I’m going to go on a cross country road trip from the south east up to montana around July 20. When I’m there I will be camping for three days at a music festival on the outskirts i think of glacier national park near two medicine lake and afterwards probably do some hiking and exploring at glacier national park. I have read it can be anywhere from 60-90 degrees in the day and sometimes below 40 at night and rain is unpredictable.

What kind of baselayers and gear should I take for the festival and montana? Should I go with linen or merino wool? Both? I love linen in the southeast but for merino don’t have much experience.

I’m thinking a short sleeve linen tshirt, a long sleeve linen t and one linen tank top, , linen pants, 4 way stretch 10.5oz jeans, linen shorts, merino long sleeve and leggings, a fleece, maybe a puffer and rain jacket. For feet trail runners, sandals and altama jungle boots. Bunch of underwear and darn tough socks.

Does that sound good or would you recommend anything different?

Title - I’m going to be attempting to summit Mount Whitney in one day via Whitney portal next weekend with three of my buddies. We are all very fit 19-22 y/o, with moderate hiking experience. We will be warming up with a 16mi Mt Diablo hike tomorrow. I am most concerned about altitude sickness, cold, and sleeping well enough the day before. Any tips to prime our bodies to be optimally prepared for the big climb? Thanks in advance.

Water

Peanut butter

Bread

Nanas

Chef boyardee

Ziplock bag of toilet paper

Knife

Flashlight

Water

Phone charger

Towel

Bug spray

Journal/ pen

Water

Tripod

Extra clothes

Whenever I go hiking I have no issues going up. I was fine the entire time. Me and my family did 6 miles today. 700ft elevation gain.

But every time no matter what, no matter where we hike, when I hike back down I throw out my knee then I'm limping the rest of the way down and for like 4 days after.

Always my right knee specifically.

Am I just putting too much weight on it? Idk how to not put weight on it when I'm coming down a steep rocky trail. How else am I supposed to hold myself up from falling forward?

I’m doing a 6-day trek next May. Would love to do the full or even 8-day but am doing a condensed version since I’m running a half marathon less than a week prior. What tour operator did you use/recommend and why? I spoke with Krusty travel and the communication has been unreliable. Any and all suggestions are welcomed and appreciated. Thanks!

Would like to take family to Dolomites next summer (4 day / 3 night in refuge trek) and looking for some insight on a few things. I am at a fork in the road in the process whether to choose to book with an adventure company for a self guided tour or just do everything on my own. It appears these companies help on the refuge booking though we can do it on our own, right? They help with maps and maybe baggage (for an extra fee), but I can't seem to justify much more than that, right? I am estimating it would be about a $1,500 difference to go with the self guided tour.

Also, can someone tell how best way to travel from Bolzano to Lago di Braies? We are coming down from Innsbruck and wondering if it would be a good idea to base out of Bolzano (leave luggage there). Our end point would be Cortina and it seems like travel back to Bolzano is long and not too smart (we are planning to go to Venice next in our trip).

Thanks for any assistance!

I (f18) wanna hike alone with my dog every week or so. What's some good hikes?

Hey, I was wondering if anyone knew some hiking groups or communities in Amsterdam (or Netherlands in general) that explores Netherlands or Europe overall, I will start studying at Amsterdam next year and I’m searching about this beforehand

I would be really happy if someone could drop some names or dm me about it :)

I used to do a lot of hiking in a hot, tropical environment, so when I picked out a pair of hiking pants, I picked some that were rated for summer/spring.

Now, I'm prepping for a cold(ish) weather day hike in the German Alps next week. It isn't quite below freezing in Germany yet, but I'm sure the temperature in the mountains will be a good bit lower.

Would it be ok to just throw some wool long underwear under my current pair of hiking pants, or would I need to buy something warmer/more substantial?

They took out the old railroad and replaced it by a greenway for pedestrians and cyclists (unfortunately, I saw some motorists on it too already). And although the scenery was beautiful, the lack of trail difficulty really bored my brain, I was alone with my dog to walk there so that probably played into my boredom as well, but the miles long straight flat trail didn’t help it either. But it was a nice exercise, gorgeous scenery with a very eerie feeling in some places, and my dog had a blast. I’m sure cyclists will love it, and pedestrians with companionship will love it too.

I have an older pair of Men's Targhee II Mid boots, can anyone tell me me the best treatment for the leather uppers, and soles?