Hiking the West

From the Sierra Nevada to the Alaskan coast, the West delivers North America's most dramatic alpine terrain and longest hiking seasons.

Half Dome via Mist Trail

CA
Yosemite Valley, California

Yosemite's bucket-list cable climb up a 4,800 ft granite monolith.

Strenuous16.5 mi4,800 ft gainPermit

Harding Icefield Trail

AK
Seward, Alaska

Climb beside Exit Glacier to a 700-square-mile sea of ice.

Strenuous8.2 mi3,500 ft gain

Kalalau Trail to Hanakapi'ai Falls

HI
Hanalei, Hawaii

Kauai's legendary cliff-side coastal trail to a 300-foot jungle waterfall.

Hard8 mi2,200 ft gainPermit