About the Author

Erik Molvar discovered backpacking while working on a volunteer trail crew in the North Cascades of Washington. This newfound taste for the wilderness experience inspired him to choose a career in the outdoors, and he soon found himself at the University of Montana pursuing a bachelor’s degree in wildlife biology. Montana’s craggy ranges were to be his weekend playground for the next five years, and two summers of bartending at Lake McDonald Lodge gave Erik the perfect opportunity to fully explore Glacier National Park’s backcountry.

An adventurous spirit has led Erik to embark upon backpacking expeditions throughout the Rocky Mountains, the Great Basin, western Canada, and Alaska. After studying moose behavior in Alaska on the way to a master’s degree, Erik is now executive director of Biodiversity Conservation Alliance, one of the most effective nonprofit conservation organizations in the West.

Other books by the author: Hiking the North Cascades, Best Easy Day Hikes North Cascades, Hiking Olympic National Park, Best Easy Day Hikes Olympic National Park, Hiking Glacier and Waterton Lakes National Parks, Hiking Montana’s Bob Marshall Wilderness, Wild Wyoming, Hiking Wyoming’s Cloud Peak Wilderness, Hiking Colorado’s Maroon Bells–Snowmass Wilderness, Hiking Arizona’s Cactus Country, Hiking Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks, Alaska on Foot: Wilderness Techniques for the Far North, Wyoming’s Red Desert: A Photographic Journey, and Scenic Driving Alaska and the Yukon.