I kēlā me kēia makahiki, hoʻolauleʻa ka Hawaiʻi Hiking Society i ka National Trails Day i ka Pōʻalima mua o Iune. I kēlā lā, ua hele nā tausani o nā poʻe ma ke ao holoʻokoʻa o ke aupuni i ko lākou alahele punahele eʻoluʻolu i ka hele maikaʻiʻana i loko o ka ululāʻau, i ka manawa e loaʻa ai ka manawa e launa pū me keʻano ma ke ala. ʻO kekahi poʻe hāʻawi i ko lākou manawa e kōkua i ke kūkuluʻana i nā ala ala hou a iʻole mālama i nā mea i hala. He manawa kūpono ia no nā poʻe holoholo, nā hoʻokele, nā hoʻoholo lio, nā hoe waʻa, a me nā mea mea'ē aʻe i waho e hōʻike i ko lākou mahalo i kaʻoi aku o 200,000 mile o nā ala hoʻokipa e loaʻa ana ma o ka US.
ʻO kekahi o nā ala hele hele maikaʻi loa i loaʻa i loko o nā pā hale āpau oʻAmelika,ʻoiai, he nui nā mea i hanaʻia no kaʻimiʻana i nā wāwae. Me nā ala hele e koho ai, he paʻakikī ke koho i kahi o nā meaʻoi loa. Eia naʻe i kēia mau hika he 10 e pono ai i kēlā me kēia malihini huakaʻi e hoʻokomo ma ka papa inoa o ka pakuka papa.
Ka Lani Angel Angel - Grand Canyon
Aia ka National Park Canyon National Park ma Arizona kahi home o kekahi o nā hika kaulana loa maʻAmelika Hema. ʻO ka holoʻana o 12 mile ma ke alaʻo Bright Angel Trail, ke hāʻawi aku nei i kaʻike kupanaha o ke kahawai, a me ka'āina e pili ana i laila,ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea hoʻonaʻauao a kaulana i ka honua holoʻokoʻa. Hiki i ka hele hele ke paʻakikī i kekahi manawa, akā he mea maikaʻi loa ia. No nā wā a pau, e lawe mau i ka wai.
ʻO Lova Navajo - Bryce Canyon
Hiki i ka'Āpana Pāʻaniʻo Canyon Bryceʻo Utah i kekahi o nā māhele kūikawā loa eʻikeʻia ma kahi'ē aʻe, aʻo kekahi o nā ala maikaʻi loa eʻimi ai i kēlā wahi o ka'āinaʻo ia ka mile 3ʻo Navajo Loop.
E hoʻomaka ana ma ka Sunset Point a hele i kahi i kapaʻiaʻo "kahi hōʻailona hōʻailona,"ʻo kēia alahele ka mea i holo ai nā mea holoholo ma mua o kekahi o nāʻoihana hoʻonāhua i ka papa holoʻokoʻa a pau. E makaʻala i ka hāʻuleʻana i nā pōhaku, akā, no ka mea, he meaʻuʻuku ia i nā manawa.
Sargent Mountain Loop - Acadia National Park
Ma keʻano he wahi wao nahele nui loa ma ka United States United States,ʻo Acadia National Park ma Maine kahi alana kupaianaha maikaʻi no ka poʻe holoholo.
ʻO kahi o nā alahele trekking kiʻekiʻe eʻikeʻia aia kahiʻo Sargent Mountain Loop, he mile-trip mile-trip e hele ai nā malihini ki kahi kiʻekiʻe o kahi 1373 kapuaʻiʻo Sargent Mountain, kahi o nā palena nui o ka pā. Ma ka piko, eʻikeʻoe i nā kūlana kūikawā o ke kahakai Acadia, a me nā ululāʻau ulu lāʻau a me nā kau ma lalo.
John Muir Trail - Multiple Parks
Ma keʻano o kona nani, hiki i nā alahele ke hoʻohālikelike i ka John Muir Trail o Kaleponi, e hele ana ma o Yosemite, Kings Canyon, a me Sequoia National Park ma kahi o 211 mile mile. ʻO ke ala,ʻo ia nō ka hapa nui o ka pae nui o ka Pākīpika Crest, e hoʻolaha ana i nā holo lā he nui a iʻole e hiki ke hoʻopaʻaʻia ma hope o ka hopena no ka hoʻouluʻana i ke kula kiʻekiʻe ma High Sierras. ʻO nā kahawai hōʻeuʻeu, nā kahawai kahe o ka'āina, a me ka hilinaʻi maluhia ma keʻano maʻamau.
Grinnell Glacier Trail - Glacier National Park
ʻO Montana he moku piha i nā nani nani, akā, hiki i ka Glacier National Park ke hoʻopili i nā mea maikaʻi loa. No kaʻike nuiʻana i nā mea a Glacier e hāʻawi aku ai, e hele i ka holoholo ma kahi o ka holo-kaʻaʻo Grinnell Glacier Trail, he 11 mau mile, ka mea e lawe ai i nā holokaʻi i kahi nānā aku e hāʻawi i nāʻike kupaianaha no kekahi o nāʻano inoa inoa papa. Ke wehe nei kēia ala ma kahi o Iulai a hiki i Kepakemapa, akā he hele nui ma nā mahina kau wela.
