Jake M.
★★★★★
"Found three spots in the Alabama Hills I never would have discovered alone. GPS coords are exact. No guessing at 2am on a dirt road."
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500+
GPS-verified dispersed campsites
120+
rallies run across the West
Sarah R.
★★★★★
"Showed up not knowing anyone. Left with people already texting about the next run to Steens Mountain. Didn't expect that from a camping app."
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Derek K.
★★★★★
"The rooftop tent guide saved me from a $400 mistake. Field-tested advice by people who actually use this gear — not affiliate bloggers."
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Ciwild · Find Your People
Bring what you're good at.,
Your trip takes care of itself.
Every rally runs on people doing what they already love — someone knows the route, someone shoots the reel, someone holds a wilderness first-aid cert. Organizers set the plan. Skill contributors offset their costs. Everyone ends the weekend having spent less than a solo hotel night — and usually with a group chat already planning the next run.
Organizer path
Plan the route, fill the seats — most organizers end the weekend spending less than a solo hotel night.
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10,000+ members have already joined.
Organizers averaged $260 surplus per event last quarter.
Organizers averaged $260 surplus per event last quarter.
Next event · Coming up
Weekend Rally: California Off-Road Camping Squad
Skills wanted · trade for fee waiver
Photography · 30% off
Video recap · $150
Wilderness FA · 50% off
GPX TrackDownload available
Cell SignalPartial · Verizon/AT&T
Nearest ERFlagstaff Medical · 8 mi
InsuranceRequired at check-in
Pick your role. Every one belongs here.
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Plan the trip
You know a good route. Post it, set the group size, invite people. Skill-exchange members help lower your costs. No guide license needed. Most organizers end the weekend ahead.
Avg surplus / event
$180–400
weekend format
Cost offset via skills
Up to 60%
of operating cost
Skill Exchanger
Trade what you're good at
Photography, drone, camp cooking, wilderness first aid, video — organizers need these skills and will trade you a fee waiver or stipend. Submit your portfolio, agree on deliverables, show up.
Typical fee waiver
30–100%
of participation cost
Cash stipend range
$100–400
per event
Joiner → Organizer
Just come along
No skills to trade yet? That's fine — join your first event, learn the routes, find your crew. Most of our organizers started exactly this way.
Events open now
3 slots
across the West
To first surplus
~90 days
avg organizer path
All events listed are independently organized by community members. Ciwild is an information platform only and does not organize, supervise, or assume liability for any event. Participation is at your own risk. Valid outdoor adventure insurance required for all participants.
Member Stories
Every night out is
a story worth sharing.
Real accounts from overlanders across the American West — the routes, the mistakes, the views no one else knows about.
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Field Tested · Utah
7 Nights Alone in
the San Rafael Swell
A first-person account of solo backcountry camping — gear that actually works, and the mistakes that taught me more than any YouTube tutorial.
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“
We don't camp to escape life.
We camp to remember what it feels like.
We camp to remember what it feels like.
— CIWILD Community
Best Dispersed Campsites
15 Free Spots Across
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