Tag: trails
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Snowshoes or No Snowshoes? 7 Questions to Ask Before Hitting the Trail
How deep will I sink?? A common question (or at least it should be!) when hiking in snow is whether or not snowshoes are necessary. Take it from me: sinking into deep snow over and over again will quickly ruin your winter hike. “Post-holing”, the term for when your foot sinks and creates a deep…
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Trekking to Havasu Falls in the Grand Canyon
Hidden deep down in the Grand Canyon there is a blue-green creek that flows through deep, red canyon walls. Along the way, this creek drops almost 100 feet to make Havasu Falls (Havasu means blue-green water). Havasu Falls is a highly coveted destination and is widely photographed, but there are actually five main waterfalls in…
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The Kumano Kodo – A Japanese Pilgrimage and UNESCO World Heritage Site
As an individual with a love of hiking and travel and a curiosity about the world’s religions, my interest has been piqued by two ancient pilgrimages: the Camino de Santiago in Spain, which I’ve walked and biked previously, and the Kumano Kodo in Japan, a far lesser known pilgrimage that I learned about many years…
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Four Days Backpacking in Custer-Gallatin National Forest, Montana
This will easily go down as one of my most favorite places to backpack, ever. And that’s saying a lot coming from someone who lives in Colorado and frequently backpacks in the Rocky Mountains. Montana is stunning!! Breathtaking!! As beautiful as Colorado but with more water. I am so grateful to have had this opportunity.…
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Backpacking in Glacier National Park
After ten years of applying to the lottery for a Wilderness Permit at Glacier National Park, a friend finally received a five day itinerary that we couldn’t pass up. Glacier National Park is in Montana’s Rocky Mountains, stretching up to the Canadian Border. Picture 700 miles of hiking trails with amazing views of alpine lakes,…
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