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NEW New Zealand hiking site

Sunday, August 29th, 2010

New Zealand Track Profiles (NZTP)

nzTrackProfiles.com

Outdoor route planning made easy

New Zealand Track Profiles (NZTP) provides a comprehensive solution to route planning for the New Zealand outdoors:
Elevation profiles for ALL walking tracks in New Zealand

High resolution 3D topography covering the WHOLE of New Zealand with all the essential details and features normally found only in printed maps. Each map sheet has equivalent area coverage as the corresponding commercial paper map.

Comprehensive track statistics which describe the characteristics of each track and its level of difficulty.

Navigation aids in the form of GPS and Google Earth files, for each track in the map sheet.

Each map sheet is available as a set of two ZIP files which can be downloaded independently.

Some of the 12,000 tracks are free. The rest cost a maximum of $2. … Cheap.

I’m thinking of returning to New Zealand for hiking next year. It’s our #1 hiking destination in the world.


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America’s 10 Most Spectacular Day Hiking Areas

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Camping Tourist has a post somewhat misnamed – 10 America’s Most Spectacular Day Hikes

I like their choices, however.


Mt. Katahdin, Baxter State Park, Maine

Coyote Gulch, Escalante Subdistrict, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah

Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, Naples, Florida

Grayson Highlands State Park, Virginia

Lost Coast, King Range National Conservation Area, Northern California

Maroon Bells Snowmass Wilderness, White River National Forest, Colorado

Mount St. Helens, Washington

Na Pali Coast State Wilderness Park, Kauai, Hawaii

Wrangell St Elias National Park, Kennecott District, Alaska

Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California

click through for details and photos – America’s Most Spectacular Day Hikes

Mount St Helens

As an aside, I note that the text from that post has been stolen and reposted on several other sites.

That’s a shame.

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