Best hikes, treks, tramps in the world.
Campbell and Alya, the Stingy Nomads, are two of my favourite hiking bloggers. They live in Portugal and have spent a lot of time on the Caminos.
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If — like me — you are currently shopping Black Friday for Christmas, Steven’s video by will be of interest.
If in Canada, I recommend you browse GearTrade.ca — easily the best high quality gear shop in the nation.
In the USA, Steven recommends Garage Grown Gear.
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A long, relaxing voiceless video.
For me, Harmen Hoek is inspiring like Kraig Adams. Both are wonderful hiking movie makers.
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The Westweg (“West Way” or “West Trail”) is a long-distance hiking trail in Germany, running north–south through the Black Forest from Pforzheim to Basel.
The trail is around 285 km long, and was founded in 1900. …
The route passes through or near numerous villages or small towns, so there is no difficulty in finding overnight accommodation and meals along the route.
It would actually require more planning to walk it while staying in youth hostel-type accommodation, or camping.
There are a number of services that will transport your luggage to the next accommodation by vehicle …
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Don’t have time to hike the whole thing?
The Westweg can easily be divided into individual day hikes.
Due to the sheer number of beautiful trails in the Black Forest, it’s also very easy to add stages of the Westweg to circular hikes over a weekend. …
National Parks of Europe
Cicerone has a dedicated guide book.
South Coast Track in Australia is one of our top 10 coastal hikes in the world.
BUT — it’s a challenging walk in a region of Tasmania exposed to harsh weather conditions. There are no huts along the track. Track conditions are often difficult. Walkers must be fully self-sufficient, well-equipped and experienced.
Hire a guide if this worries you.
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For details, click over to our South Coast Track information page.
My favourite season for hiking is autumn.
The colours, for sure.
Sunlight low in the sky.
But even more is the melancholy of days getting shorter. The year coming to an end.
Most of the trees in the Vancouver Island rain forest are evergreen. But there are enough deciduous to make for wonderful scenes.
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My parents live very near Englishman River — and I hike, run, and cycle these exact trails when I’m visiting.
You can hike year round in this temperate rain forest climate.
VIPaerials captured the annual salmon run … alongside a black bear. I’ve never once seen a bear at this location as there are a lot of people around. BUT the easily available salmon are a great temptation.
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I was impressed that Yens Bastiaens and his best friend could hike the 100km Tour des Combins so late in the season.
They slept in the tent every night but one.
Switzerland and Italy.
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Personally, I like neoprene booties either in trail runners or speciality water walking shoes.
Neoprene booties have worked well for me on coastal trails, walking in the surf. And on slot canyon hikes like Zion Narrows.
Kurt Papke has a good overview online.
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Ryan Shirley was back in 2024.
Here are his favourite spots in the fantastically scenic Lofoten Islands — with bonus destinations within driving distance.
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