He nui nā poʻe e hele ana ma'ō aku o ka honua i nā wahi e like me Nepal a me nā Andes eʻoliʻoli i nā kuahiwi kiʻekiʻe, akā he maʻalahi loa ka paleʻana i nā helehelena koʻikoʻi o mākou i loko o ko mākou pā hale. Mai nā wahi kupaianaha o nā Pōhaku, a hiki i nā kiona hau iʻoi loa loa i ka'āina, aia kekahi mau hikes nani e hauʻoli ai, inā paha e nānā anaʻoe i keʻekeʻana i kahi kiʻekiʻe a makemake wale paha e holo wāwae i nā kuahiwi kiʻekiʻe. Ma mua o kou hele a kākau i kēlā holo lele lōʻihi i nā mauna lōʻihi, aia he iwakālua mau hiku mauna e ho'āʻo aiʻoe ma ka United States.
01 o ka 20
Ridge Trail, Old Rag Mountain, Virginia
Ma loko o nā palena o ka National Parkʻo Shenandoah,ʻo kēia helehelena maikaʻi e pili ana i kekahi mau hoʻohenehene i ka wā e piʻi aiʻoe i kahi o nā pōhaku papa pōhaku. ʻO ke alahele he ala ala hele ma lalo oʻeiwa mau mile, aʻo kekahi o nā mea koʻikoʻi nui e hele ana i loko o ke ana maoli, kahi e hele ai ke alahele ma waena o nā pōhaku. Aia kekahi pōhaku nui e piʻi ana ma luna o kekahi mau pōhaku kokoke i ka mauna.
02 o 20
ʻO Cascade Mountain, New York
He koho nui loa kēia no nā poʻe novice a me nā mea hoʻokele wāwae, no ka mea, he nui nā hiʻohiʻona no ka nuiʻole o ka hana,ʻoiai i ka hoʻoilo he wahi kūpono ia no ka poʻe e nānā nei e aʻo hou e pili ana i ka holoholo ma ka hau . ʻElua loko kai nani e kokoke ana i ka alahele, akāʻo ka piʻi aʻe i laila he mau punawai maikaʻi loa ma mua o kou hikiʻana i ka piko, a he nani nā manaʻo.
03 o 20
Highline Trail, Montana
ʻO ke kaʻahele ma waena o kekahi o nā wahi maikaʻi loa o ka mauna ma Glacier National Park , ua mālama maikaʻiʻia kēia ala helehelena e kūpono i nā keiki'ōpio,ʻoiai e hele ana ke alanui i nāʻaoʻao awāwa. Hiki pinepineʻoe eʻike i nā kao hihiu, nā marmots a me nā holoholona hihiu'ē aʻe ma ke alanui, akā he mea kupaianaha nā manaʻo o Mount Gould a me ka Logan Pass.
04 o 20
Maroon Bells, Colorado
Hoʻohanohano pinepineʻia e like me ke kiʻi i kaha kiʻiʻia ma Colorado,ʻo kēia mau mauna kiʻekiʻeʻelua i hōʻikeʻia ma Maroon Lake no kahi mākaʻikaʻi. ʻO ka Crater Lake Trail he wahi wāwae pōkole e maikaʻi no ka heleʻana o ke awakea, a he manaʻo nani kona ma luna o nā uluʻo Aspen,ʻoiai he wahi maʻalahi ka Maroon Lake Scenic Trail ma hope o ke kahakai.
05 o 20
ʻO Jay Peak Long Trail, Vermont
ʻO ka Long Trail he ala 270 mile ka heleʻana ma ke ala a pau o Vermont, akāʻo ka wahi e pili ana iā Jay Peak ka mea i kaulana loa, no ka mea,ʻo ia ka hopena hope loa ma ke ala ma mua o kou hikiʻana i ka palenaʻo Canada. No ka hele pōkoleʻole ponoʻole i nā hebedoma hebedoma, hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻohui i ka ala ma Jay Pass, a piʻi i ka piko, kahi e hiki ai iāʻoe keʻoluʻolu i nā manaʻo nui,ʻoiai he mea pono e hoʻomaopopo he wahi hauʻoli wale nō ia.
06 o 20
ʻO ka lā Half Dome Day, Kaleponi
ʻO kekahi o nā lāʻoihana kaulana loa maʻAmelika Huipūʻia,ʻo ia ke ala e hoʻokiʻekiʻe aiʻoe i Half Dome ma Halulu Dome ma ka National Park o Yosemite, me nā kaula e kōkua iāʻoe i kahi o nā pali kahakai kokoke i ka piko. ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona he mea kānalua, akā e hoʻomanaʻo i ka nui o ka lā, no laila ponoʻoe e noho i ka pīkole inā makemakeʻoe e hoʻopau i mua o ka pōʻeleʻele.
