One of the official GREAT WALKS.
I’d love to travel there again soon as they’ve done such a terrific job limiting the health and economic damage from COVID.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
West Coast Trail – #1 Hike in the World
The WCT was closed all of 2020.
We still don’t know if it will reopen for 2021. Reservations might open in April.
Read our WCT information page.
While we wait, here’s a cute short video that captures the feel of the adventure.
ESPECIALLY the ladders.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Want to see more?
Watch Sean Tilden’s lovely edit.
National Parks Adventure (2016)
Narrated by Robert Redford, National Parks Adventure is an IMAX documentary touring U.S. Parks including Yellowstone, Glacier, Yosemite, and Arches.
Look for it on streaming services including Netflix.
Join famed mountaineer Conrad Anker on a road trip with stepson Max Lowe and artist Rachel Pohl.
Click PLAY or watch the trailer on YouTube.
Ammonite Falls the HARD WAY 😀
Trip report by BestHike editor Rick McCharles.
Without checking in advance, I cycled out for my first visit to Ammonite Falls near Nanaimo on Vancouver Island.
Most convenient for me was the Weigles Road trailhead.
January 15th was the best weather we’ve had in 2021. A perfect day.
And it’s an easy day hike.
What could go wrong?
Turned out the BENSON CREEK trail to the Falls was closed for MAJOR improvements. I had to find another way.
Later I found out that other trails to the top of the Falls were open. 😀
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
related – Outdoor Vancouver – Ammonite Falls Hike
Click PLAY or watch the hike from the Jameson road trailhead on YouTube.
Nature Valley restored 10k National Park trails
For the past 3 years General Mill’s brand Nature Valley has done maintenance on as many as 10,000 miles of trails over 19 national parks in 16 states.
And the brand has renewed its commitment, pledging $3 million to work with the National Park Foundation to restore another 10,000 miles of trails, including the removal of invasive species, repairing structures and building boardwalks.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
MacLehose Trail, Hong Kong
One of the best urban hikes in the world.
Click PLAY or watch part 1 on YouTube.
Watch the rest of the series on YouTube.
Wyoming’s Wind River Range Traverse
Tim Seymour put together a route higher and more adventurous than the adjacent Continental Divide Trail.
They got some weather.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (42min)
Click PLAY or watch a Google Earth flyover of their route on YouTube.
WHY WALK?
One of the few good things about the pandemic is the number of non-hikers rediscovering the pleasures of walking.
It’s healthy, too.
Around 8,000 steps a day was linked with a 51 per cent lower risk of death from any cause compared with taking 4,000 steps.
Taking 12,000 steps a day was linked with a 65 per cent lower risk than taking 4,000 steps a day.
CBC
Nile Creek waterfalls in Winter
Nile Creek Trail is at least 10km (6mi) out and back near Qualicum on Vancouver Island.
AllTrails does not recommend it November through March as it’s very wet and muddy during winter.
Slippery too. Many rough boardwalks and log bridges.
On the other hand, water is high. The waterfalls and cascades even more impressive than in summer.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. Starting from Charlton Drive, Qualicum Beach.
related – trip report of the second half – Get out and Play – Nile Creek
😀 MASK UP while hiking?
Asking for a friend.
He’s thinking an N97 mask, two Buffs on top. Ski goggles. And face shield.
Abundance of caution.
He’s also wearing a condom while on the trail. Just in case.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
