Paria Canyon Wilderness, Utah

Trail Name:
Wire Pass to Buckskin Gulch
Summary:
A sandy wash gives easy access to dramatic and exquisitely carved slot canyons, deep in the Utah canyonland wilderness.

Highly Recommended One Day Hike

Trail Description

Buckskin Gulch, a narrow chasm gouged deep into the Navajo sandstone of the Colorado plateau, is probably the world’s longest and most impressive slot [...]

Popularity: 59% [?]

Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado

Trail Name:
Cub Lake
Summary:
A delightful walk through meadows and aspen groves to a tranquil lake backed by Stones Peak.

Trail Description

This is one of the Park’s good early season hikes, as it becomes snow-free much earlier than the higher trails around Bear Lake. However it is popular, so get an early start to [...]

Popularity: 64% [?]

Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado

Trail Name:
Dream and Emerald Lakes
Summary:
A climb to three mountain-framed lakes, ending at the rugged saddle beneath distinctive Hallett Peak.

Trail Description

The Bear Lake area is understandably popular – the scenery is majestic as you are so close to the mountains. An extremely popular 0.5 mile nature trail runs around lovely Bear Lake, [...]

Popularity: 66% [?]

Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado

Trail Name:
Mills Lake
Summary:
A definitive Rockies trail, encompassing a gushing waterfall, a pristine lake and magnificent mountain views.

Highly Recommended One Day Hike

Trail Description

The trailhead is directly across the road from the parking area. Ignore the path on the right to Bear Lake, cross the bridge, and the path divides – take the [...]

Popularity: 66% [?]

Haleakala National Park, Hawaii

Trail Name:
Sliding Sands-Halemau’u
Summary:
Explore the massive basin at Haleakala’s summit, an eerie volcanic landscape of colorful cinder cones.

Trail Description

At the summit of Haleakala is a giant depression, 7.5 miles long, 2.5 miles wide, and up to 3,000 ft deep. It was formed by water eroding the volcanic rock; later volcanic activity created the [...]

Popularity: 71% [?]

Haleakala National Park, Hawaii

Trail Name:
Pipiwai
Summary:
Climb from a rugged volcanic shoreline through lush, tropical rainforest to two majestic waterfalls.

Trail Description

The Kipahulu Valley drops 9,000 ft from the east rim of Haleakala’s huge summit basin to the ocean. It is a rainforest wilderness, home to numerous rare plants, birds and insects. To protect the fragile environment, most [...]

Popularity: 64% [?]

Haleakala National Park, Hawaii

Trail Name:
Sliding Sands
Summary:
A half-day hike into the alien volcanic landscape of Haleakala’s giant summit depression.

Trail Description

The world’s largest dormant volcano, Haleakala (”House of the Sun”) dominates south Maui. At its summit, the forces of erosion have formed a huge depression, rather misleadingly called Haleakala Crater (a crater being formed by volcanic activity), [...]

Popularity: 100% [?]

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii

Trail Name:
Waldron Ledge-Sulphur Banks
Summary:
Dramatically contrasting scenery at the summit of Kilauea volcano.

Trail Description

This hike combines several of the interconnecting trails at the summit of Kilauea: Waldron Ledge Loop (itself formed of sections of Crater Rim, Byron Ledge and Halema’uma’u Trails), Sandalwood and Sulphur Banks Trails. Together, they make an interesting and [...]

Popularity: 61% [?]

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii

Trail Name:
Kilauea Iki
Summary:
Cross the floor of ‘Little Kilauea’ Crater, the site of Hawaii’s most furious eruption.

Trail Description

One of the world’s most active volcanoes, Kilauea is also one of the most accessible, with a road snaking right up to the summit. At the top, just east of the main caldera, lies the [...]

Popularity: 65% [?]

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii

Trail Name:
Halema’uma’u-Byron Ledge
Summary:
Cross the floor of Kilauea Caldera and peer into the depths of steaming Halema’uma’u Crater, home of Pele the fire goddess.

Trail Description

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park encompasses two of the world’s most active volcanoes: Mauna Loa and Kilauea. Of the 150 miles of trails in the Park, some of the [...]

Popularity: 64% [?]