07 o 20
ʻO Chilkoot Trail, Alaska
E hoʻomaka ana ma Alaska, a hele aku i British Columbia ma Kanada,ʻo kēia ala e alakaʻi iāʻoe ma waena o nā awāwa'ōmaʻomaʻo nani ma mua o kou piiʻana i luna e hele i kaʻaoʻao e hele ai i kēlāʻaoʻao. He mea nui kēia ala ma ke Klondike Gold Rush, akā i kēia lā, he helehelena maikaʻi ia eʻike ai i ka'āina, ʻoiai he mau holoholona hihiu nō hoʻi ia a me nā manu lele iʻikeʻia e ka malihini.
08 o 20
ʻO Breakneck Ridge Trail, New York
I loko o ka Hūlūʻo Hilo, kahi e hoʻomaka ai kēia huakaʻi ma ka muliwai, a he piʻiʻana i kahi pali ma kahi o ka Breakneck Ridge. He mea paʻakikī ka heleʻana, a hiki iā ia ke hāʻawi i kahi ala hau i ka wā hoʻoilo, a he mea maʻamau kekahi mea e pono ai ke kiʻiʻana iʻole e kūpono i nā keiki'ōpio a iʻole nā mea kūponoʻole i ko lākou mau wāwae.
09 o ka 20
Mount McKinley, Alaska
ʻO ka mauna kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka'āina he hoʻokahi ia e koi ai i ka hoʻomākaukau a me ka ikaika, me ke kākoʻoʻana o nā mea'ē aʻe e kōkua iāʻoe e piʻi i ka piko. Ma kahi kokoke i ka Himalayan me ke anuanu maʻamau,ʻo ia ka mea i ho'āʻo nuiʻia me kahi hui,ʻoiai he maikaʻi ia e'ōlelo aku i keʻano hoʻolimalima maikaʻi o nā huakaʻi e pili ana i ka Denal National Park.
10 o ka 20
Mount Whitney, Kaleponi
ʻO ka piko kiʻekiʻe loa i nā mokupuni he kanahā he kanahā, e mālamaʻoe i kou palapala ae ma mua o ka ho'āʻoʻana i kēia hele wāwae, kahi e kū ai i kekahi mau mauna kiʻekiʻe. ʻAʻole pono ka lawelaweʻana i nā mea mālama Mountaineering i waena o Kekemapa a meʻOkakopa, aʻo ka alanui Whitney Portal kahi e hoʻomaka ai ma kahi mile mile, me ka hoʻonuiʻia o kahi oʻeono kapuaʻi kapuaʻi. Ponoʻoe eʻike i nā hōʻailona o kāu maʻi kiʻekiʻe, a iho i lalo inā hoʻomakaʻoe e maʻi.
11 o ka 20
Ke alanui Undermountain, Bear Mountain, Connecticut
ʻO kēia alahele i kahi kiʻekiʻe loa ma Connecticut he māhele ia o kaʻaoʻaoʻo Appalachian, no laila ua maikaʻi ka hōʻailona a mālama ponoʻia. ʻO ka piʻiʻana heʻekolu mile mai ka helehelena mai, akā he wahi kiʻekiʻe loa ia, no laila e mākaukau e hoʻomaha ai i ka manawa āu e hiki ai i ka hale kiaʻi ma luna, kahi i ka lā kū i ka mana o ka manaʻo.
12 o ka 20
Mount Mitchell, North Carolina
He helehelena nani ma waena o nā ululāʻau nani, e hele ana i kekahi mau kapuaʻiʻulaʻula, heʻumikumamākahi mile mai ke alahele a hiki i ka piko a me ke kua. Ma hope o ka piʻiʻana i loko o ka ululāʻau, e pukaʻoe ma kahi kokoke i ka piko aʻo ka panohana ma kahi o ka'āina he maikaʻi loa,ʻoiaiʻo ka hale kaʻa i kahi manawa e loaʻa i kekahi manawa ka poʻe i kauʻole i ka hana hoʻokahi!
13 o 20
ʻO Grand Teton Loop, Wyoming
ʻO kahiʻelua aʻekolu paha mau lā i ke Grant Grant Teton National Park,ʻo kēia ala ma kahi o kanakolu kumelima mile ka lōʻihi, a hele ma nā wahi maikaʻi ma ke alanui. Eʻikeʻoe i kekahi mau manawa o ka hau ma luna o nā puʻu i ka puna a hiki i ke kauwela,ʻoiai ka manaʻo ma hope o Death Canyon, he meaʻoluʻolu loa ia.
