Who likes to hike?
NikkiSixGuns
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I do! I do!
I'm interested in hearing your hiking stories. Anything goes. Someplace cool you hiked, something you saw along the way, what your must-have piece of hiking gear is, tips for others, whatever you want to share.
My hubby and I hiked Fish Creek Trail to Grinnell Mountain here in Southern California with our beagle this weekend (thus my profile pic). Neato trail. Saw a mule deer just about 15 minutes from the trailhead and then a pretty large (@ 3 1/2') black rattlesnake on our way back. Won't be taking the beagle with us on trails that go that deep in the future. Don't need to risk her getting bit by something nasty. We heard from a ranger that a mother bear was in the area with her two cubs also, so my nerves were pretty taught the whole trip!
All in all a good day and a GREAT night's sleep!
I'm interested in hearing your hiking stories. Anything goes. Someplace cool you hiked, something you saw along the way, what your must-have piece of hiking gear is, tips for others, whatever you want to share.
My hubby and I hiked Fish Creek Trail to Grinnell Mountain here in Southern California with our beagle this weekend (thus my profile pic). Neato trail. Saw a mule deer just about 15 minutes from the trailhead and then a pretty large (@ 3 1/2') black rattlesnake on our way back. Won't be taking the beagle with us on trails that go that deep in the future. Don't need to risk her getting bit by something nasty. We heard from a ranger that a mother bear was in the area with her two cubs also, so my nerves were pretty taught the whole trip!
All in all a good day and a GREAT night's sleep!
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We take the kids on a hike about every weekend.0
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I've been going on Sunday mornings for what I call Nature church. I take my 3 poodles - ranging in size from 6# to 20# and do a 2.7 mile hike on a leashless dog trail. We all get a lil muddy usually since there is a lot of stone crosses over the creek but it is so fun, peaceful and relaxing - and yet still an excellent work out!0
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That's awesome! I love how dogs have a never-ending enthusiasm for anything outdoors.
Ours absolutely abhors water, though. She even walks on three legs when the lawn is wet. She will cross the streams and such, but not without thoroughly investigating for alternate routes first. However - if there's something interesting on the other side, like a squirrel or duck, she seems to forget all about the water.
I second the great exercise part. My husband and I ride mountain bikes in the hills/mountains a lot, walk all over the place, and do a lot of strength training, but it's amazing what gets sore after a 13-mile hike!0 -
LOL to Nature Church
I love hiking with my dogs! It's too funny to watch them explore. My older dog loves to track down wildlife and freaks out when she actually finds something (OMG, there's the deer! Cannot move, but must..go..play..with..it) Meanwhile if the puppy notices the wildlife she prefers the "HEY WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?" method of barking and scaring off whatever she sees. We're trying to get them to like the canoe, so far no dice.
OK that's enough talk about my dogs.. hehe. We need to find more hikes to do in our area. Mostly we do them when we're on road trips.0 -
I did a great hike with some friends in Muir Woods a few weeks back. Did about 10 miles, took 6 hours. Had a great day and the weather was perfect :-) Plan to go hiking again in a couple weeks, probably at Lake Berryessa.0
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My husband and I recently went backpacking in the Santa Fe National Forest and ended up hiking 22 miles in one day! Half uphill (over 2,000 ft of elevation gain), and the other half through sleet/snow/freezing rain :-). It was a crazy adventure, and I can't wait to go backpacking again! LOVE it!0
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ME! (you can probably tell from my collection of profile photos - haha)
I go hiking several times a week. It's my primary form of exercise. My husband and I actually do a hiking blog that covers trails in Virginia.
My top gear recommendations - trail runners (instead of hiking boots), trekking poles and a backpack with a hydration sleeve. :-)0 -
Sigh, I LOVE hiking! Unfortunately it's 100+ degrees here every day (Kansas City area) and the S/O and I aren't brave enough to hit the trails. I can't wait for fall!!!0
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Just this weekend we went to Zion National Park and hiked the Emerald Lower Pools and Emerald Upper Pools. The lower pools was a very easy trail to get started with. We saw two deer eating about 15 to 20 feet off the trail, a whole bunch of little lizards and a couple well-fed squirrels. The end of the trail had a small waterfall that you got to walk under. The Upper Pools was quite a challenge. I don't recall how many miles it was but it was pretty much a climb the entire way up over big rocks and such. The most difficult part was just watching my footing on the sandstone but it was a good little challenge. Aside from the moron rock jumping we didn't see any wildlife and I was just waiting for that moron to face-plant into the side of a boulder. When I woke-up on Sunday the only thing that was sore was my right ankle for some reason, so I felt pretty good about my fitness level. 0
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With the weather being warmer, I've started going about 3 days a week. Sometimes I hit the gym first.
Last Thursday, my work out partner, one of my good friends, and I all hiked up to Mt. Kit Carson (Mt. Spokane). It took us a three hours round trip. The view was magnificent. (See pic- that's my work out partner on the left, and me on the right). A year ago you couldn't get me to even think about climbing 2 hours up hill for a great view. Now, I can't imagine NOT going.
