Hike summaries.
Bubble Rock (ME)
Get your Sisyphus impersonations ready. You will be hit with the irresistible urge to take photos of yourself and companions appearing to be pushing a big boulder uphill. Then rest up from the endless task in front of fabulous views. The Bubble Rock Download Highlights:...
Alberta Falls (CO)
The hike is not overly taxing, and delivers on wildlife and scenery, not to mention the payoff waterfalls. The drive along Bear Lake Road, also scenic and host to abundant wildlife, is a large part of the experience. The Alberta Falls Download Highlights: Forested, including...
Thunder Knob (WA)
Pinch me. A hike with major mountain views without a major climb. Awesome overhead vista of Diablo Lake with Davis Peak and crab-claw-looking McMillan Spires to the side. And, get this, real benches – on the trail as well as the summit. A perfect hike?...
Rainy Lake (WA)
One day you’ll tell a friend, “I just took the best hike.” When you divulge the location (Rainy Lake), she or he will respond, “That’s no hike. You can take a walk like that anywhere in the city.” Don’t back down. This is a hike....
Bench & Snow Lakes (WA)
This down-and-back has a lot of what the average hiker might look for — enough up and down for aerobic challenges but not too strenuous for children and the creaky kneed, nice wildflowers and foliage, a couple of good payoff lake destinations, and breath-taking views...
Green Lake (WA)
In Seattle, when you suggest, “Let’s go walk Green Lake,” you head by the Woodland Park Zoo and brave the crowds around the paved pedestrian/wheeled path. In this iteration, you have an emerald-green alpine lake probably all to yourselves, listen to the roar of a...