A to Z outfitting with professional guides

With our own gear inventory of backpacks, tents, sleeping bags, and more, we are able to provide a fully-outfitted backpacking trip with high quality gear. Most importantly, our team of backcountry guides make the on-trail experience more enjoyable, educational, and efficient, as we execute our trips with a professional standard for group safety.

Trip Pricing Includes:

  • Backcountry Hiking Guide: Led by a Wilderness First Responder Certified Hiking Guide.

  • Gear & Equipment: 65 liter backpack, backpacking tent, sleeping bag & pad, cooking equipment & fuel, water filter, etc.

  • Backcountry Meals: Breakfasts, lunches, dehydrated dinners, and snacks while hiking in the backcountry.

  • Gear packing session: Our guide will lead a step-by-step gear packing session to ensure all provided gear and meals are appropriately packed.

  • Roundtrip Transportation: Available from our Port Angeles Tour Office only.

  • Discounted Lodging Rates: Instructions and details provided within booking confirmation email.

  • Commercial Use Authorization: Olympic Hiking Co. is a commercially authorized tour company with Olympic National Park since 2016.

Guest Requirements for Group Trips

  • Must be 18 years of age or older.

  • Must be able to hike 6-8 miles per day.

  • Must be able to carry a 65 liter backpack that typically weighs 30-40 pounds

  • Must be able to provide own hiking attire and hiking boots (for all trips)

    • Note: we can customize private trips to have lower milage, less gear weight, and can be designed for those traveling with children.

Goals for Backpacking Trips

  • Backpacking 101. Our goal is to help experienced day hikers confidently step into a new territory of multi-day backpacking trips by allowing clients hands-on experience to practice correctly packing a 65 liter backpack, set up camp, obtain/filter water, prepare dehydrated meals, use the bathroom in the wilderness areas, and to Leave No Trace.

  • Turnkey experience. By providing the gear, equipment, meals, permits, and experienced backcountry guide, you the client simply need the clothes on your back (smart packable layers) and pair of quality hiking boots to join this trip. This allows you to test the backcountry experience without purchasing all of the gear or expedite your learning curve to safely hike multiple days in remote wilderness areas and have FUN doing it.

  • Bucket list route. With our 10 years of commercial experience, we have all of the logistics dialed in to make this a bucket list trip. Whether it is our built-in shuttle service for point-to-point routes or simply having the best backcountry campsites for the top regions of Olympic National Park, we are thrilled to be able making backcountry experiences more accessible and welcoming to first-time visitors and new backcountry hikers.