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OFF SITE OUTDOOR LINKS:
More Outdoor Links than you can shake a stick at!
My favorite outdoor links:
Links to Pennsylvania Hiking and Outdoor Organizations
Additional North East Hiking Links
between 0000-00-00 and 9999-99-99
Picnic Areas In Pennsylvania
National
Historic Parks in Pennsylvania
Caving Links
Pennsylvania Caving Organizations
Cave Surveying & Mapping
PA Miscalanious Resources
USA Outdoor Links:
- America’s Roof - U.S. Highpoints Guide Well, I can’t beat this: look no further if you’re planning to climb a big mountain in the US
- American Trails "American Trails is the only national trails advocacy organization working for the common interests of all trails users." Including trails by state.
- The Bear Den For bears everywhere, and for those humans who are on their side.
- The Cold Mountain Page ice climbing and mountaineering (mostly) in North America
- HikeThis.com Trail Information, Gear Resources, Manufacturer’s Links, Hiking Advice/Tips, Safety Concerns, and providing Environmental Issue resources.
- National Scenic Trails Snow Page A Snow Conditions Web Page
- National Walkers Survey Fill in the forms to help Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, to study how much walking is beneficial.
- Peakware World Mountain Encyclopedia Basic info, but nothing is missing
- Rail-Trail Resource Center is a world-wide site for sharing information about rail-trails (mostly short trails).
- Rangerpost.com Emergency Notification System. Notify friends, family or public safety of your failure to arrive home from an adventure. Signup for free.
- World High Points List of highest mountains per country. Not same quality as America’s Roof though
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Nearctica - The
Natural History of North America including Education, Family subjects, Natural History,
Conservation, Environment, Ecology, Evolution, Geology, Paleontology, Commerce,
Organizations and Systematics.
- American Canoe Association
- American Hiking Society
- Backpacker Magazine BaseCamp
- Canoe N Kayak Magazine
- GORP - Great Outdoor Recreation Page
Organizations, Clubs and Alpine associations:
Commercial sites: shops, travel agencies, book stores, courses
- The Backpacker Commercial site; Has a trails database for the US
- Beartooth Outdoor Supply Outdoor and mountaineering gear, kayaks, mountain bikes, sleeping bags, mountain tents, clothing and footwear.
- Bobkatz, the tent people online shopping
- Campmor Equipment guide
- GearPro Equipment guide; don’t ask me
- Mountain Travel Guide Over 4,000 pages of directions and Information to Waterfalls, Hiking, Bike, Horse, Cross Country Ski and ATV trails.
- TrailWorks A search engine, maps and books to buy and much more
Ezines about hiking and outdoor activities:
- 4Hiking.com Tours, gear, park & trails, hiking hints.
- AboutHiking.com glossy site
- Backpacker to boost consumer conduct, I suppose
- Backpacknews.Com Bears, mosquitos, health, equipment, etc
- Get Outdoors Short intro’s to state parks, attractions and the like. They offer a trip planner and a destination finder. Free membership (I suppose)
- Mountain Memories Ezine on outdoor activities
- Outdoor Review gear reviews, market place, tech talk, hot links, trail reviews, photo gallery and more
- Pickatrail International oriented site. Funny concept: using GPS-data maps are drawn of hikes. Pictures of the hikes are located very precisely. You can click the maps and view the pictures. Also United Kingdom
- Virtual Tourist cast of a whole new species of internet sites, aiming at personalizing your E-environment. Become member and share your experiences with 94.000 other travelers. Give it a try and report me.
- Rocklist
Climbing:
- The Falls at Ricketts Glen Winter pictures: ice climbing, including map
- Gorp Climbing Well known site of "Great Outdoor Recreation Pages"
- The Yosemite Rock Page Good climbing page: routes, photographs and practical information on the park.
- We Climbed Utah’s Skyscraper Rock Report, and look at the pictures of this amazing rock.
- Moses Squared Report and pictures; desert climbing
- St. Louis Area Climbing Page Comprehensive list of climbing possibilities, by Boy Scout Troop 48’s
- Wilderness Climbing in Yosemite - George Bell Report: The East Buttress of Lower Cathedral Rock (IV, 5.10) , Yosemite Point Buttress (IV, 5.9), The Northeast Face of Lower Cathedral Spire (III, 5.9)
- Mob Scene on The Nose The funny side of climbing, definitely.
Trails and regions:
Allegheny:
North Country National Scenic Trail:
Northeast Trail:
- Northeast Trail Trail site, including a list of personal trip reports, weather conditions and so on.
Others:
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