Backpacking Ediza Lake trip report, a beautiful alpine lake set among the backdrop of Mt. Ritter and Banner Peak.
This flat trail spanning no less than 6 spectacular lakes in less than 5 miles makes for a leisurely hike with some of the best views in the Sierras
1 night backpacking trip out of Sabrina Lake Basin featuring Blue Lake, Dingleberry Lake, Topsy Turvy Lake, Moonlight Falls, & Hungry Packer Lake
Hiking in Sarek, the last true wilderness of Europe. Story of a solo female backpacker and great tips for planning your adventure!
1 night backpacking trip out of Sabrina Lake Basin featuring Blue Lake, Dingleberry Lake, Topsy Turvy Lake, Moonlight Falls, & Hungry Packer Lake
A summary of the 72-mile High Sierra Trail through Sequoia National Park - how to get permits, what to bring, and what to expect while backpacking the HST.
A detailed guide to hiking the beautiful Rota Vicentina, Portugal, including the incredible coastal section known as the Fishermen's Trail.
Presented is a complete hiking guide with all the information you need to hike the gorgeous 37 km long wild Nootka Trail over 4 - 8 days.
Planning an unforgettable trip to Uganda? Don't miss Sipi Falls! Detailed info for self-guided hiking, how to hire a local guide, best stays & more!
1 night backpacking trip out of Sabrina Lake Basin featuring Blue Lake, Dingleberry Lake, Topsy Turvy Lake, Moonlight Falls, & Hungry Packer Lake
My trip report from the biggest achievement of my summer: a 3 day Presidential Traverse in New Hampshire’s White Mountains.
Ever since we did the West Coast Trail in 2004, my husband Greg and I had wanted to hike the Nootka Trail as it was rumoured to be like the West Coast Trail “used to be”: no permits, no boardwalks, no crowds. If you aren’t familiar, the Nootka trail is more of a route and …
This flat trail spanning no less than 6 spectacular lakes in less than 5 miles makes for a leisurely hike with some of the best views in the Sierras
The trip report that has been nagging most insistently at the back of my mind was planted back in September: bike-packing and backpacking a three-day and two-night camping trip to a local glacier, Heliotrope.
Want to know what backpacking the Trans-Catalina Trail across Catalina Island really like and get some insight for planning your trip? Full itinerary, photos, and day-by-day trip report.
We've hiked EVERY trail in Bend. These are the 12 BEST hikes in Bend, Oregon. Seriously, you CAN'T afford to miss these secret gems.
Our honest and in-depth trip report for the infamous northern half of the GR20 (aka the GR20 nord). We describe how difficult it was to hike the GR20, as well as need-to-know information and humorous stories.
1 night backpacking trip out of Sabrina Lake Basin featuring Blue Lake, Dingleberry Lake, Topsy Turvy Lake, Moonlight Falls, & Hungry Packer Lake
Backpacking the Seven Lakes Basin and High Divide Trail loop in Olympic National Park is a bucketlist worthy backpacking experience.
The Skye Trail (80 mi / 128km) follows a diverse course along rugged coasts and exposed mountain ridges. Due to its challenging and unmarked character, it is a route that is best suited to fit and experienced hikers.
After hiking in and around the Cirque de Gavarnie in the French Pyrenees, we drove to Torla in the Spanish Pyrenees. Torla is the town just outside the Ordesa and Monte Perdido national park. The guide books say this is the hike to do if you've only got time for one. It didn't disappoint. Private cars aren't allowed into the park. Instead, there's a big parking lot in Torla, and a continuous stream of buses taking visitors in. The total number of visitors per day is limited, so it's recommended to arrive before 9:30 AM. We really loved this series of cascading waterfalls. At first, Jennifer thought this straight-edged dropoff was somehow artificial, but it was just the angular character of the rock in this part of the mountains. We hiked into the Ordesa valley via the lower trail. This is a view looking back the way we came in. I thought it would be fun to throw this photo in, something we saw on our drive from Gavarnie, across the Pyrenees, and into Torla. Grazing rights are a major subject of the law in these mountainous borderlands. We saw cows grazing on many mountain roads, sometimes supervised, and sometimes not. As you can see in the first waterfalls photo above, there are several pools, one flowing into another. This photo is taken a short way further up the trail, looking at the pools above these lower ones. Of course, it takes a tripod to get the flowing water to look like this. After passing all those waterfalls, we came into the wide-open central valley of Ordesa. Note the hikers on the trail down the center of the valley. Soon after coming into the open, we ran across a beautiful pool and stream. We stopped and had our lunch there. I made sure there were no people in this one. We had fantastic sausage sandwiches from the hotel. Some local type of sausage and green peppers on fresh bread. I wish we could get those any time we wanted them! After visiting the falls at the head of the valley, we decided to take the upper trail on the way back. This is the view back to the head of the valley as we ascend to the high ridge on one side of the valley. What we thought was a minor detour onto this ridge-line trail turned out to be a gradual, non-stop climb for an hour. I was getting annoyed at the unexpectedly long climb, and worrying about the necessarily long descent to match, but the resulting views of the canyon were more than worth the effort. By this time, we'd ascended far enough to have views like this of the