As we head toward a new year, many of us start thinking about goals, but not all goals are created equal.

In this episode, Allison shares 5 powerful reasons backpacking might be one of the most important goals you set for 2026, whether you’re brand new to backpacking or already love spending time on trail.

This conversation goes beyond backpacking as a hobby and explores how backpacking can become a tool for reinvention, confidence, aliveness, and building a life that feels deeply lived — especially in a world that’s becoming more digital, automated, and optimized by the day.

In this episode, we explore:

• How backpacking unlocks access to quieter places, deeper wilderness, and new versions of yourself
• Why backpacking creates real experiences that can’t be automated or simulated by AI
• How backpacking acts as an identity reset button
• Why time in the backcountry wakes you back up and reconnects you with presence and aliveness
• How backpacking builds the foundational skill stack for bigger, bolder adventures

If this episode stirred something in you, consider what kind of year you want 2026 to be... not just productive or optimized, but alive.

🔥 Save the Dates: Your Adventure Era Challenge (Jan 12–16). Our free Your Adventure Era Challenge is coming back, and this year, we’re going deeper than ever.

Inside the challenge, we’ll work on:

✨ Building self-trust and adventurous identity

✨ Learning how to stop waiting and start leading

✨ Finding (and creating) your adventure community

✨ Turning “someday” dreams into real momentum

✨ Plus… a few surprises I’ve never taught before 👀

Registration will open at the end of December. And right after Challenge Week, we open enrollment for our New Year cohort of the Backpacking Badass Program, where this kind of transformation becomes your lived reality. 👉 Join the Backpacking Badass Waitlist so you don’t miss a single January update.

Important Upcoming Dates:

• Your Adventure Era Challenge: January 12–16, 2026 (registration opening end of December 2025)
• Backpacking Badass Program Enrollment: New Year's enrollment opens January 19–23, 2026

Where to learn more about Allison:

• She Dreams of Alpine Blog
• Instagram @shedreamsofalpine

🎁 FREE GIFT: Grab the Outdoor Backpacker Starter Kit for FREE here to get started on your journey with backpacking.

🥾 BACKPACKING COURSE WAITLIST: This is our signature program where we teach you how to become a safe, confident, and self-sufficient backpacker. It's an online course, coaching program, and community to support you in your journey to becoming a confident backpacker and step into your adventurous identity.

Learn more and join our waitlists for these programs here:

• BACKPACKING COURSE WAITLIST
• THE ADVENTUROUS REINVENTION EXPERIENCE WAITLIST
• ROCK CLIMBING RETREATS WAITLIST