Places we have actually put the tent down — mostly dispersed, mostly no facilities. Coordinates are checked, but conditions change: roads wash out, fire closures happen. Check before you commit to a long drive.
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Saltese exit of I90 and turn south, you go a long what feels like a driveway then it starts climbing into the mountains. Follow until it branches, keep to the right and you'll end...
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Four primitive campgrounds strung along Skyline Drive, the 18-mile ridge road that runs the length of the park. Each has tables, fire rings and a vault toilet, and that is the...
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The north end of Priest Lake, and the soft option on this list. 47 sites with flush restrooms, hot showers and a dump station, twelve of them with full hookups. Reservable, and in...
How you get there: the trails. What you take: the gear.