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Breaking Ground to Extend Lost Coast Trail
On the windswept Northern California coast is one of the most rugged, remote and wild places in the state. Great expanses of forest meet wildflower-carpeted bluffs before plunging from rocky…
Read MoreExhilarated by my own human power
By: Liz Thomas, American Hiking Society Ambassador When I was a freshmen in high school, I wrote an essay about my first time mowing a lawn. It seems like a…
Read MoreComing Back to Pay it Forward
By: Mark Ray Fifteen years ago, the movie Pay It Forward popularized the idea that the best way to repay a favor is to do a favor for someone else—to…
Read More#HikingMakesMe – Liz Thomas
American Hiking Society Ambassador, Liz Thomas, responds to our #HikingMakesMe interview. My name is Liz Thomas, but my friends call me Snorkel because that is my trail name. When I…
Read MoreIt’s a funny thing about trails…
By : Sam Hodder, President & CEO, Save the Redwoods League It’s a funny thing about trails. They seem to carry a lot more significance than their linear simplicity would…
Read MoreHow Trails Get Their Names
The names of hiking trails are often straightforward and self-explanatory — they are chosen for a point of interest, or perhaps a trail leader or volunteer who helped blaze the…
Read MoreHiking the Unfinished Trail
Hike 3,100 miles from Canada to Mexico along the grizzly-bear infested Continental Divide Trail? No way. The few hikers I met who had walked the Divide called it a “trail in…
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