The Way of Alpine, also known as the Alpine Trail, is one of the most famous and classic climbing routes of the Alps. Located in the Dolomites of Sesto in the Alto Adige and Veneto. This road was used during the First World War as a fast and efficient connection from Alpine between the fork Giralba and the pitch of Sentry . The route was converted into a trail for h...

The Amazon rainforest is a moist broadleaf forest that covers most of the Amazon Basin of South America. This basin encompasses 7,000,000 square kilometres (2,700,000 sq mi), of which 5,500,000 square kilometres (2,100,000 sq mi) are covered by the rainforest. This region includes territory belonging to nine nations. The majority of the forest is contained within Braz...

The American Discovery Trail is a system of recreational trails and roads which collectively form a coast-to-coast hiking and biking trail across the mid-tier of the United States. It starts on the Delmarva Peninsula on the Atlantic Ocean and ends on the northern California coast on the Pacific Ocean, and is signed on over 6,800 miles (10,900 km) of trail. This includ...

Aoraki / Mount Cook is the highest mountain in New Zealand, reaching a height of 3,754 metres (12,316 ft). It lies in the Southern Alps, the mountain range which runs the length of the South Island. A popular tourist destination, it is also a favourite challenge for mountain climbers. Aoraki / Mount Cook consists of three summits lying slightly south and east of the m...

Großer Donnerkogel (Great Donnerkogel) is a 6.4 kilometer out and back trail located near Gosau, Upper Austria. The final leg of this via ferrata route in Austria is not the faint of heart. The 140ft long sky ladder which stretches over a 2296ft abyss is the highlight of a fixed climbing tour of the Donnerkogel.

The 27 mile hike starts at the Belcher ranger station and takes aproxamitly 4 days to reach the Old Faithful geyser. This hike is recommended in August or September and is considered a "moderate" backpacking trip Old Faithful is a cone geyser located in Wyoming in Yellowstone National Park in the United States. Old Faithful was named in 1870 during the Washburn-Langfo...

The Benton MacKaye Trail or BMT is a footpath nearly 300 miles (480 km) in length in the Appalachian Mountains in the southeastern United States and is blazed by a white diamond, 5" across by 7" tall. It's a great way to see the beauty of the southern Appalachians without the crowds of the Appalachian Trail. A speedy and disciplined hiker could do the trail in two wee...

The Goat Trail runs along the 550 feet tall Big Bluff ridge with a section on 5 feet wide. Use the Centerpoint Trail to get to the Goat Trail, where you’ll crawl through a natural tunnel (an “eye” in the rock) before continuing onto the cliffy bit, which soars 350 feet above a perfect U-bend in the Buffalo.

Black Butte is a stratovolcano (not a cinder cone) 5.5 miles (8.9 km) west of Sisters, Oregon in Deschutes National Forest. Black Butte looks young, as it is barely eroded (except for little gullies a little bit above the base that were carved by long-gone streams). Mount Washington, which is visible from the summit of Black Butte, looks much more eroded, and older, t...

White Canyon is a canyon in San Juan County, Utah notable for Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings and slot canyons. It is spanned by Sipapu Bridge, one of the largest natural bridges in the world. The canyon begins in the foothills of the Abajo Mountains and passes through Natural Bridges National Monument before emptying into Lake Powell or, if lake levels are low, th...

Black Rock Gulch is a valley in Arizona along the Virgin River. Some petroglyphs can be found in the area.

Cairn Gorm (Cairngorm) (Gaelic: An Càrn Gorm, meaningBlue or Green Hill) is a mountain in the Scottish Highlands overlooking Strathspey and the town of Aviemore. At 1245 metres (4084 ft) it is the sixth-highest mountain in the United Kingdom. It has given its name to the whole range, although these hills were historically known asAm Monadh Ruadh(the Red Hills) ...

Cerro El Plomois a mountain located in the Andes near Santiago, Chile. With an elevation of 5,434 m (17,783 ft), it is the largest peak visible from Santiago on clear days. The adequate season to climb this mountain is between November and March. In spring (September to November), soil conditions have abundant snow on the approach. The best time is in January and Marc...

Chimborazo is a currently inactive stratovolcano located in the Cordillera Occidental range of the Andes. Its last known eruption is believed to have occurred around 550 AD. With a peak elevation of 6,310 metres (20,702 ft), Chimborazo is the highest mountain in Ecuador. The summit of Mount Everest reaches a higher elevation above sea level, but the summit of Chimbora...

Mount Hua or Hua Shan is located near the city Huayin in China. Also known as Xiyuè, Western Great Mountain, it is one of China's Five Sacred Taoist Mountains, and has a long history of religious significance. Originally classified as having three peaks, in modern times the mountain is classified as five main peaks, of which the highest is the South Peak at 215...