Welcome to #exploreandhike with Mack

Happy to have you along for an adventure!

As a girl who not only loves the mountains, but finds peace and purpose while in nature, I hope to share the beauty of the trails I explore and inspire you to do it yourself.

I am PASSIONATE and EXCITED to explore hiking trails, challenge my mental + physical strength, travel to new places all over the world, and make organized scrapbooks, itineraries, or lists so that I can bask in the memories later as well as encourage people to #exploreandhike, too!

What brings you here?

Check out all my favorite trails around Utah with quick details + descriptions!

Read some ‘fun facts’ about me and see what got me into hiking a few years ago

Check out my trip itineraries & trail recs for the Utah MIGHTY 5 National Parks!

WHY I Started Hiking

Read my first blog post describing more about my background and how my mental health journey got me into hiking while I was in college.

@exploreandhike

Instagram at a glance

Ready for a Frozen Utah Waterfall BINGO this season?! SWIPE ➡️ to screenshot and keep track of which falls you should check off this winter Ranging from Ogden down to Provo Canyon, this list includes 12 of the best waterfalls to see in the Wasatch Mo
November recap 🍄‍🟫 What a wonderful month hiking, running, connecting. This month was spent coming to terms with the beginning of winter and saying goodbye to sunshine on weekdays. I spent a lot of time working but still was able to visit some
Happy Thanksgiving 🍁 I am so grateful for all the amazing people I have met and adventured with through this account. I am thankful for the mountains and the beautiful state I live in. I am thankful for a husband that sometimes joins me and has ta
Last weekend was the best!! Hiked Friday, hiked Saturday, hiked Sunday with a little extra fun inbetween. On Saturday I joined @explore.hike.teach & @andreafcannon for their monthly group hike which was beautiful and such a blast! We hiked the ?
happy birthday to the dog that fulfilled my lifelong wish and got me to explore more of the world 💘 This photo might not look very significant but it’s a sight that brings me some of the most joy in the world; Kenai and I following a trail in
I finally explored a small taste of Kolob Canyon in Zion National Park on our recent trip! According to my quick research there are only a handful of trails in this canyon. Timber Creek was the shortest and easiest option so we hit that as we did Th