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Tag Archives: Eagle Peak Trail

June 11, 2018

The 12 Best Uncrowded National Park Dayhikes

In Family Adventures, Hiking, National Park Adventures   |   Tagged best national park hikes, Best uncrowded national park dayhikes, Big Spring Canyon, Black Canyon of the Yellowstone River, Blacktail Deer Creek Trail, Box Top Trail, Boy Scout Trail, California, California hiking, California national parks, Canyonlands National Park, Capitol Reef National Park, Chimney Rock Canyon, City of Rocks National Reserve, Clouds Rest, Colorado, Colorado hiking, Death Valley National Park, Eagle Peak Trail, family hiking, Grand Teton National Park, Great Sand Dunes National Park, Heather Pass Maple Pass Loop, High Sierra, hiking Grand Teton National Park, hiking Wyoming, Joshua Tree National Park, Lost Canyon, Mount Rainier National Park, North Cascades, North Cascades National Park, North Fork Circle Creek Trail, Peekaboo Trail, Southern Utah hiking backpacking, Squaw Canyon, Static Peak, Stripe Rock Loop, Taylor Canyon Zion, Tea Kettle Trail, Telescope Peak, Tenaya Lake, The Needles District, Utah, Utah parks, Washington hiking backpacking, Wonderland of Rocks, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park, Yosemite National Park, Zion National Park   |   2 Comments

By Michael Lanza

The best-known dayhikes in America’s national parks are certainly worth adding to your outdoor-adventure CV. Summits and hiking trails like Angels Landing in Zion, Half Dome in Yosemite, the North Rim Trail overlooking the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River, Glacier National Park’s Highline Trail, and many others represent the highlights of the crown jewels of the National Park System. But for that very reason, unless you take those hikes outside the peak seasons or times of day, you can expect to encounter a lot of other hikers.

But there are other national park dayhikes that remain off the radar of many hikers—so they attract a small fraction of the number of people flocking to the popular trails. On these 12 hikes, you’ll find scenery just as majestic as those famous trails, while possibly having these spots to yourself (as I did on several of them). Continue reading →

August 30, 2016

Ask Me: What Are Your Favorite Hikes at Mount Rainier and North Cascades National Parks?

In Ask Me, Family Adventures, Hiking, National Park Adventures   |   Tagged Ask Me North Cascades, Berkeley Park, Burroughs Mountain, Christina Falls, Copper Ridge, Eagle Peak Trail, family hiking, Glacier Basin Trail, Grove of the Patriarchs, Hannegan Pass, Hannegan Peak, Mildred Point, Mount Rainier National Park, Mowich Lake, North Cascades, North Cascades National Park, Paradise, Rampart Ridge, Skyline Trail, Spray Park, Sunrise, Tatoosh Range, Van Trump Park, Washington, Washington hiking backpacking, Wonderland Trail   |   Leave a comment

Michael,

I just discovered your site, really enjoying it. Great book, I bought it from a small bookshop in Lincoln, N.H., called the Mountain Wanderer. We are on are way out to the Pacific NW for a week. We are looking for some ideas on dayhikes and one-night backpacks in the North Cascades and some dayhikes in Mount Rainier National Park.

Look forward to your stories in Backpacker. Thanks in advance for your help.

Fred and Linda
Tewksbury, MA Continue reading →