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Girly Gathering! with Chicks Climbing
September 9, 2013
Coming September 20 (WV) and October 4 (NY), 2013. Girly Gathering! with Chicks Climbing is offering 2 days of fun in New River Gorge, WV for the September weekend or 3 days in Keene Valley, Adirondacks, NY in October. Demo gear, 4-to-1 ratio for the daily climbing clinic, two dinners, an evening workshop and discussions are […]
Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park & Preserve, Alaska
April 30, 2013
With approximately 13.2 million acres, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve is the largest national park in the United States. Established in 1978, this Alaskan Park/Preserve is recognized by the United Nations as a World Heritage Site, and there are loads of outdoor activities to take advantage of – hiking, mountain biking, camping, sea kayaking, […]
Banff National Park
August 1, 2012
Canada’s oldest National Park. Interestingly, it all started by accident. As the story goes… in the fall of 1883, three Canadian Pacific Railway workers stumbled across a cave containing hot springs on the slopes of Alberta’s Rocky Mountains, not far from the Banff railway station (named after a town in Scotland). From that beginning, the […]
Yellowstone National Park
July 30, 2012
A US first: America’s oldest National Park. Interestingly, Yellowstone is the home to not only Old Faithful but also the majority of the world’s geysers. This is the main reason the park was established in 1872, and it’s now the last natural temperate zone ecosystem on Earth. And something else a lot don’t know, this […]
Camping in Zion National Park, Utah
July 26, 2012
Zion reminds you who’s really in charge, and it’s not us. It’s nature. The trails here were blazed by ancient peoples and pioneers who all gazed up at the cream-, pink- and red-colored sandstone cliffs. Hike the narrow slot canyon, and see Zion’s unique plants (like the Pinyon-Juniper Forest) and animals (like the ringtail cat). […]