Tuesday 3 January 2017

My Hiking Plans

Happy New Year!  Due to the weather and the busy holiday season, I'm not getting much hiking done so I thought I'd make a list of hikes I would love to do.  I'll start with the ones in Canada:

End-to-End Bruce Trail
Location: Ontario, Canada
Distance: 900 km
Time: 20 days

End-to-End Ganaraska Trail
Location: Ontario, Canada
Distance: 500 km
Time: 10 days

East Coast Trail
Location: Newfoundland, Canada
Distance: 500 km
Time: 12 days

La Cloche Silhouette Trail
Location: Ontario, Canada
Distance: 100 km
Time: 6 days

West Coast Trail
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Distance: 75 km
Time: 6 days

Sunshine Coast Trail
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Distance: 150 km
Time: 8 days

Fundy Footpath
Location: New Brunswick
Distance: 82 km (in and out)
Time: 7 days


Hikes in the USA:

1.) Pacific Crest Trail
Location: California, Oregon, and Washington, United States
Distance: 4,270 km
Time: 6-7 months

2.) Continental Divide Trail
Location: Colorado, New Mexico, Idaho, Montana
Distance: 4,270 km
Time: 7-8 months

3.) Appalachian Trail
Location: Georgia to Maine, United States
Distance: 3,515 km
Time: 5-7 months






Note: Completing all three hikes above is known as the Triple Crown.  The total length of the three trails is about 12,700 km; vertical gain is more than 1,000,000 feet, a total of 22 states are visited. Only a few hundred people in the world have completed all three.  I'll most likely start with #3.


Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim Hike
Location: Arizona, United States
Distance: 70 km
Time: 4-6 days



Yosemite Grand Traverse
Location: California, United States
Distance: 100 km
Time: 6-7 days



Sierra High Route
Location: California, United States
Distance: 315 km
Time: Around 13 days


International Hikes:

Camino Trail
Location: Spain
Distance: 800 km
Time: 20 days

Kilimanjaro
Location: Tanzania, Africa
Distance: 56 km
Time: 7+ days

Everest Base Camp Trek
Location: Nepal
Distance: 115 km
Time: 16 days

Tour du Mont Blanc
Location: France, Italy, Switzerland
Distance: 170 km
Time: Around 10 days

Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
Location: Urubumba, Peru
Distance: 50km
Time: 4 days




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