Backpacker

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At its heart, backpacking is a simple pursuit: walk into the woods, sleep on the ground, walk out. You can do that without expensive gear. But you still need stuff, and not cheap stuff that will end up in the landfill after a season or two—that’s no

Denver Life Magazine

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If you want to explore a little more, the new release “60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Denver and Boulder” has got you covered with everything a hiker needs to find a trail. Author Mindy Sink grew up in Boulder, attended the University of Colorado, and has

Backpacker

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Danielle Fregeau Meg Lybarger, Yosefa Gilon, Courtney Beach Jesse Wong Jeremy Utz Tyler Socash Emma Villalta and 4-year-old Ava THE VIEW FROM Mackinnon Pass, on New Zealand’s Milford Track, is supposed to be a true jaw-dropper, one of the hiking wond

Backpacker

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WE’RE ALONE, but our solitude has been hard won. This morning, we set off to thru-hike the range, starting on a wellmarked trail that attracts Arizonans like hummingbirds to a prickly pear. The Superstitions’ wonders—Weaver’s Needle, Battleship Mount

SA Country Life

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Up to it? You are spoilt rotten on this luxury slackpacking trail but don’t be lulled into a false sense of security. Although the pace is slow and there are regular refreshment stops, and possible escape routes, it’s a proper hike. Although only 17k

Backpacker

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When Swedish immigrant Peter Parsons set out in 1924 to walk what would later become the Continental Divide Trail (“The Swede Who Showed America How to Hike,” January/February 2020), he couldn’t know how many people would follow in his footsteps—or h

Backpacker

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After we published Will Cockrell’s story about Sam Kim, the hiker who set out to climb Southern California’s Mt. Baldy 1,000 times (“A Man and His Mountain,” May/June 2019), our Facebook followers chimed in with their own memories of the local trail

Backpacker

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This issue is full of the latest gear. But no matter how great the new stuff, there’s some equipment that’s earned a forever home in our packs. We asked our Twitter followers: What do you bring with you every time you hit the trail? See what they sai

North & South

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For the workers who have toiled for years, the opening of the Paparoa Track Great Walk this December is the end of a challenging project. Unlike other Great Walks, where existing tracks were upgraded, most of the Paparoa Track had to be sculpted out

Wilderness

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The Inland Pack Track departs from Punakaiki and heads north in a loop to exit via Fox River over three days, giving trampers a good taste of Paparoa National Park. Walk the 700m Truman Track to explore the rugged coastline, and a waterfall that plun

Backpacker

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Dayhike on a long trail. I started dayhiking in southern California, then one day happened upon the PCT. To see a sign that basically says hike this way and you’ll reach Canada in 2,000 miles was enlightening. That my feet had touched such a pathway

Great Walks

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Alana: “The Tongariro Alpine Crossing was our first ever ‘major’ hike. It was the single most amazing thing I have ever done! In the roughly 20km of trail, it still amazes me how extreme and quickly the landscape changes – from rubble and rock with s

New Mexico Magazine

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People didn't "hike" when William Kemsley Jr. was growing up in the 1940s. They walked, and it was just a thing he’d always done, starting with the mile-long trek to his elementary school. Kemsley was working a high-stress job in New York City and re

AFAR

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Imagine yourself amid emerald coloured lakes, breath-taking fiords and waterfalls, ancient forests and mighty volcanoes. A hiker’s dream setting, Northern Patagonia will take you off the beaten track and away from the crowds. Join us on our 14-day ‘P

Backpacker

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COLD WATER DROPLETS splash up and around me as I ford the refreshing Conasauga River for the umpteenth time. I stop for a quick break on a boulder in the middle of the brisk current, and think ahead to my destination: a camp above the 70-foot Panther

TRAIL

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Access Summer 5am – 7pm Winter 6am – 6pm Dogs No Entry R35 / Trails various / Best route 33km / Ascent 1,840m / Difficulty tough / Time 6 h This wild run starts at Cambalala Cottage, at the top of Mike’s Pass in the Cathedral Peak region. The idea wa

Great Walks

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MY earliest bushwalking memory is of my dad (a trapper at the time, now one of our guides!) taking my younger brother and I to the Coromandel Peninsula on the North island’s southeast to climb Mt Kaitarakihi. I was nine and my brother seven. At 6.6km

Great Walks

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Great Walks contributor Heather Hawkins completed the GHT with her son and daughter in 2013. On the 3rd of March they started trekking. “It was an amazing moment, knowing we were clocking off for five months, leaving behind our creature comforts and

The Great Outdoors

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The ‘full’ return to the hills and mountains is still some way off at the time of writing, but the easing of lockdown has allowed us to enjoy the outdoors again in ways that were previously off-limits. Here are a couple of walks our readers have enjo

TRAIL

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Fee R100 | Trails 5 | Best route 20km | Ascent 900m | Time 210min Difficulty Intermediate | Dogs No | Open By appointment Suikerboschfontein comprises a circular two-day overnight hiking route of 20km and four day-hike routes of up to 8km. Runners ca

The Great Outdoors

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The first pack created specifically for fastpacking, it's lightweight and highly adjustable, and keeps me quick and organised on the trail with plenty of accessible pockets. It doubles as my pillow at night, and I've put more than 2000km worth of mem

Wilderness

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Why did you want to do Te Araroa? I was mid-thirties, alone and rudderless. On paper everything was sorted but that made every day I wasn’t worse. You read a lot about people sorting their act out on these long pilgrimages and in Te Araroa I hoped t

Great Walks

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Lucinda: “My Dad and I completed the Thorsborne Trail on Hinchinbrook Island in July (that’s right, this was taken in winter!). This photo was taken was on the first day, and my Dad called this “the perfect North Queensland beach photo”. The four day

5280 Magazine

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MONUMENT CANYON TO WEDDING CANYON | 5 miles, loop | Elevation gain: 550 feet If it takes longer than it should to hike the 2.5 miles to the base of Independence Monument, it’s probably because of all the photo stops you’ll make. The popular first hal

Practical Caravan

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17 Dates for your diary Despite the latest lockdown, visitor attractions are making great plans for Christmas celebrations 18 Wonderful Wensleydale The Yorkshire Dales are the ideal destination for James Herriot fans and cheese connoisseurs! 22 The L

Men's Fitness UK

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Nothing fancy to begin with. As long as you’ve got enough room for trail snacks and some spare kit, a normal bag will do. Just make sure it’s got adequate padding, so you can wear it all day long without discomfort. THE NORTH FACE BOREALIS BACKPACK

Guideposts

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Amelia Milling, a twenty-one-year-old college student from Tennessee, was on Day Two of a three-day solo hike of the Crow Pass Trail, in Alaska’s Chugach Mountains. Following part of the historic Iditarod route, it runs 23 miles from the town of Gird

Backpacker

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BY RYAN WICHELNS Snowshoe 1.4 miles up gentle Valley Woods Road to the one-room, unheated shelter (first-come, first-serve), where four walls are better than nylon and chances are good it’ll be empty in winter. Move the party to the front porch at mi

Backpacker

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The pages of this issue are full of innovative new gear (see page 45 for our editors’ top picks). But we know some of the best equipment never becomes obsolete. When we asked our Twitter followers to share their oldest backpacking gear with us, Dorot

BBC Wildlife Magazine

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This month, our star photo will win an Orbit 32 Pack Recco backpack from Jack Wolfskin, worth £120. Ideal for hiking for miles along steep paths, rocky trails and other challenging terrain. With 32L capacity, there is room for everything you need. ja