Lake Loop to Mollys Knob Vista

Submitted by wdancaster on Wed, 09/04/2024 - 07:02pm
Description

Hungry Mother State Park is one of the original six Virginia State Parks opened in 1936. It's known for beautiful woodlands and a placid 108-acre lake in the heart of the mountains.

To complete the FKT you’ll park at the spillway and run the course counter-clockwise. The course starts at the bridge and follow the Lake Loop (moderate) to Molly’s Knob Trail (hard) to Mollys Knob Vista (hard) and then continues back down Mollys Knob trail to complete the remainder of the Lake Loop, ultimately returning you to the bridge at the spillway.
 

Mt. Major Redline (NH)

Submitted by paul noel on Wed, 09/04/2024 - 06:50pm
Description

Mt. Major is located in Alton, NH. It sits in the eastern edge of the Belknap Range and is the most popular mountain in the area. Redlining it consists of hiking all 4 trails that reach the summit in a continuous hike, in any particular order. The trails include The Main Trail, Brook Trail, Boulder Trail, and Beaver Pond Trail. The idea is basically to hike to the summit on one trail hike back on another, hike up again on a third and back down on the forth. It is therefore required that you hit the summit twice and return twice (in the middle and at the end) to the trail head (Mt.

Longs Peak Picnic (CO)

Submitted by daniel.peterson122 on Wed, 09/04/2024 - 12:00pm
Description

The Longs Peak Picnic is an adventure "triathlon" conceived by Tatiana Kennedy and Daniel Peterson, involving cycling from Boulder, CO to the Longs Peak trailhead, swimming across the frigid Chasm Lake, navigating to the summit of Longs Peak, and then reversing it back to the starting point in Boulder.

This route was partly inspired by the popular 'Grand Teton Picnic', a route between Jackson, WY and the summit of the Grand Teton, similarly involving cycling, swimming, and running/low fifth class climbing.

Cadore Ultra Tour (Italy)

Submitted by Ferdinando Gasparini on Wed, 09/04/2024 - 10:51am
Description

Wonderful trail around the most beautiful part of the Dolomites.

 

It concatenates few famous trail:

Marmarole Runde

Sentiero Durissini

Camignada poi siè refuge

Mostly single track and technical trails. Few parts with ropes on the trail (between rif. Bajon and Chiggiato, on sentiro durissini and on Alpe Mattina). Between 18 to 22 hours to be completed.

 

Many hut along the trails where you can stop for water and other amenities.

Water refill nerby rif. San Marco after about 35 km. Then water must be asked for at the huts.

Országos Kéktúra

Submitted by FilmTrio on Wed, 09/04/2024 - 08:09am
Description

Hiking or running all along the longest continuous, uniterrupted trail of our country is a great challenge and a great opportunity to learn about rural Hungary.

Athletes may cover the 27 sections without time limits and in any order. There are 153 stamping locations to proove the performance.

The trail traverses the northern side of the country between Írottkő and Hollóháza via each major mountains, the capital and Balaton too.