“Spazierwanderwege” – as the Germans call their designated easy hiking trails – are designed to pack the punch of a heavyweight into the frame of a lightweight fighter: this is what we learned last week. These trails have been engineered to provide hikers with everything they like: dense forests, idyllic views, scenic bodies of water…
Easy Hikes in Germany The Erzbahn – A Railtrack Hiking Trail Some hiking trails have always been hiking trails, and there is nothing wrong with that. Others, however, have a history behind them: itinerant tradesmen may have been using them for centuries to carry their wares from village to village, or the trail gives you…
Guest Post: Easy Hiking Trails Debbie Beardsley shares with us another park for easy hikers – the Sunol Regional Wilderness in the San Francisco Bay areaand shows us easy hiking in Little Yosemite. Go Easy Hiking in Little Yosemite I have lived in the San Francisco Bay area for the last 24 years. I love…
A guest post by Leigh McAdam I have an ongoing love affair with the red rock country of Utah. One of my favourite spots is Arches National Park, just 5 miles outside the town of Moab, Utah. It offers a landscape of otherworldly red rock formations and over 2000 natural sandstone arches. Fortunately, many are easily…
A guest post by Jeremy Branham For anyone who loves to hike, Lake Tahoe offers some of the best hiking trails in California. With spectacular views of lakes, waterfalls and forests, it’s easy to find a hike for everyone. While summer has gone and the hiking season is just about over, there are plenty of…
Hiking on the Cow Pies Trail is how we tamed the”wild west” and it’s the hiking adventure we enjoyed the most. This was the first trail we did, just outside the town of Sedona in Northern Arizona, a day after our arrival. Our body clocks were still ticking in European time and we woke up at 4:30…