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Observation point in Zion and The Wave near Lake Powell0
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I've climbed 12 mountains above 14,000ft since May. I even did one of them twice. I am addicted. Two more this weekend!0
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I love hiking. It's so hot here in AZ but I managed to find out that if you start early enough it isn't too bad. Just bring tons of h20. I need to get a hydration pack soon.0
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I love hiking. I go to Lost Creek Lake a lot and hike there. One of the must have's is a gun. Mainly because the trails I go on are known to have cougars and bears there. I've also seen a few crazy people there (watched some people get in a fight a few weeks ago) So it's another reason why a gun is a must have when I go hiking. There is also Table rock, lower and upper that's pretty awesome to hike. I hiked up, across, and down the other side of it once, and then back around on the road. It was a 5 1/2 hour hike. There is also Pilot rock in Ashland Oregon, Roxy Ann, and another trail from the park in Ashland. There's lots of places to go hiking where I live!0
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I went hiking in Peru in June for two weeks with my husband. We didn't do any overnight hikes like the Inca Trail, but we did hike all over the Sacred Valley.
My favorite hike was at Machu Picchu. We hiked up that famous mountain that you see in all the photos, Wayna Picchu. It was a solid hour of climbing steps using my feet and hands, and it involved rope for balancing on the way back down. The view at the top was so worth it, though!0 -
WOOT!
my fiance and i are avid hikers. we tend to get 2-3 in a week. we're here in the glorious hot springs national park in arkansas and we've driven hours to hit trails. our hikes average about 5 miles. we just got through a great hike, last week, beating our previous time. 8 miles in 3h 9m. sunset trail is about 80% uphill but we whooped it's butt. in a year, we get hundreds of miles logged on the trails. it's just the best form of fun and exercise that we've ever found.
we have a fantastic park (cedarglades park) that has 4 bike/hike trails that range in difficulty and length. we just did a 4.2 mile trail ride yesterday. got it in at 48 minutes. my daughter wasn't really handling the trail too well so it slowed us down a slight bit but she pushed through and we all had a fantastic time. i was just proud of myself because the trail we took was the one that i wiped out hardcore on the last time we went. sharp turn + steep decline + loose ground = me flying over the handle bars and landing on my neck and aiding to the small roll that followed (steep). luckily the jutting rocks and large roots broke my fall. ahh, it was so exhilirating!!!
i wish i could find more people in my area that loved it as much as us. occasionally it would be nice to tag along with others.0 -
I think Muir Woods is almost always perfect for hiking. Love it!I did a great hike with some friends in Muir Woods a few weeks back. Did about 10 miles, took 6 hours. Had a great day and the weather was perfect :-) Plan to go hiking again in a couple weeks, probably at Lake Berryessa.
Are there good spots to hike at Berryessa? Never hiked there. PM me? so not to hi-jack
Recently went on a nice hike in Big Sur. Very steep, not many people.0 -
Ilove to hike but haven't done so in a few years.When I was a Marine in Japan, I hiked Mt. Fuji four times in four weekends. It was exhilarating and almost had a spiritual effect. The view was magnificent. Halfway up, I actually came upon a Monk who was meditating. He stopped and talked to me and another Marine for a few minutes. Bucket list- climb again someday, but this time sleep on mountain and see the Rising Sun. My wife thinks I am crazy, but anyone who has hiked can know how I feel. Thanks for reading!!0
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OOOOH! I love to hike! I joined a hiking group a few years ago through meetup.com and so glad I did because I learned a lot about what I'm really capable of. Plus, met my awesome boyfriend on one outing! I live in SoCal too... my favorite hikes are to Mt. Wilson and Mt. Baldy. Both a real butt-kickers but you will feel accomplished and proud of yourself (and burn a crap ton of calories)!0
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I used to HATE hiking. This year, I found a group on a site called meetup.com that goes multiple times a week. This is now my cardio. I LOVE it. I have been going at least twice a week most weeks since I found the group. I hiked up to Malan's Peak in Utah on Tuesday and it was spectacular (it's my profile pic!). I saw a rattlesnake, a lizard, and tons of dragonflys at the top. We had an amazing view. I also hiked up to a waterfall in a place called Adam's Canyon on Wednesday. Long hike and amazing as well. I can't wait to go tomorrow!0
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I do I do I do!
I never see anything other than deer.
There isn't any place too remote near me. All pretty populated.
I have seen snakes.. but I see those in the back yard.... or in the pool.
LOL
I've hiked Raven Cliff Falls in North GA near Helen. That's pretty awesome trail and there are couple other around it.
But my usually route is Red Top Mountain near Allatoona lake... or Kennesaw Mountain.0 -
Wow! Love to hear all the great places you guys have been!
Katieblueiz: Snakes in the pool??? Oh, my!
Catwoman: Love the calorie count after a great day hike! I love doing stuff that's a great workout, but its sole purpose isn't exercise.
