Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness: Off Trail Lake Promise Hike

[yauguru]

THis might sound dumb but... how to you pick an off trail path? I'm some what new to backpacking but I want to venture into deeper wilderness, except I have no idea where to go or how to determine where to go, do I just walk off the trail? pls help.

awesome vid btw

[TroutHowler]

@yauguru The best way is to get a good gps and a topo map. Topos will alow you to plan the best route and show you how steep the terrain is as well as obsticles such as cliffs etc. Also, if you are new to off trail hiking-------make sure you use the tracking setting on the gps. This way you wont get lost or cilffed out etc. You can simply follow the line exactly back the way you came.