Oops! Didn’t read the rules and put the full location in my last past so it was removed 🤦🏼‍♀️ Trying again! Wild Goose Island Overlook, west side of Glacier National Park, Montana, USA

Hey everyone! In this link, I listed all my fav spots to go hiking and view points.

Tegelberg trail that continues after crossing Marienbrücke. You can go to the peak but I stopped after the 2nd photo because I was not prepared for a big hike

Early morning hike up towards Barf, Lake District UK.

Looking out towards Skiddaw, Bassenthwaite Lake, Keswick and Derwent Water

Stayed a few days in Ronda, a lovely Andalusian town in an incredible location. Visited Zahara de la Sierra, Cueva del Hundidero and Cueva del Gato. I will be back to explore the Grazalema national park properly!

Even started snowing like crazy while making dinner.

I teach at a university and I get 16 weeks off for the summer. Every year since I’ve had my dog Jax, we have done a 3 week camping trip. During these trips, we do a lot of hiking. Last year, we went up to Washington to check out Olympic National forest. It did not disappoint. This is a picture from that adventure. This year, we will be heading back out to Colorado to do more hiking.

I have a full week in mid-September to get some hiking under my belt. Being from the Northeast, I would really like to get out west and visit a state that I’ve never been to before.

My question is, where would you go next of all these places specifically in mid-September? These are the western states I’ve yet to visit and see the natural landscape:

Washington, Oregon, Idaho, New Mexico, I’ll also include West Texas and Big Bend.

I am a decent hiker, I’ve summited Humphreys Peak in AZ, but I have no experience as a climber using gear.

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Hi!

I'm planning to go on a trek in a month and planning to go for more hikes that are more and more challenging throughout the rest of the year. I've been looking at hiking shoes and boots for a while, but I can't find anything right for the price (roughly less than 200 USD), style, and durability.

Until I discovered about the Merrell Moab Speed 2 GTX. It has everything I like in style and price, but the durability is still questionable for me since the reviews I find say it's for trekking only, but I want to know about people who actually used it on hikes experience with the shoe?

The kind of treks and hikes I'm about to go to are tropical with a lot of rocks/boulders, mud, and river/heavy rain trails. I thought this specific model is perfect for those since it's goretex and has a thick outsole. Also I think I can also use this one casually in the city as a stylish rain-proof footwear.

I haven't experienced goretex products before, so I'm only used to getting my shoes soaked in rivers, mud, and rain. That's why I want to try waterproof shoes or boots to find out how capable they are. I can probably tell in rain it's gonna be fine, but I'm not sure about submerging it in rivers when needed. I just need something that will still be okay to clean when done, after being underwater or in mud.

Sizing, reviews say it's a bit wide. That's something I'm already aware of, which is fine with me.

Although I'm aware that boots or mid to high cut shoes are important for stability while hiking, I didn't find it necessary in my hiking experiences in the past so yeah I don't think I need recommendations on getting a boot. Unless when people say this shoe I'm interested in isn't ideal for what I'm looking for then yeah, I'd love to get recommendations for a boot!

So yeah, let me know if anyone would recommend me getting this shoe based on the things I mentioned? What's your experience with this shoe? How durable did it get you in your hikes? Do you think I should get this? How much would you recommend this shoe to me? What would you recommend I use if you think something's better than this one?

At the cliff’s edge, my legs trembled from the height(14,115 feet)

My husband and I spent our anniversary hiking the South Kaibab-Tonto-Bright Angel trail. Neither of us died or pushed the other off the cliff (a frequent joke). We had a few ups and downs. I was under the impression that this was a 9.5-mile route from a trusted friend and I verified that with a park ranger prior to heading down. Spoiler: It's not. I'm a little disappointed that you need to buy or download trail maps if you plan on hiking down. I love and prefer park made physical maps. Guess that will change in the future, I just found out about AllTrails! We had all sorts of weather conditions from sleet, snow, winds, hot, muddy, cold, etc. Thankfully we were prepared for all (besides the mileage). I'm so proud of my husband for training prior and setting the pace. I'm usually the more trained but I've been lacking in recent months. He bought and broke in his first pair of hiking boots (Keens not Oboz sadly) and really wanted to make sure he could take on elevations. He's incredibly afraid of heights and I'm even more proud he overcame that to hike this with me (lots of cliffside clinging).

We felt so accomplished once finished. The mileage was deceiving given the reroutes, but we determined it to be around an estimated 15 miles. The last few feet we held hands and I did tear up a bit. This was truly one of the most beautiful and worthwhile hikes we've ever done.