Hiking Holiday

Mother’s day is right around the corner and my brothers and I would like to get her some hiking gear. She has done class 3 trails. She has a camel pack and she normally wears her gym clothes to go hiking and her running shoes. What other equipment do you think might be useful?

Depends on how much you want to spend. Sounds like she might need a good pair of hiking boots or hiking lowrise shoes.
If your on a lower budget make a gift "basket" w/ a backpack a water bottle, snacks high in protein to keep her going, maybe a book about local trails, and a new t-shirt or something.
If all else fails a gift card to your local outdoors store or a season pass to your state park where she goes hiking is always good.
Good Luck Happy mothers day!

We’re hiking the Teton Crest Trail in early October and want to know what your experience was like. Weather? Crowds? Campsites? Any info is good info. Thanks.

its a grand ole time

in the movie journey to the center of the earth they are hiking and the boy says i have dibs but its something like u dont want people to now cos he dint let the man tel the guide.

When the boy says he has dibs, he means that he gets Hannah (the guide)

My family is planning a lot of camping, hiking and local travel to recreation areas this Summer. I am wanting to put together a list of ideas and recipes for some easy fun trail mixes, camping, hiking and travel food that my children can help me prepare.. Snacks and foods that carry easy with little to no mess or a lot of clean up, store easy and won’t melt or go bad fast in the Summer heat… Kid friendly snacks would be great! Thank you in advance.. Have a great Summer!

I suggest you search for Girl Scout recipes. There are several web sites that provide an abundance of recipes for outdoor use.

I like gorp. It used to be made of Post Sugar Crisp, M&Ms, and peanuts. It’s an energy snack. One has to be careful today with the various allergies children have.

Dried fruit "chips" (slices) are fun to make and easy to carry and eat. Banana, apricot, apple, peach, all make good chips. Banana and apple are the least messy.

I am planning to walk across the USA, and would be interested to know what the best hiking boots would be for such a trip. Thank-you!

If you’re not walking on trails w /heavy packs then hiking boots are the wrong boots and there are some in the hiking community that think that traditional hiking boots may even be the wrong boots for that.
So what willl you be walking on ?

I am going hiking/walking on trail terrain and I noticed that I really don’t have any running shoes or shoes for this as well. Can someone advise me to which shoes are very comfortable for running but can also be used a few times without strain for hiking/trails? Oh and by running shoes I mean for women. Thank you!

I have a pair of New Balance All Terrain running shoes that are great for that. They are not so good for intense running on treadmills or pavement however. Good luck and Happy Trails

Hi!
The Mountain Loop Hwy is closed, so many of the hiking trails are out of reach. Many people said the Boulder River Trail is great this time of the year but it’s not: I’ve been there twice now and there is too much snow.

Are there any trails in winter (untill May) still open? I don’t mind driving a few hours.

Thanks!

I believe most of the lower trails in the Olympic National Park are open. The Storm King starting point west of Port Angeles has multiple trails starting there (including the easy 30 minute Marymere Falls trail), and it takes less than 2 hours to reach from Seattle via ferry from Seattle or Edmonds and drive across Hood Canal Bridge and through Sequim and Port Angeles).