14 o ka 20
ʻO Timberline Trail, Oregon
ʻO kahi ala mile he kanahā e hele ma ke kuahiwi o ka mauna Hood i Oregon, he ala maikaʻi i hoʻokahuaʻia i ka makahiki 1930, a ma ka inoa e'ōleloʻia e hoʻohuhi me ka laina. I ka pukaʻana i waho o nā wahi ākea, maikaʻi loa ka manaʻo, akā ma loko o nā ululāʻau he manawa mālie a nani maoli nō, akā e makaʻala i ka heleʻana i nā muliwai a me nā kahawai.
15 o ka 20
Camelback Mountain, Arizona
ʻO kahiʻoihana kaulana ma waho o Phoenix, heʻuʻuku kēia mauna me ka hoʻohālikelikeʻana i kekahi mau mea'ē aʻe, akāʻo nā pōhakuʻulaʻula e ala mai ana i ka'ōmaʻomaʻo'ōmaʻomaʻo e lilo ia i mea helehelena i ka nani. Hiki i ke alahele ke maʻalahi ma nā wahi, akā , e uku i nā mea holokoho me kekahi mau panoramas maikaʻi , me nā manaʻo hoʻi ma hope o ke kūlanakauhale pono'ī.
16 o ka 20
Mount Mansfield Sunset Ridge Trail, Vermont
Uaʻikeʻiaʻo ia kekahi o nā alahele maikaʻi loa i ka moku'āina, e piʻi ana kēia alahele ma waena o nā kumulāʻau me nā hanana hou ma ke alahele, ma mua o ka pukaʻana aku i ke kuahiwi pono'ī. E hahai i ka'ūpili a hiki i ka piko, aʻoliʻoli i ka panohana, aʻo nā manaʻo hoʻi ma hope o Champlain Valley he mea maikaʻi loa ia.
17 o ka 20
Wahi Loop, Washington
ʻO kēia alahele he ala maikaʻi loa ia e loaʻa ai i kahi nani o nā mauna mauna e like me kouʻokiʻana i kahi e pili ana i Mount Rainier , e hauʻoli ana i ka ea a me nā wahi nani o ka mauna. ʻOiai he holoʻana i nā lāʻoi aku i 93 mau mile, hiki iāʻoe ke waiho i nā meaʻai i nā wahi a puni o ka loop no ka mālamaʻana i ke kaumaha ma kāu kāpili, akā e hoʻomaopopo he nui ka piʻiʻana a me nā moʻopuna e pono ai ma kēia ala maikaʻi.
18 o 20
Kahiʻo Mauna Katahdin Hunt, Maine
ʻO ka mauna kaulana loa ma Maine, ua hele mai kēia alahele maikaʻi i kahiʻoi aku ma mua o nā mile heʻumi, a he lā nui o ka holoʻana e hele aiʻoe ma kahi o nāʻauwai nani a piʻi i waena o ka ululāʻau i ke kakahiaka nui. I kou pukaʻana ma luna o ka laina lāʻau, aia nā'āpana'ōmaʻomaʻo he mau minuke wale nō i ka mahalo, akā iāʻoe he mile o ka pilauʻana i nā pōhaku e hiki ai i ka piko.
19 o ka 20
ʻO ka Mauna Loa Elbert Trail, Colorado
ʻOiaiʻaʻole paʻakikī keʻano paʻakikī, he piʻi kiʻekiʻe kēia, akā e uku iāʻoe me kaʻike ma waho o ke kuahiwi, me ka hau i maʻa mau ma nā piko no ka hapa nui o ka makahiki. Hikiʻoe i waho o ka ulu lāʻau i ke kakahiaka nui, aʻikeʻoe i ke ala e hele ai i mua o kou piʻiʻana i ka kuahiwi,ʻoiai e like me ka piʻiʻana o nā poʻe he nui, e hiki ai i kahi kiʻekiʻe ke hiki i kahi manawa e hiki ai.
20 o 20
ʻO Arizona Snow Bowl Humphreys Peak Trail, Arizona
ʻO ka mauna kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka Moku'āina, e hoʻomaka ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i kēia hapalua a hele i ka holoholo holoʻokoʻa mai ke Arizona Snow Bowl, a nui ke piʻiʻoe i luna o ke kuahiwi he meaʻoluʻolu. Hiki keʻikeʻia e nā meaʻike i ke kauwela a i ka uluʻana o ka uluʻana o ke kakahiaka i ka uku nui, i ka uhiʻana o ka hau i ka nui o ka mauna, i mea eʻike nui ai nā maka.