Grizzly gets right of way.
Grizzly v Hiker
Grizzly gets right of way.
besthike pics on the Overland
Embark used one of our Overland Track photos. Nice. 🙂
Hikers back from the Overland tell me that some of our pics are posted in the lodges. 🙂
The Overland is one of our top 10 hikes in the world.
Snoqualmie Falls Trail WA
Snoqualmie Falls is a 268 ft (82 m) waterfall on the Snoqualmie River between Snoqualmie and Fall City, Washington, USA. It is one of Washington’s most popular scenic attractions, but is perhaps best known internationally for its appearance in the cult television series Twin Peaks. More than 1.5 million visitors come to the Falls every year …
… the river trail descends 300 feet in half a mile passing though temperate rain forest with moss covered Bigleaf Maple, Douglas-fir, Sword Fern and Salal and places to step off the trail and rest or enjoy the scenery …
Jim Nix
Rattlesnake Ledge, WA
trip report by site editor Rick McCharles
Though I’d rushed through Snoqualmie Pass dozens of times over the years – to or from Seattle – this was the first time I’d ever stopped to hike.
4.0 miles, roundtrip
Gain: 1160ft
Highest Point: 2078ftNo pass or permit required. And, no, there are no rattlesnakes.
This is a fine hike on a well maintained, albeit busy trail through the forest with views of the Cedar River watershed, Mount Si, Mount Washington, Rattlesnake Lake and Chester Morse Lake.
As soon as you arrive in the parking lot you have a view of Rattlesnake Ledge’s sheer rock face across Rattlesnake Lake. At this point it seems amazing to think you will be up there by the end of your hike, but a look at a trail map will reveal some well-engineered switchbacks …
WTA – Rattlesnake Ledge
It’s super popular. Hikers. Dog walkers. I saw many trail runners. (I walked up. Ran down, myself.)
Careful. In 2009 two different hikers fell to their deaths.
related – A lookout of legendary proportions
‘String Bean’ crushes the PCT
A 23-year-old Seattle man has smashed the speed record for hiking the full length of the Pacific Crest Trail. Recent college grad Joe McConaughy crossed into Canada on Sunday, exactly 53 days, 6 hours and 37 minutes after leaving the Mexican border on the storied trail. McConaughy says he felt elation and disbelief at the finish of the 2,660 mile journey. …
There is no official time keeper for long distance trail records. McConaughy had a support team and a satellite tracking beacon to verify his time. He says he ran the downhill and flat sections and generally hiked the uphills.
Even McConaughy sounds astonished by the pace he maintained. “I can’t believe that I averaged 50 whole miles a day over some of the toughest mountains in the West …
Seattle Runner Smashes Speed Record For Full Length Of Pacific Crest Trail
Click PLAY or watch an interview en route, near Bend, Oregon.
The long distance hiking fraternity recognizes a separate record for trekking border to border alone, without an accompanying support team. Heather ‘Anish’ Anderson of Bellingham continues to own that record of 60 days, 17 hours.
(via Fedak)
NO jogging Dungeness Spit, Washington
Dungeness Spit is one of the world’s longest natural sand spits, 5.5 miles (8.9 km) long and very narrow. A lighthouse, the New Dungeness Light, built in 1857, is located near the end of the spit. …
I jogged from a distant parking lot to the entrance, only to be told:
To ensure that wildlife continue to have a place to rest and feed, some recreational activities such as jogging, swimming, and other beach activities are allowed only in selected areas during certain times of the year. …
No jogging. 😦
Instead I ran on west of the Park. There’s a very popular trail on top of the bluffs.
The beach far below looks good too.
Expedition Idaho Adventure Race
7-days of continuous physical and mental challenge, almost no sleep, bad food, questionable water. Who invented this sport? 🙂
To stagger the start of Expedition Idaho, Race Director Dave Adlard, set a unique prologue.
Teams had to climb the toughest waterslide, starting over if anyone slipped.
If successful, they then took a victory lap … running the Lazy River. Backwards. 🙂
This is even tougher than it looks.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Good luck.
trek the Dientes Circuit in Patagonia
We’ve moved and updated our Dientes information page.
AT A GLANCE
- circumambulate the jagged spires of Cordon de los Dientes
- out of Puerto William, Chile, on Isla Navarino (pop. 2,262 last time we counted)
- recommended 5 days, 4 nights
- world’s most southerly major hike?
Why We Like This Hike
- great views, most of the trek is above the treeline
- vista over the islands making up Cape Horn (about 150km south)
- condors, guanaco & beaver may be seen
- it’s close to Paine & Fitz Roy, our favourite hikes in Patagonia
- no risk of altitude sickness
Check the rest on our Dientes information page.
Roof of Yosemite Loop
Leor Pantilat seems to have invented his own high Sierra route:
The Roof of Yosemite Loop travels to the highest point in Yosemite National Park on 13,114 ft Mount Lyell and also includes ascents of 12,900 ft Mount Maclure (5th highest in the park) and 12,561 ft Mount Florence (9th highest in the park). …
The Roof of Yosemite Loop combines many of the highlights of this region into an aesthetic and highly scenic loop. …
That looks one wild and challenging adventure. 🙂
I believe I saw this linked from Hiking in Finland.
climbing Fansipan, Vietnam
Fansipan is a mountain in Vietnam, the highest in Indochina (comprising Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia), at 3,143 metres (10,312 ft). …
Update. I’m just about to book my flight. I hope to climb Fancy Pan end of October.
“the Roof of Indochina”
AT A GLANCE
3,143 meters (10,312ft), it’s the highest in Indochina- Northwest region of Vietnam, near the Chinese border
- 9km southwest of Sapa (Sa Pa) Township
- 1-3 days hiking
- pine forests, bamboo thickets and jungle
I’ll travel to the jumping off tourist town of Sa Pa. Hang out for a day or two looking at guided options. If I feel good, and the weather is reasonable, I’ll try for the one day up-and-down. About 10 hours total.
The best trip report I’ve seen was posted on mymilez:
We did not expect the climb to be so heavy. The trail was very steep and mostly ran in the rain forests and bamboo groves, by wet and slippery roots and rocks. …
Fansipan Peak was blocked due to snow fall damage January 2014.
Leave a comment if you have any advice for me. I’ve added Fansipan to our list of the best hikes in Asia.
