RAD WITH DAD

LOON LAKE: A FAMILY'S FIRST BACKPACKING TRIP

A family’s first backpacking trip is an Idaho rite of passage. Perhaps no other kind of trip can test your bushcraft, parenting skills and a child’s patience, all within a 24-hour window. But perhaps no other location can pull it all together like a trip into Idaho’s Loon Lake.

CITY OF ROCKS: IDAHO'S OTHER BIG CITY LIFE

The high-desert landscape takes on a hue of blue as the sun sets behind the Albion Mountains. A distant truck rambles down the lonesome desert road kicking up an orange plume of dust that hangs in the air. We’ve purposely traveled 200-miles into nowhere to get to our final destination. My family and I came to spend a long weekend at the City of Rocks , a martian-like landscape where rocks appear to bubble up out of the desert sage.

Experience a Winter Getaway to the Bogus Basin Yurt

Winter Get Away

Winter camping with the family may seem like a daunting pursuit, requiring mad super-hero parenting skills. But it doesn’t have to be. Stocked with a kitchen, camp stove, wood stove, and an outhouse, a yurt is a fantastic winter escape for the adventurous family wanting to dip a toe into cold weather camping.