Category: long hikes

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Colorado Trail in 6 Minutes

This video is a short montage that summarizes the highlights of the Colorado Trail, which allows you to have a good idea of ​​what you will see, hoping that it gives you the taste to hike it in section or in full! …

Challenge yourself with exhilarating hikes, heart-pumping mountain biking sessions, or test your endurance by backpacking along the trail’s magnificent 500-mile length.

•Time Needed to complete the whole CT: 29 days

•Highest Elevation: 13,334 ft. – Coney Summit

•Lowest Elevation: 5,520 ft. – Waterton Canyon

•Elevation Gain (approx.): 89,000 ft.

– Ratatrail

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https://youtu.be/hllFmIXCy1w

related – Clever Hiker – A Complete Guide to Hiking the Colorado Trail

If you want more, check our Colorado Trail information page.


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Vancouver Island Route – Documentary

Krysta Norwick and her husband Brian are two of the (relatively few) adventurers who have successfully thru hiked what’s called the Vancouver Island Trail.

It’s a work in progress. Watch the VIDEO and you’ll see plenty of route finding and bushwhacking.

It’s being built and maintained by the non-profit Vancouver Island Trail Association.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

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300 km Pekoe Trail, Sri Lanka

The Pekoe Trail is a NEW 22 stage hike through Sri Lanka’s tea plantations.

You can walk it — or sections — year round. Low altitude. Mostly easy, scenic walking.

The major complaint I’ve heard is about leeches on rainy days.

I can relate. I once spent a month in Sri Lanka and was sometimes removing leeches with salt water while still on the move. 😀


ThePekoeTrailSriLanka.com

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AllTrails – Pekoe Trail

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Mountain Kingdoms offers a 2-week walking holiday that follows the most scenic and culturally interesting sections of the Pekoe Trail including Horton Plains, the tea capital of Nuwara Eliya and the fabulous views from Ella Rock.

Fully supported, you walk between small hotels, original bungalows and mountain lodges carrying just a day pack, with all transfers, meals and sightseeing included.

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A Day on the Portuguese Camino de Santiago

Campbell and Alya, the Stingy Nomads, are two of my favourite hiking bloggers. They live in Portugal and have spent a lot of time on the Caminos.

The Portuguese Camino Coastal Route – a guide & walking stages

Click PLAY or watch a typical day on YouTube.

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Hike the Westweg, Black Forest, Germany

The Westweg (“West Way” or “West Trail”) is a long-distance hiking trail in Germany, running north–south through the Black Forest from Pforzheim to Basel.

The trail is around 285 km long, and was founded in 1900. …

The route passes through or near numerous villages or small towns, so there is no difficulty in finding overnight accommodation and meals along the route.

It would actually require more planning to walk it while staying in youth hostel-type accommodation, or camping.

There are a number of services that will transport your luggage to the next accommodation by vehicle …

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Don’t have time to hike the whole thing?

The Westweg can easily be divided into individual day hikes.

Due to the sheer number of beautiful trails in the Black Forest, it’s also very easy to add stages of the Westweg to circular hikes over a weekend. …

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Cicerone has a dedicated guide book.

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3,000-Mile Divide to Crest Thru Hike

Lyla Harrod is a super experienced thru hiker.

The first trans woman to complete the Triple Crown in 2023, set out to INVENT a new even more difficult challenge.

She calls it the Divide to Crest.

You’re not likely to cross paths with trail name Sugar because this route is so remote, so difficult.

Two trails piqued Harrod’s desert hiking interest: The 500-mile Mogollon Rim Trail in Arizona and the 750-mile Oregon Desert Trail. She wondered if she could somehow connect them. …

… Nevada’s Basin and Range Trail proved to be the missing piece. The 1,090-mile route through eastern and central Nevada allowed Harrod to begin planning her diagonal traverse from the barren deserts of New Mexico to the glacial peaks of Washington. …

Backpacker – Lyla Harrod’s 3,000-Mile Divide to Crest Route Might Be the Wildest New Thru-Hike in America

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TOP 10 hikes ➙ John Muir Trail, California

John Muir Trail is one of our top 10 hikes in the world.

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John Muir Trail

If there’s a hiker’s paradise on earth, it’s the JMT in the Sierra Nevadas.

213 miles without a road. Fantastic weather. 11 high passes. Unbelievable nonstop vistas. And Mt Whitney.

AT A GLANCE

Yosemite map
  • Yosemite, Ansel Adams and John Muir wilderness, Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks
  • start in stunning Yosemite, Muir’s “Range of Light”
  • 223mi (360km) to Whitney Portal adding sidetrips to Half Dome, Vermillion Resort and Mt. Whitney 14,505ft (4,421m)
  • 15-21 days recommended
  • carry your own food and tent
  • JMT about 10% the length of the Pacific Crest Trail

Read more on our John Muir Trail information page.

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John Muir Trail Flyover

The John Muir Trail in California is one of our top 10 hikes in the world.

Walk for 2-3 weeks without crossing a road.

Brilliant!

This is the best hike in the USA and includes many of the best sections of the longer Pacific Crest Trail.

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