand Gulch-Bullet Canyon to Government Trail	Utah	Completed May 23-25 2015
31	Deer Creek-Kanab Loop	Arizona	Partially Complete
32	Sams Mesa Box-Twin Corral Box Loop	Utah	Partially Complete
33	Stough Lakes and Middle Popo Agie Loop	Wyoming
34	Langtang Circuit	Nepal
35	Scorpion Gulch Loop	Utah	Completed May 23-25 2020
36	Gypsum Canyon	Utah	Partially Complete
37	CDT Stoney Pass to Rio Grande Reservoir	Colorado
38	Snowy Mountains Loop	Wyoming	Completed July 22-23 2017
39	Wyoming Trail	Colorado	Completed August 7-9 2014
40	Wonderland Trail	Washington	Partially Complete
41	Ausangate Circuit	Peru
42	Araucaria Volcanoes	Chile
43	North Cascades Loop	Washington
44	Spider Meadow-Buck Creek Pass Loop	Washington
45	Seven Devils Loop	Idaho
46	Isla del Sol	Bolivia
47	White Clouds Peak Loop	Idaho
48	Pioneer Mountains Traverse	Idaho
49	Sierra Nevada del Cocuy Circuit	Colombia
50	Sierra Nevada de Merida	Venezuela

51-100

	HIKE	LOCATION	COMPLETED	PHOTO
51	North Rainbow Trail	Utah	Partially completed on June 24 2022
52	Beckwith Plateau/Price River Loop	Utah	Completed November 21-24 2020
53	Snake Gulch	Arizona	Completed February 15-16 2020
54	Arctic Circle Trail	Greenland
55	Jones Canyon	Colorado	Completed December 1-2 2019
56	Knowles Canyon to Colorado River	Colorado	Completed October 31-November 1 2020
57	Mee Canyon to the Colorado River	Colorado	Completed April 18-19 2020
58	Clear Creek	Arizona
59	Nankoweap	Arizona	Partially Complete
60	Fourmile Canyon/Ticaboo	Utah	Completed January 19-21 2019
61	Roubideaux Canyon	Colorado	Completed September 26-27 2020
62	Parashant Canyon	Arizona	Completed December 24-26 2020
63	Fourmile Canyon to Lake Powell	Utah	Partially completed on January 19-21 2006
64	Swett Creek to Lake Powell	Utah	Partially Complete
65	Spring and Nates Canyons	Utah	Partially Complete
66	Main Canyon Loop	Colorado	Completed November 17-18 2012
67	Slickhorn Canyon	Utah	Partially complete on April 16 2023
68	Coal Creek	Utah	Completed November 12-13 2022
69	Floy Canyon	Utah	Completed October 30-31 2021
70	Phantom Creek to Crystal Creek Loop	Arizona
71	Blue Lake/Indian Point	Colorado	Partially Complete
72	Silver Falls Creek	Utah	Completed March 6-7 2021
73	Saddlehorse Canyon	Utah	Partially Complete March 27-28 2021
74	Tanner/Beamer Trail	Arizona	Partially Complete
75	Bullock Draw/South Fork Coal Wash	Utah	Completed December 11-12 2021
76	White Crack	Utah	Partially completed February 15 2015
77	Bandelier National Monument Loop	New Mexico
78	Bullfrog Creek	Utah
79	Fiftymile Point	Utah
80	Catinaccio	Italy	Completed June 22-23 2019
81	Tour du Blanc	Italy/France/Switzerland
82	Little Dolores River	Colorado
83	Cross Canyon	Colorado
84	Under the Rim Trail	Utah	Partially completed May 4 2009
85	Parunaweap Canyon	Utah	Partially completed April 30 2022
86	Robbers Roost Canyon	Utah	Completed December 19-20 2020
87	Needles Loop	Utah	Completed March 9-10 2019
88	Horseshoe Canyon	Utah	Partially Complete
89	Chimney Canyon	Utah	Completed April 3-5 2015
90	Webb/Owl Creek Loop	Wyoming
91	Long, Round, Percy, and Elmo Lakes	Colorado	Completed September 6-7 2013
92	Little Death Hollow/Horse Canyon/Wolverine Canyon Loop	Utah	Completed April 13-14 2013
93	Muley Twist Canyon	Utah	Completed March 16-17 2013
94	No Mans Canyon	Utah
95	Lost Creek Wilderness Loop	Colorado
96	Marble Canyon-Cottonwood Canyon Loop	California
97	Lower Grand Gulch	Utah	Completed February 17-19 2023
98	Tonto Trail-South Bass to Boucher	Arizona
99	Sneffels Traverse	Colorado	Partially Completed January 23-25 2023
100	Dry Rock Creek-Woolsey Arch	Utah