top Outdoor Adventure sites

As selected by Road Bike Hub.

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Most of the blogs chosen feature adventure cycling. Best Hike was included as we’ve recently been promoting Cycle Hiking. Biking as far as possible, hiking the rest of the way. 🙂

Check the list for yourself – Top Blogs That Explore Outdoor Adventure

best day hikes in Alberta?

I’ll be in the Canadian Rockies end of August. 🙂 I’m still deciding on what hikes to do on that trip.

… the mountains here have all of the spectacle and grandeur of their southern American cousins, and in most places they only have a fraction of the foot traffic. …

Modern Hiker – 6 STUNNING DAY HIKES IN ALBERTA

Yamnuska (Mount John Laurie)
Yamnuska (Mount John Laurie)

Great Walks of the World – D. Larraine Andrews

This 2014 book includes some great walks: Larapinta Trail, Milford Track, Carthew-Alderson, Chilkoot Trail, Yosemite’s Panorama Trail, etc.

But it also includes some surprising choices – Mt Sinai, for example.

It includes an oddball assortment of tips on each. I’d hardly call it a hiking guidebook, however.

Great Walks

An eclectic collection of 11 global walks and hikes, the book includes destinations on every continent but Antarctica. From one-day saunters to two-week odysseys, readers will find the in-depth story behind each trail, combined with detailed maps and a visual feast of archival and contemporary images from contributors located around the world. …

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how to get into hiking

Amanda Zeisset of Adventure Junkies posted a good list for beginners:

4. Every Time I’ve Tried Hiking I End Up Getting Blisters, How Do I Prevent Them?

14. What’s The Best Way To Treat Water?

17. I’m Out Of Shape & Not Fit Enough To Hike For Long Hours, Where Should I Start?

19. None Of My Friends Are Outdoorsy, How Do I Find People To Go Hiking With?

HOW TO GET INTO HIKING – THE 19 MOST COMMON QUESTIONS ANSWERED

Click through to see them all. With answers. 🙂

Leave a comment on that site if you’ve an opinion.

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top 10 treks in the world – 5 months?

Want a grand challenge?

We are looking for an adventurer to try to complete our top 10 hikes of the world in one continuous walking holiday.

We reckon you could start in June and comfortably finish in November with this itinerary:

Top-10+ Ausangate Circuit, Peru
+ West Coast Trail, BC, Canada
+ Sunshine to Assiniboine, Alberta, Canada
+ Glacier North Circle, Montana, USA
+ John Muir Trail, California, USA
+ Haute Route (Chamonix-Zermatt), Alps
+ Otter Trail, South Africa
+ Everest Base Camp / 3 Passes, Nepal
+ Tongariro Northern Circuit, New Zealand
+ Overland Track, Tasmania

That’s one round-the-world extravaganza!

Throw in  the Huayhuash Circuit in Peru, at the beginning for extra bragging rights.

151 best Backpacking & Hiking sites

As chosen by Happy to Survive.

Some of my personal favourites are listed. As well as BestHike.com. Twice! 🙂

4. Alastair Humphreys

21. Florida Hikes

36. Hike Bike Travel

37. Hiking in Finland

52. Our Hiking Blog

67. The Hiking Life

106. Trailspotting

 

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(via Adventure Blog)

top 10 coastal hikes worldwide?

by site editor Rick McCharles

updated April 2016

But what are the best coastal hikes anywhere?

Top-10#1) West Coast Trail, BC Canada
#2) Otter Trail, South Africa
#3) Abel Tasman Track, New Zealand
#4) Lost Coast Trail, California
#5) Thorsborne Trail, Australia
#7) Kalalau Trail, Kauai, Hawaii
#8) Pembrokeshire Coast Path, U.K. 
#9) South Coast Track, Tasmania
10) Great Ocean Walk, Australia

Leave a comment if you have more to add to this list.


Canada’s West Coast Trail is so popular that many other alternatives have been developed nearby:

What about Canada’s east coast?

I’ve still yet to hike all of the Shipwreck Coast Trail (Rialto Beach to Shi Shi Beach) in Washington State.

Hiking is so popular and so well developed in the U.K. that there are many alternatives to the Pembrokeshire:

  • South West Coast Path
  • Cleveland Way
  • Norfolk Coast Path
  • Fife Coastal Path
  • Arran Coastal Way
  • Ayrshire Coastal Path
  • Anglesey Coastal Path
  • Causeway Coast Way
  • Lecale Way

In Italy there are some classic short walks suggested by Andrea:

Other recommended in the past:

Australia must have more coastal hiking than any nation in the world. There are many good candidates including:

Personally, I liked the Queen Charlotte Track in New Zealand even better than the Abel Tasman.

And the Fisherman’s Trail, Rota Vicentina, Portugal is high on my personal life list.

Waterloo Bay Beach, Australia

related – Adventure Junkies – TOP 11 BEST COASTAL HIKES FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO ENJOY IN 2016