

Today’s guest blogger, REI employee Ching Fu, recounts the soaring highs and chilly lows of her bike tour of the entire Skyline Drive and Blue Ridge Parkway last summer: It had been raining for 3 days straight, and I was ready to just be home. But I had to keep pedaling. The bitter cold rain was an unwelcome surprise, especially since it was July in the southeast... ...
You start a hike in the lowlands but hike for miles until you are in higher elevations. But just before the viewpoint you've hiked to see, a sizable snow patch covers the trail, and the slope it crosses has a steep pitch. Mike Zawaski, author of the new book "Snow Travel," offers advice in this helpful post. ...
Posted by T.D. Wood on March 7, 2013 12:30 PM & Tagged Hiking, kicking steps, snow travel and snowfields | permalink | Comments
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