I'm planning a 1-2 week road trip to the west/south west in the spring. I live in Wisconsin, and am looking for the best places to do day hikes out there. There's so many spots I'm interested in, I don't know which to pick. Here are some places I'm interested in checking out, let me know which one of these is the best because I can only see a couple of them.
Canyonlands - Utah
Grand Teton - Wyoming
North Cascades - Washington
Santa Fe Nat. Forest - New Mexico
San Juan Mountains - Colorado
Medicine Bow National Forest - Wyoming
North Dakota Badlands (Maybe?) - North Dakota
If anybody has any suggestions of the best places to do day hikes in the west/south west that aren't on the list, let me know.
you are me... that's just weird your trip is almost pretty close ish to mine, I also live in WI but was planning more for the summer
anyroad, here are the things that that im doing :
West Yellowstone and Big Sky mt. Montana
Bob Marshall Wilderness - longer ~ 2 day hike to the top and back of prairie reef I was there it was epic
kayaking in Seattle, Lopez island
Six Rivers National Forest
some trails near Boulder CO and the Arapaho National Forest
and finally the Pawnee National Grassland
I was also at the badlands cool but not worth a whole day in my opinion half day at best but when i was there it was super hot and that's not really my preferred temp it will probably be better when/if you are there in the spring
>>665456
Last year I went to South Dakota Badlands/Black Hills combo. Black Hills was a lot cooler than badlands.
What's at pawnee national grassland?