I will be there in June for 4 days in Victoria and want to see some old growth forests, waterfalls, maybe even a hot spring. Any local favorites. I only have a couple days and have to spend the night in Victoria, but want to get out during the day.

Backpacking, tent camping, and spending a night out in nature are great activities. An overnight trip doesn’t seem much time to really get into it. My suggestions is decide where you are going to go, what season you will be going, who you will be going with. What activities you will be doing, and what [...]

Is there a chance there won’t be any snow? I have all the winter gear I need I just want to know if an ice axe and crampons are always needed during that time of the year. I am taking the Mt. Whitney trail.
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Is it better to go Norway than Switzerland? Are they more activities to do in Norway?

I’m going to hike the 22-mile (35½ kilometre) Mourne Wall next week. It has been described as “one of the greatest mountain walks in Ireland”, but is a tough mountainous walk with some very steep and rocky slopes, along with some wet and boggy patches.
I already have (I think) everything I need, but just in [...]