List of international hiking trail
HI
I was planning on traveling around the globe after thru hike. I would like to know if there is any long popular hiking trail outside the United States. Where would it be? What is the trail name? Any list on any adventure would be greatly apprecriated so I can look in the website to dig out more information. That also include bicycling, canoeing, etc.
Flash Hand
Up to 10,000 miles actuallly
according to the link above the whole TCT will be 10,000 miles when counting all of the branches of it. The straight East/West route will be 6200 miles. Sounds like a hike.:)
International Hiking Trails
One hike that is on my own "TO DO" list is the Grande Escursione Appeninica, which in itself is part of the longer "E1" trail. Most of the GEA websites are in Italian, but essentially it is a trail that follows the lesser known Appenine mountains for about 300 miles. I hope to trek through the "top of the boot" to the toe of Italy one of these days mainly following the E1 with some variations of my own. The village where my great-grandfather came from is in the Appenines not far from a national park. HIS father and brother were rangers in the mountains that surround the village. My ancestry is southern Italian so it would be a great way to explore my roots. My grandfather also fought for the 45th division in the Appenine mountains. As a first generation American it must
have been an odd experience fighting not very far from where his father came from.
Overall, Europe has a network of trail systems that aren't even as remote as the AT for the most part. But, it is a great way to see the the small towns and villages well off the beaten tourist path. There are pockets of isolated areas. The Appenines, for example, are still relatively unexplored. The national park near the ancesteral village has deer, bears, mountain goats and even wolves!
http://www.heartofitaly.net/town/pna.html
http://www.initaly.com/regions/abruzzo/parco.htm
(Both of the above sites are in English)
Incidentally, the Abruzzo region of Italy was very isolated until post WW2. So pretty much any pockets of wilderness in Italy are in that region.
For more European trails and a brief description:
http://www.era-ewv-ferp.org/index.php?Epaths
And finally, a place where I am definitely visiting. See where it all started for the Magnanti side of the family, Guarcino. The page is in Italian, but just click in various parts of the map to see pics of a petty mountain village:
http://guarcino.8m.com/tour/start.html
OK..that's enough. Don't to turn this into a Magnanti genealogy thread. :)