opposite side of the valley. We loved how there were trees at the top, then burnt orange vertical rock walls too steep for anything to cling to, followed by a step in the valley side, where more fir trees were growing in sparse groups. The day was partly cloudy, so the shadows of the clouds were crawling up and down the mountains all around us as we hiked. At this point, it was nearly all shade. Another reason to take the ridge-line trail is that very few people choose to go this obviously more difficult way. So, though there was a pretty continuous stream of hikers down below, we were alone on the trail much of the time way up here. This is a view of the desolate gray and orange peak of Monte Perdido, towering over the valley far in the back. Monte Perdido is the other namesake of this national park. Looking up the valley, toward where we were heading. The sun visited us for this one. It was nice out that day, not too hot, not too cold. We had a couple of brief rain showers in the morning, then just a lot of passing clouds. As promised in the guide book, once we got near the entrance, this trail turned into a 2000-foot steep descent of non-stop switchbacks. We ran across a couple going very slowly on the way down, The woman was wearing that type of shoe that is nothing but a cushioned leather sole and a leather strap across the top of the front of your foot. Obviously, they'd never done much hiking. But, they seemed to be OK. When I asked if they were OK, they said, "Si, poco a poco", i.e, little by little. This is the view on the way out of the park. A half-hour later, we made it down to the rendezvous point and caught the short bus ride back to town, along with a crowd of other hikers. And so, we said adios to Ordesa. This is one of a series of articles about our travels across southern France and into Spain last August. The others have great photos and inside info on what it's like to visit a bunch of great destinations along the way. Part 1 River and valley photos from the Martel hike in the Gorge de Verdon. Part 2 Kayaking the Gorge de Verdon, and hike the Styx trail. Part 3 A drive from the Gorge de Verdon in the southeast of France to the Pyrenees in the southwest of France, withe sunflower fields, the famous Tour de France mountain pass called Col du Tourmalet, and waterfalls. Part 4 Hiking from France into Spain via "La Breche de Roland." Part 5 Hiking to the incredible waterfall of the Cirque de Gavarnie
Stout Grove could very well be the best of all redwood hikes with its peaceful vibes, lush ferns covering the floor, and old-growth sunlit trees.
Photography, travelogue, trip report, hiking, outdoors, wilderness, travel, Europe, nature, adventure, trekking, Galapagos, Madeira, Ireland.
1 night backpacking trip out of Sabrina Lake Basin featuring Blue Lake, Dingleberry Lake, Topsy Turvy Lake, Moonlight Falls, & Hungry Packer Lake
1 night backpacking trip out of Sabrina Lake Basin featuring Blue Lake, Dingleberry Lake, Topsy Turvy Lake, Moonlight Falls, & Hungry Packer Lake
1 night backpacking trip out of Sabrina Lake Basin featuring Blue Lake, Dingleberry Lake, Topsy Turvy Lake, Moonlight Falls, & Hungry Packer Lake
Planning an unforgettable trip to Uganda? Don't miss Sipi Falls! Detailed info for self-guided hiking, how to hire a local guide, best stays & more!
One of the most beautiful hikes in the Canadian Rockies, Pocaterra Ridge will blow you away. Read our trip report of one of the most stunning Larch hikes
Galatea Lakes hike and Lillian Lake is a worthy day hike, and the trek up to Lower Galatea Lake and Upper Galatea Lake is spectacular!
De Tolmin kloof in Slovenië is prachtig. Een paradijsje voor natuurliefhebbers. En het leuke is dat je er een geweldige wandeling doorheen kunt maken!
The Corona Arch trail is an awesome short, dog-friendly hike right outside Moab leading to a huge arch. Get the full guide here.
The Juan de Fuca Marine Trail is a remarkable 3 to 5 day hike along the coast of Vancouver Island, Canada, progressing over beach and forest. Complete guide for planning and packing, detailed itinerary and packing list.
Trip report, gear essentials, and do's and don'ts for hiking this lightly traveled yet tough Eastern Sierra trail
When you tell people you’re about to head off to Pakistan the reaction is almost always the same… “Sorry, did you just say Pakistan!?” “yep” “why are you going there, isn’t that a super dangerous country!?” (accompanied by a mixture of confused, surprised and concerned looks). When I followed this by saying I was going
We backpacked through the Eastern High Peaks Wilderness Area, up Wright, Algonquin and Iroquois peaks. Down to Lake Colden, up Mt. Colden and out through Avalanche Pass in the Adirondacks.
1 night backpacking trip out of Saddlebag Lake, featuring Conness Lakes and the Twenty Lakes Basin Loop
A beautiful 1.5 mile roundtrip hike through lush, mossy forests ending at a stunning waterfall in Olympic National Park, Washington.
So much to see, so little time! This 4 day Banff Itinerary is everything you need to plan your visit to the most beautiful place in the world!
A detailed trip report of an overnight backpacking trip hiking from Aspen to Crested Butte via West Maroon Pass.
Ever since we did the West Coast Trail in 2004, my husband Greg and I had wanted to hike the Nootka Trail as it was rumoured to be like the West Coast Trail “used to be”: no permits, no boardwalks, no crowds. If you aren’t familiar, the Nootka trail is more of a route and …
Big Basin Redwood State Park is one of the best places to hike in the Bay Area. Read our trip report on the Big Basin waterfall hike to Berry Creek Falls.
