Hiked Giant starting at 5:30, a little too late to make it up for the sunrise but early enough to still enjoy it 🙂 is this 40 words? It is hard to get a post approved here now.
Great weather, rain started much later in the day. Lots of hikers.
I am looking for a good quality day pack that easily holds my telescoping trekking poles when I don't need them. Ideally they would be easy to secure on the back without flopping around.
Decided to explore mountain range above Fieberbrunn, Austria. 24km loop of 1700m verts. Wildseeloder (2119m) and Henne (2078m) where the highest summits in the loop. Fun trails to hike and run.
One of the best hikes I have ever experienced in my life. Maple Pass Loop in the North Cascades was truly an experience. Recommend doing the counter clockwise route.
That was chillax family weekend. But I was running uphil llike a demon every morning to catch views and clear my mind. Sunny valley, Syrostan, Russia
September 30th, 2026. We did the Enchantments traverse, 34km, 1750m vert, 12.5h car to car
What the heck is up with people leaving their dog poop bags on the trail?? Was hiking in CO yesterday, and it’s lined with dog bags the entire way. Do people think this is okay?? It’s really messed up when you’re on a hike in nature and it’s littered with bags the entire way.
Incredible, all time foliage in northern New England during the first week of October. None of these photos have any filter or editing, the color was off the charts. So thankful for our planet!
9/18
Easy, super rewarding 4.5 mile round trip hike.
Crossed this hike off the bucket list last year and it was a total thrill. Truly lives up to the hype. Best hike I’ve done yet.
4 hour hike, out and back. Contender for most beautiful lake in Washington state?
Took a drive to Lundy Canyon in California, and was treated to brilliant Fall colors, waterfalls, steep mountain slopes, calm reflections and some cool cloud formations!
My friends and I spent a couple days backpacking through Idaho’s Sawtooth Wilderness, hiking from Redfish Lake to Alpine Lake before taking a custom route over a ridgeline to reach Warbonnet Lake. We took a boat shuttle from Redfish Lake Marina to the trailhead ($28 round trip), saving us about 6 miles of hiking. Over the course of the trip, we covered around 18 miles with 5,000 feet of elevation gain, navigating rugged terrain, steep scree fields, and some pretty unpredictable weather.
Warbonnet Lake was an incredible place to camp, surrounded by dramatic peaks and alpine scenery. We also made the climb up Old Monte Verita, reaching the summit at 9,771 feet. It was a challenging trip, but the views and the experience of exploring deeper into the Sawtooths made every step worth it.
About a 2 hour hike for me. Views were amazing and this is the tallest mountain in the Catskills. A lot of incline going up but so worth it!
I had a GPSmap 64S for over a decade. It dropped out of my pocket in a wilderness area yesterday. Debating whether to replace it or to rely more on phone apps and paper maps.
It seems sensible to eliminate one bulky, heavy item from my pack, but I'm always out in the wilderness, and the maps one gets on the apps don't always work well, and you have to download them before you head out. A new GPSmap 65s is expensive. I'm old, getting older, and maybe won't be going out in the wilderness as much as I have in the past.
Thoughts?
Made a post last week where I posted my plans for the High Tatras in the Poprad district of Slovakia, and got some great advice on what hikes to do. I stayed at the Chata Pod Soliskom and used it as a base to do all these hikes. Day 1 was an out and back Rysy summit hike, Day 2 was a loop of the Bystrá lávka, and Day 3 I had plans of doing the entire Stary Smokovec-Teryho Chata-Priecne Sedlo-Zbojnicka Chata-Stary Smokovec loop on my last day but I would've been pushing my travel schedule. Stopped at the Teryho Chata instead and turned back. No regrets.
Here are some photos from 3 incredible sunny days in the High Tatras.
Should've listened to the person who said there would be snow above 2000m. Did Rysy without microspikes, but got them for Bystrá lávka to make life easier. Had fun nevertheless!
1 : Crossing the Bystrá lávka saddle
2-5 : Rysy out and back from Strbske Pleso
6-7 : Teryho Chata out and back from Stary Smokovec station
8 : Strbske pleso from the Chata Pod Soliskom trail
Hiked Oct 3. 30km distance / 1950m elevation gain. Trail well maintained. Golden larches and beautiful area.
Decided to go last minute and was glad I went. Had the lake to myself! About 8 miles round trip, about 2400 ft elevation gain.