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Posted: 12/7/2007 10:02:41 AM |
Utah's Escalante Canyon system.
I was just in Zion NP....amazing place with some scary hikes! The Grand Staircase will be on next years trip, along with Brice Canyon and much, much more.
Telescope Peak in Death Valley is a great hike.....camp at 8100 ft....hike to 11,033 ft....in one direction you can see the lowest point in the U.S., make a 180 degree turn, and see the highest point in the lower 48....and...needless to say...a whole lot more! | |
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Posted: 12/17/2007 5:50:51 PM | I agree with a previous poster, New Zealand has the best hiking network in the world. The trails have well maintained huts every 4 or so hours walking distance which saves carrying the weight of camping equipment. My fave hike there was an 8 day loop in the mountains of Nelson Lakes Nat Park...spectacular scenery and hardly another soul around.
For a one day hike, the climb up to The Amphitheatre in the Drakensburgs of South Africa has been one of my most memorable. | |
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Posted: 7/1/2008 3:40:09 PM | | I've never been on any multi day hikes, but as far as the short hikes go I loved the angels landing trail in Zion NP. | |
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Posted: 7/2/2008 10:16:00 PM | The Olympia National Rainforest in Washington State is a primeval jawdropper. The trees grow so big (too wet for forest fires!) that a couple of them have their own parking lots. All the sword ferns and such, and the sweet, mossy dampness of the place can make you think a dinosaur will come crashing through at any moment. It's a joy for novice daytripper and expeditioner alike.
And Ruby Beach is on the way!
Cheers!
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Posted: 7/2/2008 10:31:19 PM | | I'm looking forward to doing the hut-to-hut hikes in the Swiss and Austrian Alps someday. I've read numerous stories and logs about these trips and can't wait to do it myself. | |
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Posted: 7/3/2008 2:58:12 AM | it's funny that skudger should mention elfin lakes - there's a pic of that hike on my profile! actually anything in and around squamish or whistler is a breathtaking hike and you can make it as long or as short as you want. usually to get to those summitous glacial lakes require an overnighter though.
if you live in the lower mainland (vancouver) british columbia, there's a huge hiking group called wanderung that lists their own experiences with diff trails/conditions, organizes hikes (its members do all the work so no fees, etc.) and also helps organize trail maintenance. they also evaluate guide books and the accuracy of the hikes listed (or not listed). | |
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Posted: 7/5/2008 1:39:01 PM | | Landmannalaugar to Porsmork in southern Iceland. 4 days of the most diverse and jaw-dropping scenery. Lava fields, fumaroles, hot springs, ash deserts, glacial rivers to ford, a glistening mountain top covered in obsidian, a gorge, a dwarf birch 'forest' [a rarity in a country with few trees], all surrounded glaciers, lakes and rhyolite mountains painted with a mix of gold, brown and rusty orange. | |
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Posted: 7/5/2008 5:04:47 PM | | any part of the appalacian trial in new england is spectacular, maine is my favorite though | |
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| World's Most Beautiful Hikes
Posted: 7/6/2008 12:59:27 AM | NZ is so amazingly stunning it's hard to say which track I enjoyed the most. These are all in the South Island; Routeburn, Milford and Heaphy.
If you're after something hard going and rough, try Kokoda Trail in Papua New Guinea. | |
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Posted: 7/14/2008 12:35:52 AM | | Definitely Dingri to Everest in Tibet, one of the best hikes. I've never been, but I hear its absolutely breathtaking. | |
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Posted: 7/14/2008 7:54:24 PM | Angels Landing at Zion National Park Utah.
Start out at the bottom of the canyon and end up 1200 feet above the canyon. Only a 3 hour hike round trip though.
But there are other hikes at the park you can do.
BTW my profile has a pic from near the top of Angels Landing so you can get a sense of the view, just amazing. | |
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Posted: 7/17/2008 7:54:17 AM | The Bruce Trail in Ontario is fantastic. It goes from Niagara Falls to Tobemory on the Bruce Peninsula. It's a long trail, but it runs through beautiful, lush conservation areas with forest, freshwater creeks, birch, poplars, maple, pine, spruce, orchids, trilliums,iris, waterlilies birds, deer, butterflies, chipmunks.it runs along the Niagara Escarpment part of the world Biosphere and through the boreal forest. It's a great network of conservation areas.
Ontario has lots of beautiful conservation areas, just check out conservation-ontario.on.ca, Pelee and Rondeau are beautiful in the south with nice marshes, and waterlillies, beaches, and boardwalks. The Georgian Bay shoreline is always really beautiful, Killbear offers a preview of the Canadian Shield. The Sheffield Conservation area is beautiful, and Lake Superior Provincial Park offers amazing vistas. Frontenac is also a really beautiful area. | |
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Posted: 7/17/2008 12:57:37 PM | | A few years ago I was in the Great Smokey Mtns in Tenn and every day I hiked up to a different waterfall. Some morning I would go in early and watch the sun rise from a different MTN . A great palce to walk around and get lost. | |
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Posted: 7/19/2008 8:26:32 PM | | I have always loved seeing S. American countries on tv. I can imagine how beautiful it must be to see in person. I would like to go to capitol city of Ecuador some day. | |
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