The 10.8 miles round trip Crypt Lake Trail is one of the premium hikes in Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta, Canada. It is accessed by a dedicated ferry service operating from the Waterton Park Townsite. The first part of the trail offers the choice of two alternate routes for ascent and return running through forest, the longer of which passes the impressive He...

The Devil's Causeway, a narrow strip of land in the heart of the Flat Tops Wilderness Area. It's pretty narrow in the middle section – roughly roughly 50 feet in length and three to four feet wide and is notorious for causing sheer terror for those who dare to cross it. Devil's Causeway trail is a 6 mile out and back trail located near Yampa, Colorado.

The Devil's Path is a hiking trail in the Greene County section of the Catskill Mountains of New York, often described as the toughest and most dangerous hiking trail in the Eastern United States. It goes across the eponymous mountain range and then three other peaks to the west, offering hikers and peakbaggers a chance to reach the summits of five of the thirty-five ...

The Diving Board is just off the face of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park. This is an hard 12.5 mile out and back hike with intense scrambling, hard-to-find cairns and should plan on camping overnight at the spot is a good idea. Monolith, the Face of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California is a black and white photograph taken by Ansel Adams in 1927 that dep...

Dry Creek Falls via PCT is a 3.6 mile out and back trail located near Cascade Locks, Oregon.

There are two base camps on opposite sides of Mount Everest: to the south in Nepal, and to the north in Tibet. Located at an altitude of 5,360 metres (17,590 ft) South Base Camp is in Nepal , and at 5,545 metres (18,192 ft) North Base Camp is in Tibet. These camps are rudimentary campsites on Mount Everest that are used by mountain climbers during their ascent an...

Hike along Argentina’s famous 11,073-foot Fitz Roy rise out of the steppes of Patagonia. The 36 miles trail starts at the village of El Chaltén to Laguna Torre to Poincenot Camp to Laguna Eléctrico and can expect to take 4 to 7 days. Best time to go is February through March to avoid the midsummer crowds and enjoy decent fall weather when the infa...

Froze-to-Death Mountain is a prominent summit among the Beartooth Mountains. It stands in Stillwater County, Montana, United States. Froze-to-Death Mountain rises to an elevation of 11,755 feet (3,583 m) at its peak. It is the highest landform in the Froze-to-Death Plateau, a local name for an area within the Beartooth Mountains. Surrounding features include Froze-to-...

Did you ever dream of walking on water? You can do just that when you hike on one of the world’s great glaciers, frozen water that is thousands of years old. Glacier hiking (or trekking) is available in many corners of the world. In Norway, The Svartisen Glacier, Nigardsbreen Glacier, and Juklavassbreen Glacier all offer guided hikes over centuries old blue ice....

Granite Peak, at an elevation of 12,807 feet (3,904 m) above sea level, is the highest natural point in the U.S. state of Montana, and is the tenth highest state high point in the nation. It lies within the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, in Park County very near the borders of Stillwater County and Carbon County. The hike to the summit is 21–25 miles round-trip....

The Great North Walk is a walking track which runs from Sydney to Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia. The main track, 250 kilometres (160 mi) in length, runs between the Obelisk in Macquarie Place in Sydney to Queens Wharf Tower in Bicentennial Park in Newcastle and is well sign-posted. There are many "side tracks" which conveniently link the track to populated a...

The Great South West Walk is a 250-kilometre (155 mi) walking track, established in 1981, and located predominately in the Barwon South West region of Victoria, Australia. Much of the course of the track passes through the Lower Glenelg National Park, the Cobboboonee National Park, the Discovery Bay Coastal Park, the Mount Richmond National Park and the Cape Nelson St...

Located in Peru, Huayna Picchu is the large mountain that looms over Machu Picchu and is featured in every picture of the site. You can get to Machu Picchu by trekking or taking a train from Cusco, the closest city. While you can visit Machu Picchu and return to the Cusco in a single day, you should plan to spend the night in order to make sure you can climb Huayna Pi...

Huntington Ravine is a glacial cirque on Mount Washington in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. It is named for Joshua H. Huntington, the Principal Assistant to State Geologist Charles H. Hitchcock (1836–1919) for the Geological Survey of New Hampshire. Of the four major cirques on Mount Washington (Tuckerman and Huntington Ravines, and Oakes Gulf and the Gre...

New Zealand’s Ivory Lake Hut is a true gem. It is located next to the outlet creek of Ivory Lake at the head of the Waitaha valley. Access to Ivory lake is a challenge since the trail is not fully maintained. It's a basic six-bunk hut. A fit, experienced party needs to allow 2-3 days for the journey from the Waitaha roadend to Ivory Lake. Ivory Lake Hut is loc...