The world’s greatest living hiker, Cam Honan, along with Kate “Swept Away” Pickett, put together a route from Nevada to Colorado across Utah.
Highlights
Snow Canyon
Red Mountain Wilderness
Gooseberry Mesa
Canaan Mountain Wilderness
The Barracks
Great Chamber
Bryce Canyon NP – Under the Rim Trail, Peekaboo Loop, and Fairyland Loop.
Powell Point
Death Hollow
Egg Canyon
Upper and Lower Muley Twist Canyons
Cliff Point on the Waterpocket Fold
Stevens Canyon
Fold Canyon
Coyote Gulch
The Lizard Route out of Halls Creek
Grand Gulch and Bullet Canyon
Comb Ridge
Hovenweep National Monument
… a combination of cross country travel, 4WD tracks, rock scrambles, river wading, dirt roads, established trails, and a minimal amount on pavement. More often than not, directional choices were dictated out of geological and historical curiosity …
… water was one of the primary considerations when planning the trip. …
resupply a combination of mail drops and buying as we went …
Along with the America the Beautiful Entrance Pass, overnight camping permits were required for Bryce Canyon National Park, Grand Staircase/Escalante National Monument, Capitol Reef National Park, and Bears Ears National Monument.
quick and easy to switch between riding and carrying your bag
can accommodate bags from 30 to 110 litres
compact when folded for planes, trains, buses, etc.
particularly suited to the military, rescue services, photographers, mountain guides and any other professional or amateur who needs to carry equipment in the wild
MIGHT be an option for hikers with physical problems where they cannot carry a backpack
The Northern Colorado Trail stretches 292 miles from Estes Park to Glenwood Springs.
Loveland-based thru-hiker Kevin “Sunshine” Silvernale had just completed his hike of the Pacific Crest Trail in 2016 when he started thinking about developing a backpacking route that wove its way across northern Colorado.
He started plotting route points in 2022 after tackling the Colorado Trail. Then last year, he finally decided to walk from Estes Park to Glenwood Springs to put his planned path to the test.
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.
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.
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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