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Trail guides, day hikes, backpacking routes, and national park adventures across the US.

South Turner Mountain
Strenuous  ME

South Turner Mountain

7.4  ·  2100 gain

<p>South Turner Mountain offers some of the finest direct views of Katahdin's East Face and Pamola Peak from any trail in Baxter State Park, without the extreme crowds and permit pressure of the summi...

December 5, 2024
Carrick Creek Trail
Moderate  SC

Carrick Creek Trail

2.0  ·  400 gain

<p>The Carrick Creek Trail loops through a spectacular mountain creek gorge at the base of Table Rock Mountain, following Carrick Creek upstream through a series of cascades and waterfalls before clim...

December 4, 2024
Root Glacier to Stairway Icefall
Moderate  AK

Root Glacier to Stairway Icefall

9.0  ·  400 gain

<p>The Root Glacier trail from Kennicott is among the most accessible glacier walks in Alaska, allowing hikers to travel miles across the surface of an active glacier without technical climbing experi...

December 4, 2024
Hamlin Peak via North Basin
Strenuous  ME

Hamlin Peak via North Basin

10.0  ·  3500 gain

<p>Hamlin Peak, at 4,756 feet the second-highest summit in Maine, is reached via the spectacular North Basin Trail, which passes through one of the finest glacially carved cirques in New England. Depa...

December 3, 2024
Pinnacle Mountain Trail
Strenuous  SC

Pinnacle Mountain Trail

9.8  ·  2540 gain

<p>The Pinnacle Mountain Trail climbs to the highest accessible point in the South Carolina state park system—the 3,425-foot summit of Pinnacle Mountain, rising 2,540 feet from the trailhead in just u...

December 2, 2024
McCarthy Creek Trail
Easy  AK

McCarthy Creek Trail

8.0  ·  500 gain

<p>The McCarthy Creek Trail follows the path of an old wagon road along the creek drainage from the historic town of McCarthy toward the interior of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, North America's l...

December 2, 2024
Katahdin Hunt Trail
Strenuous  ME

Katahdin Hunt Trail

10.4  ·  4188 gain

<p>The Hunt Trail is the Appalachian Trail's final — and most dramatic — approach to Katahdin's 5,267-foot Baxter Peak, the highest point in Maine and the northern terminus of the entire 2,190-mile AT...

December 1, 2024
Table Rock Trail
Strenuous  SC

Table Rock Trail

7.2  ·  2000 gain

<p>Table Rock Trail ascends to the summit of Table Rock Mountain—a massive 3,124-foot monadnock of Caesars Head granodiorite rising abruptly 2,000 feet above the Blue Ridge foothills and visible from ...

November 30, 2024
Kennicott Glacier Moraine Walk
Moderate  AK

Kennicott Glacier Moraine Walk

3.0  ·  300 gain

<p>The Kennicott Glacier Moraine Walk begins in the extraordinarily preserved ghost town of Kennicott, a National Historic Landmark where the massive red-painted wooden buildings of the Kennecott Mine...

November 30, 2024
Lakeside Trail
Moderate  GA

Lakeside Trail

6.5  ·  350 gain

<p>The Lakeside Trail circumnavigates the full peninsula of Red Top Mountain State Park, providing the longest and most comprehensive hiking experience in the park with repeated lakefront access point...

November 28, 2024
Boland Ridge Trail
Moderate  SD

Boland Ridge Trail

3.4  ·  400 gain

<p>The Boland Ridge Trail is one of Wind Cave National Park's most satisfying longer day hikes, climbing through ponderosa pine forest to a ridge overlook that provides sweeping views of the southern ...

November 28, 2024
Lodge Trail
Easy  GA

Lodge Trail

1.9  ·  200 gain

<p>The Lodge Trail provides a pleasant, accessible loop through the wooded lakefront grounds surrounding Red Top Mountain State Park's lodge and conference center, with several overlooks onto Lake All...

November 26, 2024

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