Wilderness Trips

FOP's original trip type, wilderness trips, travel self-supported through woods, across lakes, and over mountains. Each night, the trip will camp in a new location. There are three types of wilderness trips:

Wilderness Backpacking trips are six-day hiking trips in the mountain ranges of either Maine, New Hampshire, or Vermont. Backpacking FOPpers and their leaders spend each day hiking from one site to another and experience a variety of mountainous terrain.

Wilderness Service trips are six days long and combine backpacking with trail work service projects. These trips allow FOP to give back to the national forests we visit through trail work and maintenance while providing a great opportunity for a FOP group to build teamwork and cooperation.

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Trip Difficulty

We offer trips of varying levels of physical challenge so that we can provide fun and challenging experiences for anyone. When you fill out your preferences for trip type, you will be asked to rank your preferences about what your ideal FOP trip would look like. Think about if theses statements apply to you, and on the application you can rank how much you identify with each statement:

 

  • I would rather spend most of my day hiking than doing group activities at a campsite.

  • Physical challenge and accomplishment helps me grow and bond with others. 

  • I enjoy pushing myself physically alongside others to achieve challenging goals.

  • I am physically active every day.

  • On an ideal trip, I would be hiking ~6-8 hours per day. 

  • On an ideal trip, I would be hiking ~4-5 hours per day

  • On an ideal trip, I would be hiking ~1-3 hours per day

There are many ways to have a fun, challenging, and productive FOP experience. Challenge can mean different things for different people. Also, remember that any one trip probably combines more difficult and less difficult parts and this number is simply a guideline for when we are considering where to place you.

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