The Green Hiker

Three quick ideas to start your brainstorming for your family hiking and camping vacation.

Family vacations-thinking outside the Disney box

… low-attention spans from electronic gaming, but they can never match the feeling of awe one gets when viewing the vastness of the Grand Canyon, taking a tour of Mammoth Cave, or discovering a waterfall after hiking in the mountains. …

Outdoor Vacations: Arbuckle Wilderness!

You might also want a pair of sturdy hiking boots to protect your feet and a camera to capture the event. Make sure you also bring some spare cash if you want to feed the animals or ride the rides! Arbuckle Wilderness is located off …

Camping: Perfect for All Occasions, Especially Fishing

What is nice about going camping for your next family vacation is that you have an unlimited number of options. In the United States, many public campground parks are stocked full of activities, like boating, hiking, swimming, fishing, …

Hike North! And marvel at the stunning beauty of Fernie, BC, the Lake Agnes Hiking Trail, or the Grouse Grind Hiking Trail.

Mountain Pursuits and Island Lake Lodge Hiking

FERNIE, BC, CANADA – Anyone who has ever visited or who lives in Fernie will agree that it is a beautiful valley framed by stunning peaks. From the iconic Three Sisters, to the folded layers of geological history of Mt Hosmer, …

Lake Agnes Hiking Trail and Tea House, Lake Louise, Canada

… for it (we did after some rejuvenating tea), the Little Beehive Trail provides a stunning view overlooking the the valley below. originally posted at Go Green Travel Green. Lake Agnes Hiking Trail and Tea House, Lake Louise, Canada.

Grouse Mountain

Grouse Mountain sits at a height of 1231 m (4039 ft) and public access to the mountain is by a Swiss Garaventa aerial tramway, the Grouse Grind hiking trail, or the Old Grouse Mountain Highway (foot and bicycle access only). …

Green hiking tips in the heat and moonlight!

Hiking and camping this summer?

It’s even the name of a center for “outdoor ethics,” a nonprofit that promotes ethical, safe, healthy hiking and camping, and teaches people how to take care of the outdoors. The organization has some helpful suggestions for how to …

Hiking In 107 Degrees

Anyway, we went out hiking, and it wasn’t too bad. There was a breeze and there was lots of trees for shade. We got to see lots of birds, and a little green heron. We also got to talk to a Park Ranger who wanted to make sure that we had …

Full Moon Hiking and Star Gazing in August

For a unique, green travel experience, take a hike at sunset or later, by the light of a full moon, when you can also enjoy star-gazing. There are several places in the West that offer guided sunset and full moon events, …

Leaving the Road Less Traveled Green

Green hiking and biking opportunities give us the chance to smell the morning air, or the earth after a good rain. Naturally (pardon the pun ), Heck, there is a handy quiz, “How Green is my destination?” on the Sierra Club website. …

Hiking and camping the final miles on Vermont’s Long Trail into Canada.

Long Trail, VT

Finishing the last 50 miles from Johnson, VT to the Canadian border.

Here’s your start to discovering the great hiking trails of California, including Yosemite, Runyon Canyon, Trabuco Canyon Trail, and the Devils Postpile National Monument.

A Visit to Yosemite

But most of this National Park is remote, rugged wilderness, criss-crossed with hiking trails and inaccessible except by hiking. Roads do wind through the park, and one crosses it up above 9000 feet at Tioga Pass. …

Best Hiking Trails

To avoid the crowds and enjoy the weather within nature’s beauty, hiking is a great way to go. On top of all this, it is great exercise and many trails can provide for great picnic destinations or romantic landscapes. …

Hiking opportunities in California

California offers hiking trails through almost all imaginable and existing natural environs from high majestic mountains, beautiful alpine lakes, granite gorges, basalt formations, streaming rivers, to awe inspiring meadows and …

Survival strategies and gear you’ll need when lost or injured on the trail. These outdoor survival basics insure your hiking, backpacking, and camping adventures will always be enjoyable and safe.

Many thanks to the “Educational Hunter”, prohuntrrights (YouTube name), for this excellent video series.

Regardless of your feelings about hunting, if you spend any time at all in the wilderness, you need to know this stuff!

Outdoor Survival Pt 1

This is Part one of a series I (prohuntrrights) am doing on you tube. The series is titled Outdoor Survival. I will be taking you through some of the basics of surviving if you are injured or lost. This video documents Gear, and how to implement and how to survive if you become lost. This video series is an absolute essential if you love the outdoors and want to enjoy a safe experience. Enjoy!

Outdoor Survival Pt 2

This is Part two of the Outdoor Survival series.

Outdoor Survival Pt3

This third video documents Survival Clothing.

Outdoor Survival Pt4

This fourth video documents Knot Tying. P.S. the camera battery died at the end of this!

Outdoor Survival Pt5

This fifth video documents Structures and Pioneering.