Trail Guides🌎 Yosemite Valley
American Hiking: The Permit Systems That Decide Everything
The best American hikes run on lotteries and quotas, and the calendar matters more than the fitness.
Hiking Trails Editorial
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Day Hikes🇪🇺 Cassis
France Day Walks: The Regions Beyond the Alps
France's best day walking is spread across regions most visitors never associate with hiking at all.
Hiking Trails Editorial
August 16, 2026
Trail Maps🇪🇺 Bolzano
Italian Trail Maps and the CAI Numbering System
Italy marks its paths with painted numbers rather than named routes, and the maps that match are not the ones in bookshops abroad.
Hiking Trails Editorial
August 16, 2026
🌍 Tanzania
Mount Kilimanjaro Hike
Climb Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro, the world's highest free-standing volcanic mountain, with 7 routes to choose from. Prepare for a challenging hike with our guide.
Staff
August 16, 2026
Trail Guides🇪🇺 Santiago de Compostela
The Camino: Choosing Between the Routes
The Camino is not one path but a network, and the route you pick determines whether you walk alone or in a crowd.
Hiking Trails Editorial
August 16, 2026
Trail Guides🇪🇺 Cortina d'Ampezzo
The Dolomites: Rifugi, Via Ferrata and the Alta Via Routes
The Dolomites combine the best hut food in the Alps with a via ferrata network built during a mountain war.
Hiking Trails Editorial
August 16, 2026
Trail Guides🇪🇺 Innsbruck
Cities With Real Mountains on the Doorstep
A handful of cities put genuine mountain walking within an hour of the centre, reachable by public transport.
Hiking Trails Editorial
August 16, 2026
Trail Guides🌏 Chiang Mai
Thailand: Jungle Walking Is a Different Skill
Thailand's hiking is jungle rather than mountain, which changes the hazards, the pace and what you need to carry.
Hiking Trails Editorial
August 16, 2026
Trail Safety🇪🇺 Funchal
Walking in Portugal: Heat, Fire Season and the Levadas
Portugal's walking hazards are heat and fire rather than altitude, and the season is the opposite of northern Europe's.
Hiking Trails Editorial
August 16, 2026
Trail Guides🇪🇺 Innsbruck
Europe's Long Routes and How the Waymarking Works
Europe's national trail networks are the reason long-distance walking there needs so little planning.
Hiking Trails Editorial
August 15, 2026