Kayaking, Backpacking, Mountain Biking, Hiking, and other Adventure Excursions for Women - Touch the Earth Adventures

PULL ON YOUR HIKING BOOTS and live simply for a few days and nights beneath the stars with nature as your home.

Discover a new love of life and expand your self-reliance skills. With supportive staff we journey the trail together on a variety of planned backpacking excursions, including on the Appalachian Trail. If you have never backpacked before, try one of our basic backpacking clinics. Seize the moment, the day and your life! The trail beckons . . . come follow!

Locations, lodging, meals and pricing vary by trip

BASIC BACKPACKING CLINIC - These interactive one-day clinics cover tents, packs, sleeping bags, boots, clothing, stoves, food, water filters, first aid kits and how to pack everything. The how to’s and not to’s of backpacking prepare beginners for our backpacking trips and are also a good review for experienced backpackers.

6-hour clinic locations vary
Light lunch.

Taking a water break on the Appalachian Trail

Hiking on the APPALACHIAN TRAIL in the Shenandoah National Forest in Virginia!

This weekend retreat, held at the Bear’s Den Hostel on the Trail, is your ultimate APPALACHIAN TRAIL DREAM HIKE. This trip is designed for the intermediate level hiker. Check our schedule for dates, at Bears Den Hostel in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia.

“Many of the things they say about the best women-only adventures were true on this trip: noncompetitive, supportive, humorous. Woods help women get ‘sense of their soul.' ”

- by Debbi Snook of The Plain Dealer