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Pyramid Point Loop is a 4.5 kilometer heavily trafficked loop trail located near Maple City, Michigan that features a lake and is rated as moderate.
The trail is primarily used for hiking, walking, running, and nature trips and is best used from September until November.
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If you have never visited the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore — add it to your list.
GREAT dunes. Bring shoes for both hiking and the sand.
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Trip report by BestHike editor Rick McCharles.
The perfect day.
April 17, 2021.
Lake Minnewanka still frozen. Yet warm and sunny.
See more winter photos.
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The Sendero de Chile (“Chilean Trail”) project was launched in the year 2000 by the Chilean government to celebrate the country’s 2010 bicentenary of independence from Spain. …
It was announced that the national trail network … signposted paths through the length of Chile covering approximately 8,500 km of trails. …
The ambitious plans suffered substantial setbacks and no continuous longer trail was created.
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As of 2021 there are still dreams of continuing the project.
In 2020 the Foundation was looking at connecting the Aconcagua and Maipo rivers, through the cordillera de la Costa, between La Calera and Melipilla, passing through another 13 communes on their way, of approximately 170 km of length.
Trip report by BestHike editor Rick McCharles.
A very popular short walk out of Banff townsite in the Canadian Rockies, the highlight is seeing song birds, waterfowl and amphibians.
Not so much in winter. 😀
Yet I’d argue it’s even more beautiful with snow and ice.
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10 Adventures has a great write-up calling it the Marsh Loop Hike. (3.4km)
I’ve often dreamed of using an inflatable kayak to get me more easily to trailheads.
The Challenger K1 Kayak 1-Person Inflatable is very inexpensive. Inflates quickly. And weighs only 24 pounds.
Hmm …
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Trip report by BestHike editor Rick McCharles.
There are many ways to enjoy this popular trail right from Banff townsite in the Canadian Rockies.
I started on the Bow Falls Trail.
Continued on to Hoodoos Trail.
The route recommended on AllTrails.
I enjoyed it more in winter than summer — though was happy I wore Yaktraks.
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In Canada, Clara Hughes is a household name.
A legend, she won multiple Olympic medals in both Summer and Winter Games — 6 medals total. The only person ever to have won multiple medals in both.
BUT she met her husband, Peter Guzman, on the AT.
And went on to become a legendary thru-hiker.
Traveller, bikepacker, and hiker Ryan (Kodak) Brown has been posting near daily video updates.
Quite entertaining.
The Arizona Trail is about 800 miles long.
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Billy Yang put together a terrific documentary on their 2020 John Muir Trail.
But it was a sufferfest for many miles.
Plenty of life philosophy.
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I might use my iPhone to post from the JMT this summer.
