Unyaka ngamunye, i-American Hiking Society igubha uSuku LwaseNational Trails ngoMgqibelo wokuqala ngoJuni. Ngalolo suku, izinkulungwane zabantu ezweni lonke baya emgwaqweni wabo ozithandayo ukujabulela ukuhamba okuhle emahlathini, ngenkathi bethatha ithuba lokuxhuma kabusha ngemvelo endleleni. Abanye banikela isikhathi sabo ukuze basize ukwakha imigwaqo emisha noma ukuhlinzeka ngesondlo kulabo asevele bekhona. Kuyithuba labagibeli, abahamba ngebhayisikili, abagibeli bamahhashi, abashayeli bezimoto, nabanye abathandekayo abangaphandle ukuze babonise ukwazisa kwabo emigwaqeni engaphezu kuka-200 000 yemizila yokuzijabulisa etholakala kulo lonke elase-US, insizakalo ukuthi ambalwa amazwe angasondelana nawo.
Ezinye zezindlela ezihamba phambili zokuhamba ngezinyawo zitholakala ngaphakathi kwamapaki kazwelonke e-America, okuyiqiniso, eziningi zazo ezenzelwe ukuhlola ngezinyawo. Njengoba kunemigwaqo eminingi ongakhetha kuyo, kunzima ukukhetha ukuthi yiziphi ezingcono kakhulu. Kodwa nangu-10 ukuhamba okuhambayo ukuthi wonke umuntu osebenzayo kufanele abe nohlu lwawo lwamabhakede kazwelonke.
I-Bright Angel Trail - i-Grand Canyon
I-Grand Canyon National Park e-Arizona ibuyele kwelinye lezintaba ezihamba phambili kunazo zonke eNyakatho Melika. I-roundtrip engu-12-mile ihamba ngeBright Angel Trail inikeza imibono emangalisayo ye-canyon, ne-landscape ezungezile, okuphakathi kwezinto ezibonakalayo kakhulu futhi ezaziwayo emhlabeni wonke. Ukuhamba kungaba yinto enzima ngezinye izikhathi, kodwa futhi kuyinto evuzayo kakhulu. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yiyiphi inkathi, njalo ulethe amanzi amaningi.
I-Navajo Loop - I-Bryce Canyon
I-Bryce Canyon National Park yase-Utah inikeza ezinye izindawo eziyingqayizivele kunazo zonke ozothola noma yikuphi, futhi enye yezindlela ezingcono kakhulu zokuhlola ukuthi imvelo ku-Navajo Loop engamamitha ama-3 ubude.
Kusukela e-Sunset Point futhi uqhubekela endaweni ebizwa ngokuthi "i-amphitheatre eyinhloko," le ndlela ithatha abahamba ngezinyawo badlule ezinye zezinto ezibonakalayo kuzo zonke i-park. Qaphela ukuwa kwamadwala nakuba, njengoba kungase kube ukukhohliswa ngezikhathi ezithile.
I-Sargent Mountain Loop - I-Acadia National Park
Njengenye yezindawo eziphakeme zasehlane eMpumalanga ye-United States, i-Acadia National Park eMaine iyibalekela kahle abantu abaningi.
Omunye wemigwaqo ehamba phambili etholakala khona yiSargent Mountain Loop, uhambo lokuhamba uhambo lwamamitha angu-5.5 oluthatha izivakashi phezulu kwe-1373-foot Sargent Mountain, enye yezimpawu eziyinhloko epaki. Esikhathini somhlangano, uzothola imibono evelele emgogodla we-Acadia, kanye namahlathi ashisayo e-spruce ne-fir ngezansi.
John Muir Trail - Multiple Parks
Ngokwebuhle obuhle, amathrekhi ambalwa angalingana neJohannes Muir Trail yaseCalifornia, edlula eJosemite, Kings Canyon, naseSequoia National Parks emgwaqeni wayo wamamitha angu-211. Indlela, empeleni engxenyeni enkulu ye-Pacific Crest Trail, ihlinzeka ngezinsuku eziningi zokuhamba noma ingakwazi ukubhekana nokuphela kwe-adventure yangempela emuva kwe-High Sierras. Izivunguvungu eziphuthumayo, imifula ecacile ye-crystal, nokuthula okuwukuthula kukhona okuvamile lapha.
I-Grinnell Glacier Trail - iGlacier National Park
I-Montana iyindawo egcwele indawo enhle, kepha i-Glacier National Park ingase ihlanganise okungcono kunabo bonke. Ukuze ubuke kahle ukuthi i-Glacier inikeze inikeze, hamba ukuhamba nge-Grinnell Glacier Trail ye-11-mile nxazonke, okwenza abagibeli baqaphele lokho okunikeza ukubuka okumangalisayo kwamanye amapaki ukubiza amagama. Le ndlela ivuliwe kusukela ngoJulayi kuya kuSeptemba, kodwa ukuhamba okukhulu phakathi nezinyanga zasehlobo.
