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Chilkoot Trail, Alaska and Yukon Territory, U.S. and Canada
Skagway to Bennett LakeBy Peter Potterfield, executive summary by darmansjahRound-Trip: 33 miles, 3 to 5 daysWhen to Go: The Coast Range opens up a bit earlier than the Rockies, so you can push the...
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Bay of Fires, Tasmania, Australia
Stumpy’s Bay to Bay of Fires LodgeBy Peter Potterfield, executive summary by darmansjahRound-Trip: 16 miles, 4 daysWhen to Go: October to May is the season for this beach route along the northeastern...
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Queen Charlotte Track, New Zealand
Ship Cove to AnakiwaBy Peter Potterfield, executive summary by darmansjahRound-Trip: 44 miles, 3 to 5 daysWhen to Go: Located on the sunny north end of the South Island, near the famed wine growing...
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Kalalau Trail, Kauai, Hawaii, United States
Ke’e Beach to Kalalau ValleyBy Peter Potterfield, executive summary by darmansjahRound-Trip: 22 miles, 3 to 5 daysWhen to Go: May to September for drier weather; April or October for more solitudeThe...
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Mountains of the Moon, Uganda
Central Circuit, Ruwenzori Rangeexecutive summary by darmansjahRound-Trip: 38 miles, 6 to 7 daysWhen to Go: December to March, the “dry” season. Go with guides and porters; they know the way and are...
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Grand Canyon Hike, Arizona
Rim to Rim to Rimexecutive summary by darmansjahRound-Trip: 44 miles, 4 to 6 daysWhen to Go: Everybody does this hike in September to October or April to May, so go in March or November for a more...
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15 Classic Trails World's Best Hikes
executive summary by darmansjahOver the past decade, author Peter Potterfield has hiked more than 10,000 miles over six continents to research this list. He here tells us his picks for the world's 15...
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Hike the Sierra High Route, California
A climber makes tracks to the Mountaineer's Route on Mount Whitney in California's SierrasOriginal Word By Jim Gorman and Robert Earle Howells, executive summary by darmansjahIf the Sierra’s original...
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PACIFIC NORTH WEST TRAIL, MONTANA
Original word by By Doug Schnitzspahn; executive summary by darmansjahForty years ago, conservationist Ron Strickland had a dream of connecting the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific...
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Glacier National Park, Montana
Original Word By Doug Schnitzspahn; executive summary by darmansjahWith its sheer peaks, wildflowers, alpine lakes filled with trout, grizzly bears, and, of course, glaciers, Glacier National Park is...
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Tahoe Rim Trail
Original Word By Doug Schnitzspahn; executive summary by darmansjahEncirclingthe largest alpine lake in North America, the 165-mile (266-kilometer) Tahoe Rim Trail just may be the singletrack with the...
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Wrangell-St. Elias
By Kate Siber; executive summary by darmansjahAlaska’s Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve, the country’s largest national park, operates on an entirely different scale than the Lower 48....
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Milford Sound, Heaven on Earth fjords of the South
New Zealand is a place Fiorland National Park which is famous for its natural beauty and charm of Milford Sound to the top of a natural attraction to invite admiration of the visitors in every season....
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Superior Trail
By Robert Earle Howells; executive summary by darmansjahThe 277-mile (365-kilometer) Superior Hiking Trail, which hugs a ridgeline above the Lake Superior shoreline between Duluth and the Ontario...
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Continental Divide Trail
By Jim Gorman and Robert Earle Howells; executive summary by darmansjahThe world’s longest mountain bike route zigzags 2,490 miles (4,007 kilometers) along the Continental Divide from the Canadian...
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Leadville Trail 100
By Doug Schnitzspahn ; executive summary by darmansjahLeadville was always the epicenter of the core endurance mountain biking race scene, but when Lance Armstrong started competing—and winning—the...
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Yellowstone’s Southwest
By Robert Earle Howells; executive summary by darmansjahIt’s a mighty high claim to call one backpacking trip in our archetypal national park the best, but it’s hard to top this traverse of the...
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UTAH Zion Narrow
Original Word By Kate Siber; executive summary by darmansjahIf any place has the power to inspire awe, it’s the Zion Narrows, southern Utah’s premier hike in Zion National Park. For 16 miles (26...
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Vermont’s Catamount Trail
By Robert Earle Howells; executive summary by darmansjahThe country’s longest ski trail is also the most brilliantly conceived. It was dreamed up 26 years ago by three zealous backcountry skiers, one...
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Hayduke Trail
executive summary by darmansjahEdward Abbey, who spent his formative years working in the parks of southern Utah, used to suggest that every time you see one of those national forest signs that say...
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