#1 A Grand Tour of Yosemite
#2 Northern Glacier National Park
#3 Teton Crest Trail
#4 Zion’s Narrows
#5 John Muir Trail
#6 Royal Arch Loop, Grand Canyon
#7 The Southern Olympic Coast
#8 Spider Gap-Buck Creek Pass Loop, Glacier Peak Wilderness
#9 Idaho’s Sawtooth Mountains
#10 Timberline Trail, Mount Hood

Michael Lanza was for many years was the Northwest Editor of Backpacker Magazine. He edits The Big Outside hiking blog.
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