For this #MountainMonday I would like to talk about an amazing initiative brought on by the Italian Alpine Club from Livinallongo (BL).
It's called "Adopt a trail".
Trails are the threads the connect our towns, valleys, the lives of the people that live and have lived our mountains.
The maintenance of these trails is voluntary, every section has to clean, track and do a yearly maintenance on hundreds of km.

#hiking #dolomites @hiking #mountains

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A couple days ago, I was booking a hut-hiking holiday in the Alps with some friends. It was however quite time consuming to look for hikes, then check all individual huts and see if they have free beds on the desired days. That's why, while procrastinating on my thesis, I've been writing this little website. It automatically fetches a lot of huts and official hikes. It then checks their availability and gives you a list of possible hikes you can do.

I thought I'd share this here, in case someone is in Europe and finds this helpful. Feedback is also super welcome!

Yours, Robin

PS: I'm sorry for the english speaking people: Most of the data is in German :/

Today we hike in the presence of the queen: the Marmolada.

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Ultima uscita in ambiente innevato con il CAI di Treviso, fatta il 3 aprile. Splendida, lunga, con una vista mozzafiato sulle nostre montagne e sulle Tre Cime di Lavaredo.
Dopo questo itinerario immerso nella neve, si inizia a programmare per quelli estivi, in mezzo al verde che sta iniziando a fare timidamente capolino.
📍 Dolomiti di Braies: Carbonin - Monte Specie
🏔️ 20km, 860mt di dislivello, escursione in ambiente innevato, con ciaspole
👣 Percorso completo su Komoot https://www.komoot.it/tour/2860677723?ref=aso
#hiking #dolomiti #escursioni #montagna #mountains #veneto #snow #trecimedilavaredo #dreizinnen @[email protected] @[email protected]

Hey Everyone, I am planning a trip to Mt. Rainier this summer. I know some areas were closed a little while ago. To my knowledge, everything is back open, and I am looking for recommendations for campsites and trails to visit. If anybody has any info they can share!

Before anyone jumps on me about good boots being worth the investment I already have a quality pair of hiking boots (Danner Lights) but I'm going to be sending them out to be resoled soon, estimated turnaround time will be about 5-6 weeks, and I'm just looking for a temporary pair to hold me over for whatever hiking I do for the month or so I won't have my main boots. After which these temporary boots will probably go into the trunk of my car as part of my emergency kit to hopefully never be worn again.

Anyone got a favorite pair of cheap boots?

Small checklist I'd like to have:
Wide sizes
Waterproof
Lightweight (though I'm not expecting miracles on that front)
Preferably about a 6" height, I'm flexible on that, but generally I prefer a taller boot.

Howdy all. I have a 33% avg grade, highly overgrown slope (~450' length, ~160' elevation change) at the edge of my property that was originally used by a railroad company 130 years ago to slide trees down to where they were building railroad ties. It is now exclusively a deer path (the poo on my knees can attest to that) and I had to scramble at several points to get up.

If you were in my deer poo covered shoes (and assuming I had cleared all the brush and fallen trees), would you build trail stairs, e.g.

or a small set of switchbacks (space is tight as I have like 30' of width to play with), e.g.

orrrrr would you just clear it out well and deal with sprawling for a few steeper parts? (my least favorite option as I would like to hike this several times a week when it's done)

I'm concerned with long-term maintenance but am willing the put in the upfront work! TIA

https://www.recreation.gov/interagency-pass/types/resident

Hi everyone! I’m exploring  emergency call experiences and rescue communication in mountaineering. The survey is anonymous, takes about 3–5 minutes, and is open to anyone interested in mountain or outdoor activities.🩷

🙏 Survey link with google form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScJ3MoMgNQZz07ODtqm25sPpV-e99HZzDx__4Oe7BF-70sUcw/viewform?usp=header

If you have any experiment If you have experience in mountain activities, it would be helpful. Especially if you have experience with emergency calls, please be sure to participate in the response.

Just absolutely insane what this guy was able to pull off.

The 37-year-old climbed 403,740 feet, covering 629 miles on foot and cycling 2,568 miles between the peaks. He spent 489 hours in motion in those 31 days, linking all the publicly accessible 14ers in the lower U.S. On each stage of his project, the once-in-a-generation mountaineering legend was joined by high-profile local athletes who pedaled, climbed and ran alongside him.

I'm in this hiking club and they were adamant about not hiking in jeans.

Now I know they're not the best pants but I said it should be fine to wear them on short hikes and it wouldn't kill you but there are better things to wear. They added in further they will kick individuals out for wearing jeans.

Now I personally have done many hikes, even longer hikes wearing jeans with no issues. I want to know your thoughts below on this topic. Am I in the wrong here?

tl;dw: among other issues, the network doesn't appear to store messages until they're confirmed to arrive, so it's very possible to miss incoming messages with no indication to either party

Moving to BC in October and would love to meet some hiking partners! Here’s a photo from CO because photos. Hit me up if you’re planning a hike and want some company

I'll be off to the Azores in a few weeks. I've been looking online, but I can't find any English maps with scales that are usable for hiking (≤1:50k). The best I've been able to find are these:

• 1:60k/70k in English --- https://www.mapsworldwide.com/maps-charts-atlases-c1811/azores-tour-trail-super-durable-map-p41582
• 1:50k in German --- https://mapscompany.com/products/cartes-de-randonnee-acores-n-2260-kompass

I was hiking in a wilderness area...a very remote trail without a lot of action, and at one point I heard voices...I swore I heard human voices.

It was up in the mountains, too, so there wasn't much to make noise like that.

Obviously, I know it's my brain hearing trees groaning in the wind and quickly shortcutting to, "must be a human voice!" But it was just eerie.

Numerous hikers have been caught in a rockfall north of Lake Louise with multiple people injured or killed, according to the RCMP.

At around 1:30 p.m., Lake Louise RCMP were notified that "multiple hikers" were caught in a rockfall on a trail in the Bow Lake/Bow Glacier Falls area.

RCMP Cpl. Gina Slaney said the latest information available is that the incident involves "serious injuries and/or multiple fatalities," but she didn't have exact details as there is no cell service in the area and getting information from the scene is difficult.

AllTrails has a new generative AI feature that can be asked to 'shorten my route' or 'make this more scenic.'

But the people in charge of searching for lost hikers say the feature is going to exacerbate an issue they’ve been warning about for years: hiking apps providing false information."

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