@tomparkr shares some of his favourite hikes on Vancouver Island:
• Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park
• Della Falls
• East Sooke Park
• Golden Hinde
• North Coast/Cape Scott Trail
Click through for links to each.
Thanks Joan.
100 Classic Hikes
36 countries on 6 continents.
Cam Honan:
Listed below are 100 multi-day hikes that I have had the good fortune of doing from 1995 to the present day. In my opinion they are all “great” or “classic” hikes, however I have refrained from assigning them any type of order other than alphabetical. How can one compare the jaw-dropping grandeur of high alpine regions to the stillness and timeless quality of the desert?
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editor: I’ve started clicking my way through Cam’s impressive list.
By comparison, I’ve only done about 35 of those, in part or in whole.
Leave a comment if you know of any hiker who’s done MORE of the world’s best hikes?
U.S. long-distance hiking trails
Hiking has gone Hollywood with the film adaptation of Cheryl Strayed’s bestselling backpacking memoir Wild – and the Pacific Crest Trail is its real star. If the film inspires you, here are 10 trails that explore the stunning US wilderness
Pacific Crest Trail: California, Oregon and Washington, 2,663 miles
John Muir Trail: California, 210 miles
Continental Divide Trail: New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana, 3,100 miles
Appalachian Trail: 14 states from Georgia to Maine, 2,185 miles
The Long Trail: Vermont, 272 miles
The Hayduke Trail: Arizona and Utah, 812 miles
The Grand Enchantment Trail: Arizona and New Mexico, 770 miles
The Ozark Highlands Trail: Arkansas, 218 miles
The Ice Age Trail: Wisconsin, 1,200 miles
The Superior Hiking Trail: Minnesota, 296 miles
Guardian – Top 10 long-distance hiking trails in the US
Click through for a brief summary, links and shorter highlights of each.
December, January & February hikes
Adventures Within Reach recommends some of the best hikes during each month of the year.
December
Our Top Trek Recommendation: Vietnam Trekking
Runner Up: Mount Meru, Tanzania
January
Our Top Trek Recommendation: Aconcagua, Argentina
Runner Up: Hill Tribes, Thailand
February
Our Top Trek Recommendation: Torres del Paine, Patagonia, Chile
Runner Up: Gorilla Trekking, Rwanda
A Trek For Every Month: Top Hikes Around The World (December, January & February)
While it’s possible to hike all the way to the top of Aconcagua, we’d recommend you hike around the great peak instead. 🙂
10 epic long distance hikes
Gear Junkie:
1. Appalachian Trail
2. Greater Patagonian Trail
3. Continental Divide Trail
4. Nepal’s Great Himalaya Trail
5. Grand Italian Trail
6. Wales Coast Path
7. Pacific Crest Trail
8. Great Wall of China
9. Tokai Nature Trail
10. Te Araroa
best treks in Nepal
Updated after our November 2014 visit.
- Everest Base Camp / 3 Passes TOP 10 <trip>
- Everest Base Camp <wiki>
- Manaslu Circuit <site> <trip> and Nar Phu sidetrip
- Langtang
- Gosainkund & Helambu
- Makalu Base Camp <GHT> <blog>
- Annapurna Circuit <wiki>
- Annapurna Base Camp <trip>
- Tamang Heritage Trail <GHT>
- Upper Dolpo Circuit <GHT>
- Mustang Circuit <GHT> <trip>
- Kangchenjunga Base Camp <GHT>
- Upper Humla Valley <trip>
- Royal Trek
- Great Himalaya Trail <wiki> <site> <site> <blog>
There are many more great hikes in Nepal! … This list just scratches the surface.
I’m looking at Makalu Base Camp for my next trip. Perhaps November 2015.
12 awesome treks & hikes
This is cool. Click though to some of the links.
Download the Trekking Guide graphic with links as a PDF.
Kindly provided by Expert Himalayan Trekker Paul Deakin.
great hikes in India
Vishal Garg listed some of his best hikes in India on Quora.
Chandrashila Peak (Uttarakhand)
Deoria Tal (Uttarakhand)
Triund Hill (Himachal Pradesh)
Kareri Lake (Himachal Pradesh)
Kheerganga (Himachal Pradesh)
besthike drop down menus
We’ve updated our list of the best hikes in the world.
Easiest way to see them is from the home page. Using the drop down menus.
For example, here’s how you’d find the best hikes in the Patagonian Andes.
hiking out of Jasper, Alberta
Rogier Gruys is a hiking & travel expert. He’s hiked in Canada, Sweden, Norway, Yukon, Ghana, West Papua (Indonesia), Mongolia. Rogier spent a lot of time trekking in the Bhutanese Himalayas, and edited a dayhiking guide to Thimphu.
One day browsing our top 10 hiking towns of the world, Rogier noted that we have Banff, Alberta, Canada listed.
In Rogier’s opinion, hiking out of Jasper, Alberta is even better than out of Banff.
Check out the Jasper National Park home page. And hiking page. It is great. Here I am at wonderful Mt Robson.
Rogier Gruys knows far more about the Canadian Rockies than I ever will. We’ve annotated our top 10 hiking towns list to mention both Jasper and … Canmore, Alberta. Another strong candidate. 🙂
besthike.com 