Grafton-Dunham Loop (NY)

Submitted by jstookey on Tue, 09/15/2020 - 09:01am
Description

The trails at Grafton Lakes State Park (near Albany) are some of the best in the area. They are technical but not terribly steep making them runnable from start to finish. The trails are easy to underestimate, some days leading to giving up in frustration partway through the run. On other magical days it’s possible to literally rise above the obstacles and fly through the woods letting your effortless speed smooth out the trail. The loop was inspired by a run Ethan K. had done here years ago.

Obwaldner Höhenweg Loop (Switzerland)

Submitted by patrick.sanan on Tue, 09/15/2020 - 08:13am
Description

The Swiss canton of Obwalden sits at the center of the country and is part of the Old Swiss Confederacy, said to have formed in 1291. Its current borders define two non-contiguous regions; this route describes an aesthetic loop around the entire larger, western part, winding through mountains high above Lake Sarnen.

The route is is mostly between 1000 and 2000m, over steep green (in the summer) mountains, covered with cow pastures. The full loop is approximately 125 km long with 7500m of climbing.

Central Trail (MB, Canada)

Submitted by Ihor Verys on Tue, 09/15/2020 - 07:09am
Description

Central trail is the longest trail in Riding Mountain National Park, MB, Canada. It is the spine of the West end network, this retired patrol road provides access to the western half of the park, stretching from a west trailhead at Bob Hill Lake to east trailhead shared with Strathclair trail at North end of the Bison enclosure. It's the doubletrack easy-to-follow and not technical trail with minor elevation change. Riding Mountain National Park is a home to black bears. Therefore, encounters with them is commonplace.      

Opplev Dalane – hovedtrasé 1 (Norway)

Submitted by Ovar on Tue, 09/15/2020 - 01:58am
Description

OPPLEV DALANE - i historiske tråkk fra hav til høyfjell

Fra gammelt av har det vært et godt utviklet samferdselsnett i Dalane. Det meste av dette var enkle tråkk, men også forseggjorte slep og veger. I vår moderne tidsalder har mange av disse mistet sin funksjon og blitt liggende ubrukt. Med utgangspunkt i det gamle samferdselsnettet er det i dag ryddet og merket sammenhengende turløyper.