Small groups. No trailheads you've heard of.

The backcountry doesn't need more people in it. Just the right ones.

Wayfarer leads small, guided trips into wild country — six people, one guide, zero crowds. Est. 2011.

Upcoming Trips

Where we're headed next

13 mi

Eagle Creek Trail

Eagle Creek is a creek located mainly in Hood River County, Oregon, in the Columbia River Gorge, with its last roughly 0.5 miles (0.80 km) and mouth in Multnomah County. A tributary of the Columbia River, the creek flows for approximately 15 miles (24 km) from the Thrush Pond between Eagle Butte and Tanner Butte to its mouth near Bonneville Dam. The East Fork Eagle Creek is a major tributary that begins at Wahtum Lake and joins the main stem approximately 2/3 the way between the Thrush Pond and the Columbia River, separated by Indian Mountain.

June & September - Intermediate

12 mi

Pacific Crest Trail

The Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), officially designated as the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail, is a long-distance hiking and equestrian trail closely aligned with the highest portion of the Cascade and Sierra Nevada mountain ranges, which lie 100 to 150 miles east of the U.S. Pacific coast. The trail's southern terminus is next to the Mexico–United States border, just south of Campo, California, and its northern terminus is on the Canada–US border, upon which it continues unofficially to the Windy Joe Trail within Manning Park in British Columbia; it passes through the states of California, Oregon, and Washington.

July - Advanced

3 Days

Longmoor Basin Loop

An easy, family-friendly loop through wildflower meadows and glacial lakes.

Year-round - Beginner

2.9 mi

Appalachian National Scenic Trail

The Appalachian Trail, also called the A.T., is a hiking trail in the Eastern United States, extending almost 2,200 miles (3,540 km) between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine, and passing through 14 states. The Appalachian Trail Conservancy claims the Appalachian Trail to be the world's longest hiking-only trail. More than three million people hike segments of it each year.

We keep it small on purpose

Six guests, one guide, no exceptions. Every trip is built around the group that's on it, not a fixed itinerary we run on repeat.

Leave No Trace, always

Every guide is LNT-certified. We leave every camp better than we found it.

Local guides, real knowledge

Our guides live where we hike — not seasonal hires flown in for the summer.

Gear included, no rentals

Tents, cook kit, safety gear — all provided, all maintained between every trip.

Led by people who live out here

Started guiding here the summer she turned twenty-two and never left. She's logged more nights above the treeline than anyone on the roster and still checks every knot twice.

Elena Marsh

Lead Guide, 14 seasons

Grew up running the Coldwater before it had a name on any map. Reads water the way most people read a room — knows exactly when a line looks fine and isn't.