Category: Hikes

  • Scrambling to the Top

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    Matthew Bennett
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    Yesterday, I went on a rock scramble in New Paltz, NY. A rock scramble is a hike where you have to use your hands and legs to get over and through rocks. This particular one involved squeezing and crawling through tight spaces, some of which were so small that I had to remove my backpack…

  • Skyscraper trees: Muir Woods

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    Matthew Bennett
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    Dwarfed by absolutely massive works of nature, the redwood trees within California’s Muir Woods (located along the coast north of San Francisco) makes the average visitor feel like what a squirrel must feel like traversing through an oak forest. The nature giants tower at around 260 feet (about 40 feet shorter than the Statue of…

  • Snowshoe-less snow hiking

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    Matthew Bennett
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    I hope you brought snowshoes for this one because I didn’t! This trail was mostly packed down snow but take one step off the trail and you are falling knee-deep in powder. It was a little bit icy at points with an amazing payoff from a stunning viewpoint. At times, it felt like I was…