ʻO Hawksbill Loop Trail - Shenandoah National Park
Ma kahi o 3 mile ka lōʻihi,ʻaʻole paha e lōʻihi ka lōʻihi o ka Hawksbill Loop Trail ma ka Virginiaʻo Shenandoah National Park, akā, e hoʻopili anaʻo ia i ka momona. Ke hele nei ka huakaʻi ma kahi o ka poʻe'ōkalakalaʻo Appalachian Trail ma luna o ka piʻiʻana i luna o Hawksbill - kahi kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka papa ma kahi o 4000 kapuaʻi wale nō. Ma kahi o ke ala, hiki i nā mea uʻi keʻike i nā holoholona hihiu e holoholo ai lākou a hiki i ka piko o kahi eʻike ai lākou i kahi palihaku pōhaku e hāʻawi ana i nā manaʻo no nā ululāʻau a me nā puʻu e lele ai i ka pae.
ʻO ke kiʻekiʻe o Yosemite Falls - Yosemite National Park
Ua kaulana maoliʻo Yosemite California no kona mau wai kūikawā nui, aʻaʻohe meaʻoi aku ka weliweli ma mua o ko Yosemite Falls -ʻo ka wailele kiʻekiʻe loa maʻAmelika Hema. Inā piʻiʻoe no ka holo wāwae, e hele i ke alahele i luna o ka hāʻule he ala maikaʻi ia e hāpai i nā wāwae.
E piʻiʻoe ma mua o 2700 kapuaʻi a 3.5 mau mile, akā, eʻikeʻia ka uku i ka nani o ka Yosemite Creek e like me ke kuʻi ma luna o ka pōhaku ma mua o kou wāwae.
Hiona Narrows - Hiona National Park
No ka holo i ka likeʻole o nā mea'ē aʻe, e haʻalele i nā kuamo o nā'āina kahiko a hele i ka wāwae ma o Ziona Narrows ma Ziona National Park ma Utah. ʻO ke ala e hele ai i kahi o nā cannons slot, ma o ke kuahiwi, me ke ala kūlana e holo ana ma kahi o 16 mau mile i ka lōʻihi o ka holoʻana,ʻoiai he nui nā'āpana ke nānāʻia, a hiki i nā mea holo ke hoʻi mai i ka manawa. Pono e lawe mai i kahi mau kāmaʻa wai aiʻole nā kāmaʻa haʻuki no kēia hike, e like me ka uhi mauʻia o ke kahua o ke kuapā e kahi kahawai holo.
Hale Hōʻikeʻikeʻo Greenstone Ridge - Isle Royal National Park
Heʻano kū hoʻokahiʻo Isle Royal National Park i ka mālamaʻiaʻana o nā mea āpau ma kahi mokupuni ma ka waena o Lake Superior i Michigan. Ma ka hiki wale aku i laila, pono nā kānaka holomua e hopu mua i kaʻaina i kēlā me kēia lā e hiki ke halihali iā lākou i ka hoʻomakaʻana o ke alanui Greenstone Ridge 40 mile, e holo ana ma ke komohana a hiki i ka hikina ma ka mākau ulu o ka pā. ʻO ka mea kupaianaha, he nui nā holoholona hihiu eʻike ai ma ka mokupuniʻo Isle, me ka moose, ka dia, a me nā'īlio hae. ʻO ke alahele kekahi mea hoʻonani pū kekahi, me ka hāʻawi pinepineʻana i nā manaʻo nui o ka kahakai o ke kahakai ma ke ala.
Hōʻeaʻo Guadalupe Peak - Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Kūlana kaulanaʻo Texas no kāna mau wao nahele maloʻo ma ke komohana, nā ululāʻau mānoanoa ma ka hikina, aʻo ka piko o ka mauna ma waena. Akā, uaʻike aneiʻoe he hale nō ia i kahi mauna e kū ana ma kahi o 8750 kapuaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe? ʻO ka Guadalupe Peak Trail, aia ma ke kahawaiʻo Guadalupe Mountains, ka makani i kona ala i luna o kēlā mauna, me ka hoʻonuiʻana i 3000 mau kapuaʻi o ka loaʻa āpau - ua hoʻonuiʻia ma kahi o 8.4 mile - ma ke ala. Ma luna,ʻike nā mea holo i ka nānā e like me Texas pono'ī, me nā vistas nui eʻikeʻia ma nāʻaoʻao a pau. He huakaʻi koʻikoʻi, akā, he mea maikaʻi loa kekahi.
ʻOiai, aia nō he mau haneli maoli he nui o nā ala nui'ē aʻe ma nā pāpū o nā moku'āinaʻoʻAmelika,ʻo kēlā me kēia me konaʻano pono'ī a me kāna moʻolelo. Inā uaʻikeʻoe i kekahi o nā pāka i ka wā e hele ana, ponoʻoleʻoe i kahi punahele aʻelua paha i loaʻa iāʻoe i nā makahiki likeʻole. No ke aha e hoʻohuiʻole i kekahi mau mea i kāu papa inoa ma nā makahiki e hiki mai ana. Loaʻa, hiki iā lākou ke kōkua iāʻoe e hoʻomanaʻo i nā wahi āu e kipa ai.