Primorska Planinarska Transverzala (Montenegro)

Submitted by pbakwin on Wed, 10/02/2019 - 09:15am
Description

The Primorska Planinarska Transverzala (PPT) is the trail (170km +8000m) in Dinaric Alps in Montenegro. It runs across the karst ranges and grassy valleys along the entire coast from Bar in the south to Herceg Novi in ​​the north. The goal of the trail is to connect the 3 massifs and climbing up to the most important peaks of these mountains. These are the peaks of Rumija (1595m) on Rumija massif, Jezerski vrh (1657m) on Lovcen massif, and Zubacki Kabao (1894m) on Orjen massif.

Pacific Crest Trail: Harts Pass to Rainy Pass (WA)

Submitted by pbakwin on Tue, 10/01/2019 - 02:07pm
Description

The iconic run from Harts to Rainy pass takes you through the North Cascades, west of Mazama, in an area known as the "American Alps." It is a 32ish-mile stretch, (50k) of the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), and follows a ridge that crests dry valleys of larch and pine to the east, and wet mossy forests to the west.