Giro del Marguareis (Italy)

Submitted by PARIO MARCO on Wed, 06/24/2020 - 02:50am
Description

This route is a quite popoular hike in southern Piedmont, on the so-called Maritime Alpes, close to the french border. It is basically a tour around the Marguareis massif, the highest peak in the area (2.700 mt). While doing it on sunny days and clear air, you can easily spot the entire alpine chain on one side and on the other the mediterranean sea and Corsica as well. 

Bad Kohlgruber 3 Hörnle Runde (Germany)

Submitted by Magnus Bühl on Wed, 06/24/2020 - 02:03am
Description

Start at the Seinz Wisdom Resort in Bad Kohlgrub (there is delicious vegan food here), then past the valley station of the Hörnle cable car up to the Hörnlehütte. Then to the front Hörnle (1,484 m), further to the middle Hörnle (1,496 m) and finally to the rear Hörnle (1,548 m). From there on the shortest route back to the valley to Seinz. Are almost exactly 10km and 739 HM.
Length: 10,04 km
Altitude pos. 739 HM / neg. 739 HM (corrected)
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Palmetto Trail: Swamp Fox Passage (SC)

Submitted by Levi Kaczka on Tue, 06/23/2020 - 04:18pm
Description

The Swamp Fox Passage of the Palmetto Trail bisects the Francis Marion National Forest and is the longest unbroken section of the cross-state Palmetto Trail. At 47.2 miles, this trail takes runners through several distinct ecosystems in coastal South Carolina including swamps, long leaf pine forests, and grassy savannas. This trail goes through the heart of an area made famous by Francis Marion who played an integral part in the Revolutionary War as a general for the Continental Army.