The rural-feeling Queen Creek Wash Trail runs for 5.5 miles between the communities of Queen Creek and Hastings Farm. This paved trail passes through open space, farmland, residential communities, and playgrounds. About the Route The western endpoint of the Queen Creek Wash Trail is located at...
Previous Article Trail Running for Beginners If you want to experience hiking trails in a new way or you're an urban runner who wants to vary the routine, the siren call of trail running is hard to ignore. Before you head for the hills, though, you need shoes that are specifically built...
This trail is a good one for beginners. It is mostly flat. It does head downhill to Millersburg. The grade back to Fredericksburg was pretty gentle and no big deal. It does not have benches or picnic tales along the route. There are ample areas of shade to stop and rest. Fredericksbur...
“That near-death incident, and recovering from it, prompted me to reflect on my life trajectory. The biggest takeaway for me is very trite, but you never know whether you’ll be here tomorrow. I was trying to shift my mindset towards living in the present,” says Kim. “And what I ...
That’s what I went to Chamonix to find out. I wasn’t going to join the UTMB: it would probably kill a part-time jogger like me. Instead, I signed up for a training camp aimed at the first-time trail-runner. British guiding company,Icicle Mountaineeringruns several each summer. ...
” said a tester who wore the shoe on both wet and dry trails in the Colorado foothills and high country. Other testers described the updated Xodus as “easy to run in” and “very springy, responsive” with a “bounce that helped propel me forward.” One tester described their runs as...
The Appalachian Trail runs through Kent, passing within two miles of our TrailHeads Headquarters. Connecticut is the gateway to New England. Unlike in the south, much of the Northern Trail does not have switchbacks. Switchbacks can make long climbs easier as you gain elevation more slowly. In...
You cross up stream and at a slope so the water runs so fast over the rocks and they are extremely slippery and my mom fell into the water and hit her head on the rocks below. The bugs are terrible so if you decide to brave it, BATHE in bug spray. After our hike I co...
You can either take the trail from the parking lot that says 'Howe Sound Crest Trail', or take the ski runs as the description on this site says. You can come back down either way too -We encountered a large black bear on the trail half way back. It didn't seem bothered by a ...
(Okay, please bear with me for a little back story... trust me it really is part of the story!) Born on the same day of the same year, Allison Buckley and I were practically inseparable from the first day she moved to our small Adirondack community in the 5th grade. As we moved ...