I-Hawksbill Loop Trail - i-Shenandoah National Park
Emakhilomitha amathathu kuphela ubude, i-Hawksbill Loop Trail e-Virginia yaseSirandoah National Park ingase ingabonakali isikhathi eside, kodwa iphakamisa i-punch eningi. Umzila uhamba ngenye ingxenye ye-Appalachian Trail emangalisa kuze kube phezulu kwe-Hawksbill - indawo ephakeme epaki ngamamitha angaphezu kuka-4000. Endleleni, abagibeli bangakwazi ukubona izilwane zasendle ezihamba phambili lapho bezungeza khona kuze kube yilapho bezofika khona lapho bezothola khona isiteji samatshe esinikeza imibono yamahlumela amahlathi namagquma agqagqagqagqagqagqagqagqagqabha.
I-Yosefite Falls e-Yosemite - I-Yosemite National Park
I-Yosemite yaseCalifornia iyaziwa kakhulu ngamaphesenti ayo amangalisayo, futhi akekho okunye okumangalisayo kunamapulazi aseYosemite - imvula ephakeme kunayo yonke eNyakatho Melika. Uma uphakamise ukunyuka okunzima, ukuthatha umzila phezulu kwewawa kuyindlela enhle yokwelula imilenze.
Uzokhuphuka ngamamitha angu-3.5 ngamakhilomitha angu-3.5, kodwa umvuzo uzoba umbono omangalisayo ka Yosemite Creek njengoba uwela phezu kwedwala uqobo ngqo ezinyaweni zakho.
I-Zion Narrows - I-Zion National Park
Ukuze uthole ukuhamba okungafani nenye enye, shiya imigwaqo yendabuko ngemuva bese uhamba ngezinyawo ze-Zion Narrows e-Zion National Park e-Utah. Umzila ulandela uchungechunge lwezinhlanzi ze-slot, ngokusebenzisa ukubuyela emuva, nomzila osemthethweni osebenza cishe ngamamayela angu-16 ubude obuzungezayo, nakuba kunezinhlanzi eziningi zokuhlola, futhi abagibeli bangakwazi ukubuyela noma nini. Qinisekisa ukuthi uletha izicathulo zamanzi noma izicathulo zezemidlalo zalesi sikebhe, njengoba iphansi le-canyon livame ukumbozwa umfula ophuthumayo.
I-Greenstone Ridge Trail - Isle Royal National Park
I-Isle Royal National Park iyingqayizivele yokuthi yonke indawo yokulondoloza ikhona esiqhingini esiseduze phakathi kweLake Superior eMichigan. Ukuze nje ufike lapho, abagibeli kumele baqale babambe isikebhe nsuku zonke esingabahambisa ekuqaleni kweGreenstone Ridge Trail ehamba ngamamitha angu-40, egijima ngasentshonalanga kuya empumalanga ngokusebenzisa isikhungo sangaphandle sepaki. Okumangalisa ukuthi kunezilwane eziningi zasendle ezizobonakala e-Isle Royal, kuhlanganise ne-moose, inyamazane nezimpisi. Leli hambo liyisimangaliso futhi, livame ukunikeza imibono eyinhloko yeLwandle Superior ogwini endleleni.
I-Guadalupe Peak Trail - i-Guadalupe Mountains National Park
I-Texas iyaziwa kakhulu ngezindawo zayo ezomile zasehlane ezihlala entshonalanga, amahlathini amahlathi empumalanga, kanye nezwe elincane eliphakathi kwezintaba. Kodwa bewazi ukuthi libuyele entabeni ephakeme ngaphezu kwamamitha angu-8750 ukuphakama? I-Guadalupe Peak Trail, e-Guadalupe Mountains National Park, ihamba ngendlela eya phezulu kwaleyo ntaba, enezela ngaphezu kwezinyawo ezingaphezu kuka-3 000 - inweba ngaphezu kwamamitha angu-8.4 - endleleni. Ephezulu, abagibeli bahamba babona umbono omkhulu njengeTexas uqobo, nge-vistas ephawulekayo ukuze kubonwe kuzo zonke izinkomba. Kuyinto ehambelayo ukunyuka, kodwa futhi okumangalisayo omuhle futhi.
Yiqiniso, kunamanye eminye imigwaqo emikhulu emapaki kazwelonke wase-US, futhi ngamunye unobuntu bawo kanye nendaba. Uma uvakashele noma yiliphi lepaki lapho uhamba, akungabazeki ukuthi unayo intandokazi noma amabili oye wahlangana nayo eminyakeni edlule. Kungani ungafaki okunye okunye ohlwini lwakho eminyakeni ezayo. Kungenzeka ukuthi, bazokusiza ukuba uhlele izinkumbulo ezingapheli zezindawo ozivakashelayo.