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Old Jul 13th, 2005 | 04:39 AM
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What is your favorite trail?

What is your favorite trail, short or long, anywhere in the United States?
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Old Jul 13th, 2005 | 05:12 AM
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I love the Tahoe Rim trail at Lake Tahoe.


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Old Jul 13th, 2005 | 06:09 AM
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Iceberg Trail in Glacier National Park.

In Canada it has to be the Lake MacDonald Trail in Lake O'Hara, BC
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Old Jul 13th, 2005 | 06:24 AM
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Cedar Falls - Hocking Hills, Ohio
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Old Jul 13th, 2005 | 06:49 AM
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Franconia Ridge Trail in the White Mtns. But then, I haven't done any real hiking out west.
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Old Jul 13th, 2005 | 06:55 AM
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The Bond Cliff Trail in the White Mtns of NH is fantastic but must agree with msackton in that the Franconia Ridge Trail is also great.

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Old Jul 13th, 2005 | 07:27 AM
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Owl's Head near Lake Placid. A very short trail with incredible views.
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Old Jul 13th, 2005 | 08:19 AM
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I live in Oregon and I have a lot of favorite trails - but maybe the Most favorite is Iron Mountain/Cone Peak-
over 300 varieties of wild flowers grow there - the meadows are like Monets paintings with beautiful colors all blended together. When you reach the top of Iron Mountain there is a look out center with views of snowcapped mountains.
Was just there a couple of weeks ago and the flowers were spectacular.
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Old Jul 13th, 2005 | 08:41 AM
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Horseshoe Basin in the Pasayten Wilderness in the North Cascades of Washington State.
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Old Jul 13th, 2005 | 09:25 AM
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Delicate Arch trail in Arches National Park, Riverside Walk in Zion National Park, Vernal Falls trail in Yosemite National Park, Old Faithful Geyser area in Yellowstone National Park.

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Old Jul 13th, 2005 | 09:39 AM
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Virgin Narrows in Zion, Angel's Landing in Zion, Queen's Garden in Bryce, Delicate Arch in Arches, Landscape in Arches, Devil's Garden in Arches, Bright Angel in Grand Canyon, Havasupi Trail to Supai in Grand Canyon, Norris Basin at Yellowstone.
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Old Jul 14th, 2005 | 08:30 AM
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Good Opinions- I am going to Bryce, Zion, and Grand Canyon this year. My personal favorite trail is the Cascade Canyon Trail in the Tetons.
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Old Jul 14th, 2005 | 09:54 AM
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Panorama Trail in Yosemite.

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Old Jul 14th, 2005 | 10:22 AM
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Our favorite all time trail is the Nu'alolo/Cliffs/Awa'awapuhi Loop Trail on Kauai, especially the view from Lolo Vista--down into the Nu'alolo Valley and out across the NaPali coast---one of our most spectacular days.

Then there's the Canadian Rockies---hard to just pick one trail there--wonderful day hiking.
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Old Jul 15th, 2005 | 02:32 PM
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Anybody have a favorite hike in the Eastern United States like the Appalachian Region?
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Old Jul 16th, 2005 | 04:33 AM
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confluence trail in canyonlands, wilcox pass off icefields parkway (either banff or jasper), iceberg lake - glacier, cascade pass - north cascades, narrows - zion,
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Old Jul 16th, 2005 | 04:35 AM
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in response to the east, franconia ridge in new hampshire, various parts of the appalachian trail- charlies bald in smokies, watergap in nj, shennandoah.
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Old Jul 16th, 2005 | 07:12 AM
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Where is the Lake McDonald trail in Yoho?
I know Oesa, Opabin, McArthur, Linda Lakes, Schaeffer Lake, and O'Hara itself, but were is Lake McDonald?

Does the trail originate near the Lodge or La Relais or the campground?
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Old Jul 17th, 2005 | 09:20 AM
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The Narrows, Zion NP

Avalanche Lake, Glacier NP

Trail to Supai and Havasu Falls, Grand Canyon

Eagle Creek Trail, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon

Trail from Glacier Point in Yosemite down to the Valley floor passing Nevada and Vernal Falls (forget the name)

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Old Jul 18th, 2005 | 02:04 AM
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karens, you mean the Panorama Trail (in Yosemite).

My favorite is the James Irvine Trail in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park. Four miles through the redwoods to Fern Canyon and the ocean, with elk.

In the east, it's the Glens loop at Ricketts Glen State Park, Pennsylvania.
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