>>love multi-day backpacking trips
Nice! I also dream of going on such trips. Do you have any good websites that I can use. I am starting out and prefer trails that are flat.
- Load up CalTopo (a phenomenal mapping website)
- Head to a wilderness area I know I want to visit
- Find trails that look like fun destinations, see if I can connect those trails to other trails (I prefer hiking in loops, rather than out-and-backs)
- Head to hiking forums to scour trip reports for information about the trails/route I'm looking at to make sure my idea works
I live in the PNW, so I'm frequently on the NWHikers and OregonHikers forums, both equally amazing resources for on and off-trail research. Definitely see if you can find a forum-based community for your region, they've been a consistently positive experience for me compared to, say, a FB hiking group for the region.