Best hikes, treks, tramps in the world.
One of our top 10 hikes in the world takes you from the Sunshine Ski Resort in Banff National Park, Canada along the top of the world to the most scenic peak in the Canadian Rockies.
Check our Sunshine to Assiniboine information page.
Click PLAY or get a glimpse on YouTube. (You may have to click through to watch.)
Here’s a cinematic look at a high traverse of the Drakensberg mountains in South Africa.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Via Hiking South Africa.
YouTube superstar Kraig Adams headed for Peru to do the fantastic Huayhuash Circuit.
Unfortunately it was June 2021. Peru had become the nation with the highest COVID related death rate.
As a result, Kraig needed to switch to famed Laguna 69 out of Huaraz, one of our top 10 hiking towns in the world.
As always, his video is fantastic. By far the best I’ve seen on Laguna 69.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Sponsored by Black Diamond Equipment.
King, a mountaineer and adventurer, is attempting to climb the world’s tallest mountains. If he succeeds, he’ll be the first African American to climb the 14 summits (the seven summits plus the world’s seven tallest volcanoes).
But, “conquering mountains” isn’t his actual goal. He knows that bringing diversity to the outdoors is the real challenge. …
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Trip report by BestHike editor Rick McCharles
Mt Benson looms over Nanaimo on Vancouver Island.
Though folks make this climb year round, I waited for great weather in May. 😇
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There are several routes to the summit, but quickest and most straightforward begins at Witchcraft Lake.
Knowing that the summit is busy on a nice day, I camped on Crown Land the night before. Was first starting up the trail in the morning.
I used AllTrails for navigation and only managed to detour on to a side trail one time. 😀
It’s a steady climb. Interesting terrain with a number of viewpoints on the way up.
From the summit most cameras take in the panorama over Nanaimo. Here’s the OTHER vista — looking inland.
Watch a LIVE STREAM of the Benson summit on YouTube.
related trip report – sea2peak
Va’ Sentiero is a grassroot project, thanks to the spontaneous contribution of thousands of people.
Three friends — Yuri, Sara, Giacomo — invented the route.
Today they are documenting the adventure with a team of seven.
So far, at least 1500 hikers have joined them at various stages. It’s open to all.
details – asentiero.org/en
Click PLAY or watch a promotion on Vimeo.
Thanks Jeff.
By BestHike editor Rick McCharles.
In Banff, Alberta for medical tests — all labs in the big city of Calgary booked for weeks — I made time to walk all the hikes available directly from the Rocky Mountains townsite.
Gorgeous.
I’m now convinced that April is the best month for the local town hikes. It’s fascinating to watch the spring breakup of rivers.
One night I saw elk crossing on Bow River ice. A few days later it was liquid.
Click PLAY or watch 1 minute of River highlights on YouTube.
related – more Banff winter hikes
May 1st is the start of the PERMIT system.
AND it’s not easy getting a permit to hike the highest mountain in the continental USA May 1 – November 1.
Kraig Adams did it solo in late April. He had to prepare for snow, ice and cold.
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Cicerone guidebook author and Himalayan guide Radek Kucharski gives a firsthand insight to the panoramas that can be seen by trekkers in the Everest region.
See all his photos.
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