16 Results for "hiker heaven"
Backpacker Radio #188 | Valentine’s Day 3.0: Two Hiker Trash Couples Tell All
In today's episode of Backpacker Radio presented by The Trek brought to you by Good To-Go, the studio is transforming into a love lodge as we interview not one but...
Day Hiker / Section Hiker / Thru Hiker: Can You Tell the Difference?
A funny look at the differences between Day Hikers, Section Hikers, and Thru Hikers.
The 2020 Hiking Season Through the Eyes of a Trail Angel
Trail closures aren’t anything new in the hiking community. Obstacles like high levels of snow or fallen trees struck down by storms regularly take hikers off trail. However, ‘in the...
The Impact of Climate Change on Long Trails in the American West
The naturally variable climate of the American West means that conditions on long trails are vastly different from year to year. The past couple of years exemplify this perfectly when...
A Case of Deja Vu
It's not a great idea to begin a long hike while recovering from an overuse injury. That's how I started the PCT in July '21, and it's how I started...
Trail Correspondents: S4 Episode #11 | The Mental Game
Welcome back to Trail Correspondents! This is Episode 11 which is all about the mental game required to attempt a thru-hike. Denial is not just a river in Africa and...
East Glacier to Helena – Don’t Worry, We Still Have 12 Hours of Daylight
Day 9 Will, one of the hostel owners, dropped us off at Maria’s Pass and we walked north today, back to East Glacier. We’re able to keep most of our...
CDT Day 15-23: Montana Days
CDT Day 15 I try my hardest to sleep in after going to bed late, but I am wide awake at 6 am. The only time in my life when...
CDT= Cinnamon Delicious Treat
What's your favorite town food? Are you a pizza fiend? Perhaps a taco king? I have a few friends who love fish tacos. But me, I'm a cinnamon roll queen....
Glacier National Park
It’s it buggy, hot and humid when I set off from the Canadian border into Glacier National Park in Northern Montana. And stunningly beautiful. This is the Rockies in its...