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Thanks for Visiting Mountains With Megan

A How-To for Hiker Girls and World Travelers

Hi, I'm Megan. I'm a long-distance hiker, blogger, author, and outdoor professional. I travel all over the world (and sometimes stay home in the USA) in search of mountains and trails. I found my love of hiking on the Appalachian Trail back in 2012 and since then have hiked in the Himalayas, the Andes, and a few countries in Europe.

On this blog, I provide information on hiking and backpacking all over the world. Whether you're a first-timer or a thru-hiker, there's something here for you.

  • 5,000Miles Hiked
  • 22Countries visited
  • 800+Nights Under the Stars

Recent Posts

Goat Lake: Stanley, Idaho

Goat Lake in Stanley, Idaho is one of the local bucket list hikes in the area. After having lived here for a full two months, I was ashamed to admit that I hadn’t yet hiked it. So I set off for...

Sober October, here I come. If you’ve been watching my stories, you know that I’ve been having crazy allergic reactions from drinking alcohol lately. It’s never happened before in my life, and all of a sudden I’ve had four reactions in the last few weeks. I always have to take a few Benadryl and sometimes I have an anxiety attack because of it. So yeah, drinking hasn’t exactly been fun for me lately. I don’t actually even care about consuming alcohol that much. I really just want to not give a fuck and be able to do whatever I want. But I guess I have to take care of my body instead. Also, I have no idea why I’m suddenly allergic to something in alcohol, so if anyone has any personal experience with this please let me know. #soberoctober #alcoholallergy #sheexplores #choosemountains #radgirlslife #freshairandfreedom #mountaingirls #andshesdopetoo #wildernessbabes #outdoorbella #girlswhohike #sheadventures #forceofnature
I’m working on a hemp farm harvest right now in Oregon, and I’m loving farm life. Myself and the guys have a trailer we share, and we eat farm fresh food everyday ❤️ Educational component: hemp looks just like weed, except it doesn’t get you high. It produces CBD, not THC. I have anxiety, and I like CBD because it calms my mind down and helps me sleep. I’m not into taking pills for anxiety (plus I don’t have insurance, so I avoid the doctor). It’s been cool to see where CBD comes from. Prior to this experience, I just thought of it as something you buy in the store. Who knows, maybe someday I’ll grow my own hemp. . . . . #cbd #cbdhealth #farmlife #womenwhottavel #naturalmedicine
Just gonna be leaving my heart right here in Stanley, Idaho. On to Oregon today 😰😰😰 . . . . #sawtoothmountains #stanleyidaho #ranchlife #idahome #sheexplores #choosemountains #radgirlslife #freshairandfreedom #mountaingirls
Bunch of crazy hot messes right here. These are my coworkers/ roommates/ summer besties. We made a road trip to Park City together, and had a blast. Three of us are living together this winter and the other two promise to visit. After a night of dancing and a couple job interviews, we were ready to head home to Idaho. We made it back to Stanley and found the guys right where we left them: on the couch watching Sex & the City without us. 😂 @whiskey_diamond @christinawaalkes @melindaawheeler @rachaelovesun . . . . #parkcity #bestfriendgoals #latenights
Looking like we’re about to drop the hardest country-pop album Stanley, Idaho has ever seen. @melindaawheeler @rachaelovesun . . . . #stanleyidaho #sawtoothmountains #horsebackriding #horsegirl #sheexplores #choosemountains #radgirlslife #freshairandfreedom #mountaingirls #andshesdopetoo #wildernessbabes #outdoorbella #girlswhohike #sheadventures #forceofnature
Some dude in the travel industry recently said that nobody is ever gonna take travel advice from a woman in a bikini. Excuse me sir, you’re misogynistic. First of all, there’s no correlation between how much clothing we choose to wear and how intelligent we are or experienced with traveling. Second of all, who goes to the ocean without a swimsuit? It seems like this is yet another way to try to discredit women who are out there living their lives and trying to blog while doing so. Like, I already get enough crap from dudes on the trail who just assume that I’m new to backpacking when I have 5000 trail miles. But sure, if I take off all my clothes and jump into a lake in my underwear then that automatically invalidates that I made that hike and might have something useful to tell other people who want to do the same thing? It’s all bullshit. If you want to take your clothes off and post photos for the gram then do it. I don’t need that dude taking my travel advice anyway. . . . #travelblogger #bikinibabe #sheexplores #choosemountains #radgirlslife #freshairandfreedom #mountaingirls #andshesdopetoo #wildernessbabes #outdoorbella #girlswhohike #sheadventures #forceofnature #sawtoothmountains #stanleyidaho #idahome #visitidaho
I went on a hunting trip for the first time, and it was lots of fun. We spent a good amount of time sitting and looking through binoculars, sometimes followed by rushing up hills after hearing an elk call. I have no idea what I’m doing in terms of hunting, so @byriverpine taught me what’s up. He didn’t know it, but these were actually try-outs for my apocalypse survival team, and he made the cut. Congrats!!! . . . . . #stanleyidaho #hunting #elkseason #whereigottago #bpmag #takemebackpacking #wearethewild #mindthemountains #everytrailconnects #themountainiscalling #outside_project #goatworthy #trailchat
It’s hot spring season in the mountains. No joke though, it’s been cold in Stanley this week. I’m not too pleased about this because hiking season is ending. I camped out a few nights ago and brought my -20 winter sleeping bag. Perhaps that was overkill, but I was nice and toasty. . . . . #hotsprings #idahohotsprings #stanleyidaho #hotspringenthusiast #livewylder #sheexplores #choosemountains #radgirlslife #freshairandfreedom #mountaingirls #andshesdopetoo #wildernessbabes #outdoorbella #girlswhohike #sheadventures #forceofnature
Yikes. I really need to start applying for winter jobs and find somewhere to live. I only have 3 weeks left in Stanley 😳 . . . . #stanleyidaho #sawtoothmountains #sheexplores #choosemountains #radgirlslife #freshairandfreedom #mountaingirls #andshesdopetoo #wildernessbabes #outdoorbella #girlswhohike #sheadventures #forceofnature