Good2bthaking: Thanks for your service! My husband is also a Marine and is one of the reasons I've gotten to hike so much in recent years. He tells me that when he was in the Marines he would be amazed at where your body can take you.
To everyone who says they hike multiple days a week: I'm so jealous! My work schedule makes it such that I can only hike on the weekends. Darn this being self-sufficient nonsense!
Next hike on our list is Mt. San Gorgonio (11,503 ft), which was only a few miles further than where we were this last weekend. Also on the list are Mt. Whitney and a hike down into the Grand Canyon.0 -
ME! (you can probably tell from my collection of profile photos - haha)
I go hiking several times a week. It's my primary form of exercise. My husband and I actually do a hiking blog that covers trails in Virginia.
My top gear recommendations - trail runners (instead of hiking boots), trekking poles and a backpack with a hydration sleeve. :-)
Great suggestion about the trail runners! My dogs were barking after we got off the mountain last weekend. How do they hold up on very rough & rocky terrain?0 -
My husband and I recently went backpacking in the Santa Fe National Forest and ended up hiking 22 miles in one day! Half uphill (over 2,000 ft of elevation gain), and the other half through sleet/snow/freezing rain :-). It was a crazy adventure, and I can't wait to go backpacking again! LOVE it!
Right on! That's a heck of a hike. I totally understand how you can just head out and keep going and going, though. Especially when you get close to a summit or another significant point. We actually weren't prepared for an overnight stay and had to turn back so we wouldn't run out of light, but I could have kept going for hours!0 -
I love to hike, but I have yet to do one that takes more than a day. My goal is to one day spend a few days on the Appalachian Trail just hiking and camping and enjoying being "lost" in nature...but I'm not sure enough in my abilities yet. We've hiked through the Old Man's Cave area with our huge husky/elkhound mix and our 2 kids and had a great time even though we got lost. (Hubs said he doesn't think he could have made it had I not packed some protein packed snacks to see us through.) There are plenty of fun trails out there and really neat things to discover if you're willing to take the time to turn off the cells and get out and enjoy it!
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Love the Nature Church comment! I call my Sunday morning longs runs in the woods my "Church." I love hiking and camping. Just last week we went to Fundy National Park in New Brunswick, Canada, and did some nice hikes. My husband and I have hiked in Glacier, Lake Placid, Grand Tetons, Yosemite, Lake Tahoe, Zion, anywhere we go. My vacations are always planned around hiking and/or running (or both!). My next one is camping & I plan to do a triathlon every day of hiking, running, and kayaking. Yay for outdoors & summer!0
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I love hiking! It is one of my favorite things to do.
I am going up to visit family in Washington State in September and my mom was asking me what I wanted to do while I was up there. First on my list is hiking on Mt St Helens. It is amazing seeing all of the new growth and the changes that have taken place since the eruption back in 1980. Hiking along the ancient lava flows, looking at how awesome nature can be when she wants.
There is also a hike that we used to do in Bellingham, Chuckanut Mountain. My mother had back surgery when I was a kid and her doctor told her she needed to walk at least 10 miles a week, we would go on the weekends and hike this mountain (really more of a hill, but that is beside the point, lol), it is a good 5 miles uphill, it will be fun to go and do it again.
I am only going to be up there for a week and so far I have 3 full days of hiking during that time. Lol0 -
Oh yeah... I'm gonna be up in the Oregon & Washington area soon, too... Totally forgot about hiking Mt. St. Helens (duh). Drove up to it a few falls ago, and would be great to climb it.
Any Oregon/Washington folks have suggestions for other must-do hikes and/or mountain bike trails? We'll be traveling between Lebanon, OR and Seattle. I've done Beacon Rock (nice short climb with an awesome view) and would love to do others that have some Lewis & Clark significance if possible.0 -
I went hiking in Peru in June for two weeks with my husband. We didn't do any overnight hikes like the Inca Trail, but we did hike all over the Sacred Valley.
My favorite hike was at Machu Picchu. We hiked up that famous mountain that you see in all the photos, Wayna Picchu. It was a solid hour of climbing steps using my feet and hands, and it involved rope for balancing on the way back down. The view at the top was so worth it, though!
Chiquita, I am SO looking forward to seeing Machu Picchu next month
. My husband and I are hiking the Inca Trail as my fortieth birthday present! (I'll have to wait and see if I have any energy left to make it up Wayna Picchu...)0 -
Dog and water story made me laugh. I have two litter mates, they come back from the same walk, one looking like she's been in the bath and the other is spotless- even at the beach. She'll do a huge detour rather than go through a puddle or the mud!That's awesome! I love how dogs have a never-ending enthusiasm for anything outdoors.
Ours absolutely abhors water, though. She even walks on three legs when the lawn is wet. She will cross the streams and such, but not without thoroughly investigating for alternate routes first. However - if there's something interesting on the other side, like a squirrel or duck, she seems to forget all about the water.
I second the great exercise part. My husband and I ride mountain bikes in the hills/mountains a lot, walk all over the place, and do a lot of strength training, but it's amazing what gets sore after a 13-mile hike!0
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