Best hikes, treks, tramps in the world.
I’d planned to hike Giant Slide Trail & Grandgent to Sargent Mountain based on this list of best hikes in Acadia National Park.
Without hiking guidebook or map, Acadia trails can be confusing.
There are many, many ways to get to the top of Sargent. (also spelled Sargeant)
My particular route was pretty.
By luck, I happened upon a Ranger who recommended Sargent Mountain via Sargent Ridge.
Soon after, I zigged instead of zagged.
And was off on another trail instead.
I’d long wanted to hike Acadia National Park in Maine. It wasn’t quite as good as I’d hoped.
In advance, I looked at this post – Five Favorite Hikes in Acadia National Park.
The blogger systematically worked through the local hiking guidebook, A Walk in the Park by Tom St. Germain, arriving at these best hikes:
Acadia Mountain is short and sweet.
Well trod.
Well blazed.
With terrific vistas from the top.
wikiexplora ranks Paine the #1 trek in the world 🙂
AT A GLANCE
We’ve moved and updated our Paine Circuit information page.
It’s available one click from the besthike home page, under the South America pulldown menu.
Here’s the BIG question when it comes to famed Annapurna:
ramblin’ boy – Nepal’s Annapurna Circuit: Is It Still Worth Doing?
I trekked Annapurna in 2013, staying mainly on the traditional “roads” on foot and mountain bike.
But I now wish I had an electronic version of this new book by Andrées de Ruiter and Prem Rai. They are documenting the NEW Annapurna trail, avoiding the worst of the motor roadways.
Trekking in the Annapurna area along the new NATT – trails which avoid the road. [Kindle Edition]
It includes Annapurna round / circuit, Tilicho lake, Annapurna Panorama trek & Poon Hill, Annapurna Basecamp trek ABC and the new Khopra Danda and Mardi Himal trek.
Or, you can check out an older (free) PDF version before you buy the new one.
Here’s the road near Chame under construction in 2013.
more on our Annapurna information page
Huaraz is our #2 hiking town in the world. Yet many experienced hikers have never heard of the mountain city. It’s not easy to reach. 😦
We’ve just updated and moved our information pages on the top 3 treks out of Huaraz:
• Santa Cruz
• Alpamayo
• Huayhuash
All are tough, high altitude, life changing challenges.
Santa Cruz is the most popular, shortest and easiest of the three.
Click PLAY or watch Boundless Traveler’s 2012 Santa Cruz trek on YouTube.
Alpamayo is longer and tougher.
IridePow trekked Alpamayo in 2008 posting a terrific trip report with photos.
The Huayhuash Circuit is toughest of all.
Joe Simpson territory.
Details:
• Santa Cruz
• Alpamayo
• Huayhuash
Of course there are many, many other great walks in the White Mountains of Peru.
😦
Brian J. Cantwell of The Seattle Times described hiking expert and author Karen Sykes as “a tough old bird, dogged in pursuit of topics that would get more people outdoors.”
An avid explorer of the Northwest forests and mountains, Sykes wrote about hiking in all of its guises; wildflower hikes, hikes for kids, hikes for novices, you name it. She was a teacher and an inspiration. …
After having been reported missing last week in Mount Rainier National Park, her body was found three days later. She died of hypothermia, according to the Pierce County Medical Examiner’s office. …
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Protection (CDC), 16,911 deaths in the United States were associated with hypothermia between 1999 to 2011. …
ramblin’ boy posted the best Huayhuash trip report I’ve yet seen.
15 days
… Most of the 125-km long trek is on trails above 4000m and above the tree line so you have a very stark mountain scenery. It is obviously much more of a commitment than, let’s say, hiking the Monte Fitz Roy area near El Chalten in Argentina’s Patagonia; it is also more demanding physically than the eight-to-ten-day Torres del Paine Circuit in southern Chile.
However, the reward is even more stunning scenery– and nobody is there!
It is not everyone’s cup of tea; but if, like me, you enjoy the idea of “leaving” civilization behind while donkeys carry your gear for a couple of weeks of wandering along incredible mountain trails then look no further! …
At Llamac we met the arrieros (muleteers) and their burros, all ten of them. They would carry the bulk of our stuff for us; we would walk with day packs containing rain gear, cameras, and a water bottle. I cannot imagine doing this particular trek unsupported, weighed down by all the things you’d need to bring. …
read more – The Huayhuash Circuit: South America’s Finest High-Altitude Trek (2010)
We’ve updated and moved our Huayhuash information page. 🙂
I mountain biked 2 days of the GHT (Annapurna) last year. Glorious. But tough.
Stretching for more than 1700 km (1056 miles) across Nepal, the Great Himalaya Trail is making a bid for becoming one of the top long distance trekking routes in the world.
While the infrastructure along the trail is still being built, it has already become a mecca for adventure.
In the video below, we get a 4-minute look at the GHT from some mountain bikers …
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
“Travailen” follows Ryan Sandes and Ryno Griesel on their attempt of the Drakensberg Grand Traverse (DGT) in South Africa.
Travailen – Official Trailer
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
related – National Geographic – North Drakensberg Traverse, South Africa/Lesotho, uKhahlamba/ Drakensberg Park
(via Outside)
… a good 4 to 5 day hike. We had great weather with no rain, which meant hot afternoons. In the mornings, we were up around 5am to be on the trail by 6am. This was to avoid the heat and catch the sun rise. Although hiking in the heat was hard work, the waterfall swimming pools at the end of every day (except the last) were a magnificent reward. Amazing water and then catch some rays in the sun. …
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