Best hikes, treks, tramps in the world.
Hank and Susan put together a terrific video of their guided Base Camp trip. The three passes are Renjo La, Cho La, and Kongma La, all more difficult than Base Camp itself.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (31min)
read more – Without Baggage – How to Hike Nepal’s Three Passes
Three Passes is one of our top 10 hikes in the world.
Check our Three Passes information page.
The Hollyford Track is one of our best hikes in Australasia.
Check the Department of Conservation home page.
Anderson and Mattson of Epic Trip Adventures hike glorious Akamina Ridge.
They take the big scree descent.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Waterton is our favourite Canadian National Park. That hike is one of the Waterton Triple Crown challenge routes.
Drew posted the best Ausangate page we’ve yet seen.
Ausangate is one of our top 10 hikes in the world.
Distance: 42.8 miles
Elevation Gain: 9406 ft
Minimum Elevation: 12498 ft
Maximum Elevation: 16,828 ft
Time: 5 days
Permits: No
Visa: Single entry tourist visa to Peru for US citizens
Trail Condition: Wide fired road on the start which narrows to single track and alpaca trails
Cell Phone Reception: None
Trail to Peak – A COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE AUSANGATE TREK
If you are considering this amazing adventure, that page is MUST READ.
Apuseni Natural Park is located in western Romania in the central-northern side of the Apuseni Mountains, comprising a part of the Bihor Mountains at south and Vlădeasa Mountains at north. …
Of many good options Galbena Gorge appeals to me.
Containing more than 60 peaks over 2,300 metres (7,500 ft) and over 100 crystal clear deep glacier lakes, the Retezat Mountains are some of the most beautiful in the Carpathians.
In 1935 the Government of Romania set aside an area of the Retezat Mountains creating the country’s first national park. …
Click through to check out some of the the hiking options.
related – Retezat National Park: Romania’s Most Precious Wilderness
Mount Wrightson is a 9,456-foot (2,882 m) peak in the Santa Rita Mountains within the Coronado National Forest, in southern Arizona …
The mountain is known for the spectacular view from its barren peak, nearly 7,000 feet (2,100 m) feet above Tucson. …
There are two main trails to the summit, and they cross each other twice, making a figure “8”. The Old Baldy Trail is the shorter of the two at 10.8 miles roundtrip. The Super Trail is the other one and is about 14 miles long roundtrip. …
Wrightson can be climbed any time of the year due to the great trail conditions. However, be prepared for wintery weather at the summit, especially during spring and fall when the valley below is temperate. You will encounter snow from fall through early spring.
As a testament to its dangers, there’s a memorial at Josephine Saddle (the first saddle where the two trails meet) for three unlucky boy scouts who perished there in a freak winter storm in November 1958. …
related – Mitch Stevens – Southwest Discoveries – Mt. Wrightson – Hiking Tucson’s Loftiest Summit
Canadian National Parks are FREE ENTRY in 2017. I’ve done all of these trips — some more than once — and am booked again in August for Assiniboine.
1. Skyline Trail
2. Skoki Circuit
3. Rockwall Trail
4. Berg Lake Trail
5. Mt. Assiniboine
See our full list of the best hikes in North America.
Backpacker Magazine:
In partnership with Mountain Hardwear, the state of Colorado, and the Colorado Outward Bound School, we launched the first annual Colorado Trail Fest in September 2016.
Nearly 40 BACKPACKER readers gathered for a four-day trek in the San Juan Mountains, followed by a train ride to Durango and a music-beer-food-prizes celebration. …
Click PLAY or watch 2016 highlights on YouTube.
The 2017 Colorado Trail Fest is scheduled for mid-September. Leave a comment if you have final dates for that.
Without question one of the best hikes in the world. Most popular is the W Circuit.
Click PLAY or watch a teaser on YouTube.
Cost is about $600 / person for 5 days / 4 nights in 2017 if you sign on with Vertice Patagonia.
Even better and longer is the the full Paine Circuit (often called the “O” as contrasted with the red “W”).
If interested know that logistics are getting increasingly difficult. Costs are going up. But it’s still well worth making your way to southern South America in the trekking season.
Click over to our Paine information page for details.
