Panoramic Arizona views from Fletcher Peak in the Spring Mountains
The summit of Mount Fletcher (10,319 feet / 3,145 metres elevation) is reached via a relatively easy hike – but offers one of the best long‑range panoramas of the Spring Mountains.
The summit of Mount Fletcher (10,319 feet / 3,145 metres elevation) is reached via a relatively easy hike – but offers one of the best long‑range panoramas of the Spring Mountains.
A relatively short but scenic hike that explores the Vermilion Cliffs and White Cliffs formations of the Grand Staircase. The Mansard Trail offers some nice views and ends at an unusual petroglyph site.
The Subway (Bottom Up) hiking route in Zion National Park is a spectacular hike along the Left Fork of North Creek, which passes many small waterfalls before ending at a narrow slot canyon. Permit required.
A spectacular bushwalk through pagoda country in the Gardens of Stone; the route visits Point Green above the Wolgan Loops, before descending to the Wolgan Falls and completing the loop via more cliff-top vantage points.
A strenuous but rewarding off-track West Head bushwalk which descends from the Wallaroo Trail to Cottage Rock and Halletts Beach, before returning via Refuge Bay.
An entirely off-track loop which descends to the beautiful Colo River via Mount Townsend (465m). It returns via a different spur opposite the Colo Meroo campground.
The Ships Stern Circuit in the Binna Burra section of Lamington National Park offers a great mix of lookouts and waterfalls, and a variety of flora from rainforest to eucalypt forest.
The Great Wall of China at Badaling (or Badaling Great Wall) is one of the best preserved sections and the easiest to reach from Beijing, with a length of about 3.7km that can be walked.
A long, mostly off-track bushwalk which ascends steeply to the Gunderman Peninsula before following the ridge. The route then traverses a gully to reach Flat Rocks Ridge, before following the 11km Walking Track to finish at Mill Creek.
This three-day Wollemi bushwalk comes in two parts: a relatively easy descent to the Colo River via Canoe Creek Pass and along the river to Pass 17b. And an arduous ascent of Pass 17b to explore the area around Savage RIdge.