Summer Adventure
More than 10 million people thronged to the Grand Canyon,
Yellowstone and Yosemite in 2003, yet only 103,000 stayed in the backcountry.
Seminars cover everything from grizzly predation to wilderness emergency
response. Below are some of the best
courses available
Crossroads Of The Capitol - Torrey, UT. Has been an outpost of
individuality ever since Butch Cassidy holed up here in the late 1800's.
Compared with Moab, 100 miles northeast, Torrey is an undiscovered gem, but its
are just as spectacular and as geologically varied.
Hiking, biking, canyoneering
Home Of The Surf Circus - Maui, HI. Maui, trade winds blowing
a steady 15 to 25 knots from the northeast make the beach town of Paia the
globe's premier summer spot for windsurfing and one of its main incubators for
kiteboarding.
Surfing, windsurfing, kiteboarding, biking
Gold Medal Town - Lake Placid, NY. Visitors to this two time
Winter Olympics site deep in the rounded peaks Adirondacks Mountains.
Biking, climbing, hiking, bobsledding, canoeing, rafting.
Fayetteville, WV. - Rock and Water of Ages. The coal's mostly
gone, but there's still water, and lots of it, churning between the high banks
of West Virginia's, New, Meadow and Gauley Rivers.
Kayaking, climbing, biking, rafting.
Alaska's Adventure Center - Seward, AK. It's hard to
imagine a more dramatic setting than the sliver of land that Seward clings to at
the base of Marathon Mountain on Resurrection Bay.
Fishing, biking, hiking, kayaking
Wilder Side of the Tetons - Driggs, ID. While Jackson
has mushroomed into a tourist megalopolis, rustic Driggs, on the western flank
of the Tetons, has managed to keep its feet on the ground as it has morphed into
an outdoors-adventure capital.
Fishing, horsepacking, hiking, biking
Riding the Wind Tunnel - Hood River, OR. A century ago,
the winds that blow daily through the 80 mile long Columbia River Gorge were
considered a nuisance. Now the wind tunnel phenomenon draws windsurfers from all
over.
Rafting, windsurfing, kayaking, skiing, hiking
Granite Paradise - Jackson, NH. Founded in 1800, this
historic village in the White Mountains of northern New Hampshire looks just
like a old time postcard, with a covered bridge, white steepled church, and a
river that splashes over waterfalls in town.
Canoeing, hiking, fishing, climbing, biking
Low Country Highlights - Georgetown, SC. Historic
Georgetown lies where four rivers, the Waccamaw, Black, Pee Dee, and Sampit
converge on the Intracostal Waterway. That's a lot of water to play in.
Kayaking, canoeing, fishing, hiking
A Superior Sports - Port Houghton, MI. The
Keweenaw Peninsula juts out into Lake Superior like 60 mile long thumb. Houghton
is right in the middle, gateway to thousands of square miles of forest and
waterways, as well as Isle Royale National Park.
Hiking, diving, paddling, biking
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