Begin on Cuba’s southern coast, with a foot in the Caribbean Sea, and run 31 miles north to the Gulf of Mexico.

One direct route from the Caribbean to the Gulf of Mexico (via Gulf of Batabano to Straits of Florida) is to begin at Cajia Beach then head north via the towns of La Palma, Guira de Melena, San Antonio de los Banos, Cayo la Rosa, Bauta, Rosa Marina, onto Playa Baracoa on the Gulf of Mexico. The route begins and ends with a foot in the sea.

Mount Deception is the second highest peak in the Olympic Mountain Range at 7788 ft, second only to Mount Olympus, and the 17th most prominent peak in Washington (4108 ft). The fastest way there is to start at the upper Dungeness Trailhead and hike through old growth forests to Royal Basin and then through upper Royal Basin. Summiting this peak will take different amounts of snow travel or scrambling depending on times of the year and the snowpack level.