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

Bridalveil Fall: Yosemite's Most Accessible and Iconic Waterfall
Easy  California

Bridalveil Fall: Yosemite's Most Accessible and Iconic Waterfall

0.5 miles  ·  80 ft gain

Bridalveil Fall drops 617 feet from the granite walls of Yosemite Valley in a wispy, swaying veil of water — one of the most photographed waterfalls in the world and easiest to visit in Yosemite.

August 12, 2024
Baird Mountains Traverse
Strenuous  AK

Baird Mountains Traverse

8.0  ·  1000 gain

<p>The Baird Mountains form the northern wall of Kobuk Valley, an ancient range of sharply folded Paleozoic sedimentary and metamorphic rock that geologists call 'stone forests' for the characteristic...

August 12, 2024
Kobuk Valley Dunes Approach
Moderate  AK

Kobuk Valley Dunes Approach

4.0  ·  300 gain

<p>The Great Kobuk Sand Dunes form the largest active sand dune field in the Arctic, covering 25 square miles of the Kobuk River valley with dunes reaching 100 feet in height — a seemingly impossible ...

August 10, 2024
Minnehaha Falls: A Charming Lake Rabun Cascade in Rabun County
Easy  Georgia

Minnehaha Falls: A Charming Lake Rabun Cascade in Rabun County

0.8 miles  ·  100 ft gain

Minnehaha Falls tumbles 100 feet in a series of tiers through a lush gorge near Lake Rabun in Rabun County — a charming and easily accessible waterfall in Georgia's most scenic mountain lake district.

August 8, 2024
Salmon River Gorge Route
Strenuous  AK

Salmon River Gorge Route

6.0  ·  400 gain

<p>The Salmon River Gorge route in Kobuk Valley National Park follows one of the most spectacular limestone canyon systems in the American Arctic, carved by the Salmon River through the Baird Mountain...

August 8, 2024
Rae Lakes Loop Day 1 Approach
Strenuous  CA

Rae Lakes Loop Day 1 Approach

8.0  ·  1200 gain

<p>The Rae Lakes Loop is considered one of the finest week-long backpacking circuits in the Sierra Nevada, and the Day 1 approach from Road's End in Cedar Grove follows the South Fork Kings River into...

August 6, 2024
Helton Creek Falls: A Hidden Two-Tier Gem Near Blairsville
Easy  Georgia

Helton Creek Falls: A Hidden Two-Tier Gem Near Blairsville

1.4 miles  ·  200 ft gain

Helton Creek Falls cascades in two tiers — a 20-foot upper falls and a beautiful 50-foot lower falls — through a hemlock hollow in the Chattahoochee National Forest near Blairsville.

August 5, 2024

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