Moderate hike on the Pacific Crest Trail from Warner Valley to Terminal Geyser, Little Willow Lake, and Boiling Springs Lake in Lassen Volcanic National Park.
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Snow Mountain Loop via Deafy Glade Trail (Snow Mountain Wilderness, CA)
Short backpacking trip through Snow Mountain Wilderness in California's Mendocino National Forest, plus a loop that visits beautiful Milk Ranch Meadow.
Trail Gulch Lake (Trinity Alps Wilderness, CA)
Short day hike to Trail Gulch Lake in the northern Trinity Alps Wilderness.
South Fork Lakes (Trinity Alps Wilderness, CA)
Short but strenuous hike on the Pacific Crest Trail and South Fork Lakes Trail to a pair of alpine lakes in the Trinity Alps Wilderness.
Mad Creek Trail (Routt National Forest, CO)
The Mad Creek Trail is a popular hike in northern Colorado, just a 10- to 15-minute drive north from Steamboat Springs. The trail remains largely in the foothills of the Park Range but offers access to the higher Mount Zirkel Wilderness in the heart of Routt National Forest. The highlight is a rehabilitated barn dating …
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Paradise Meadows Trail (Lassen Volcanic National Park, CA)
Lassen Volcanic National Park in northern California is most famous for its hellish and tormented volcanic landscape—but you would never know it on the park’s beautiful and green Paradise Meadows Trail. This 2.8-mile out-and-back follows a cascading tributary of Hat Creek as it tumbles through verdant hillsides and lush conifer forests and then culminates at …
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Blackbird Knob Loop (Dolly Sods Wilderness, WV)
Situated on a high plateau in the heart of West Virginia’s Appalachian country, Dolly Sods Wilderness in Monongahela National Forest offers alpine-like meadows and sweeping vistas that are virtually unparalleled in the mid-Atlantic. Once one of the state’s best kept secrets, Dolly Sods is now a popular backpacking destination and boasts a maze of interlocking …
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Dolly Sods North Loop (Dolly Sods Wilderness, WV)
Straddling a windswept section of the Allegheny Front, West Virginia’s Dolly Sods Wilderness offers what is heralded by some as the best hiking on the eastern seaboard. The Dolly Sods North hike is arguably the best of the best: a stunning, 10.6-mile stem-and-loop through blissful meadows and spruce forests with terrific views of the Canaan …
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Dogue Trail & Meadow View Trail (Mason Neck State Park, VA)
The Meadow View Trail in northern Virginia’s Mason Neck State Park features an excessive string of bridges to nowhere, monotonous woods, and a less-than-exciting finale: an overgrown patch of tall grasses that supposedly passes as a “meadow.” That said, it is the park’s newest trail and I suppose may be of interest to bird watchers …
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Fox Hollow Trail (Shenandoah National Park, VA)
Today, Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park is beloved by picnickers, nature-goers, and adventurers on America’s East Coast. While few dispute the merits of conservation to protect majestic lands like the Blue Ridge Mountains, it is important to recognize, however, the costs of seizing land for federal protection. Shenandoah’s Fox Hollow Trail—situated across Skyline Drive from the …
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