Unyaka ngamnye, i-American Hiking Society igubha uSuku lweeNdlela zeSizwe ngoMgqibelo wokuqala ngoJuni. Ngaloo mini, amawaka abantu ehlabathini lonke baya kwinqanaba labo abayithandayo ukuze banandiphe ukuhamba kakuhle emaplanga, ngelixa bethatha ithuba lokuxhuma kunye nemvelo endleleni. Abanye banikela ixesha labo ekuncedeni ukwakha iindlela ezintsha okanye ukubonelela ukugcinwa kwabo sele bekhona. Liyithuba lamagqabi, ama-bikers, abagibeli bamahhashi, abaxhasi, kunye nabanye abathandekayo bangaphandle ukubonisa ukubonga kwabo kwiiyure ezingama-200,000 zeendlela zokuzonwabisa ezifumaneka kuwo wonke ama-US, isibonelelo esincinci kwamanye amazwe angasondela.
Ezinye zeendlela ezihamba phambili zokuhamba ngomkhondo zifumaneka kwiipaki zikazwelonke zaseMerika, ngokuqinisekileyo, ezininzi zazo ezilungiselelwe ukuhamba ngeenyawo. Ngeendlela ezininzi zokukhetha kuzo, kunzima ukukhetha ukuba zeziphi ezilungileyo kakhulu. Kodwa ziyi-10 ezihambelayo ukuba wonke umntu ohambahambayo ufanele abe nalo uluhlu lwamabhakethi.
I-Bright Angel Trail - iGrand Canyon
I-Grand Canyon National Park eArizona ihlala kwikhaya eliqhelekileyo kulo lonke elaseMntla Melika. I-round-clock ye-12-mile ihamba ngeBright Angel Trail inikeza imibono enqabileyo ye-canyon, kunye neendawo ezungezile, eziphakathi kwezona zinto zibonakalisa kakhulu kwaye ziyaziwayo kwihlabathi lonke. Uhambo luba lukhuni ngamanye amaxesha, kodwa luye lunomvuzo kakhulu. Kungakhathaliseki ukuba lixesha lini, rhoqo uzisa amanzi amaninzi.
INavajo Loop - iBryce Canyon
I-Bryce Canyon National Park yase-Utah inikeza ezinye zeendawo ezikhethileyo eziza kufumana naphi na, kwaye enye yeendlela ezihamba phambili ukuhlola ukuba imeko yendawo i-Navajo Loop.
Ukuqala kwi-Sunset Point kwaye uphume kwindawo ebizwa ngokuthi "i-amphitheatre enkulu", lo mzila uthatha abahambahambayo begqithise ezinye zezinto ezibonakalayo kuzo zonke ipaki. Qaphela ukuwa kwamatye nangona, njengokuba kunokunyaniseka ngamanye amaxesha.
I-Sargent Intaba yaseLoop - iPaca National Park
Njengenye yeentlango eziphambili kwimimandla yaseMpuma yase-United States, i-Acadia National Park eMaine yindawo yokuphunyuka ngokumangalisayo kubantu abaninzi.
Enye yeendlela ezihamba phambili zokufumana uhambo olufunyenwe kukho i-Sargent Mountain Loop, uhambo olungama-5,5-e-round-trip-walks that takes visitors to top 1373-foot foot Sargent Mountain, enye yezona ndawo ziphambili kwindawo epaki. Kuloo ngqungquthela, uya kufumana iimbonakalo ezibalaseleyo zeNxweme ye-Acadia, kunye namahlathi athile e-spruce kunye ne-fir engezantsi.
John Muir Trail - ezininzi iipaki
Ngokwebuhle obuhle, amathandathu ambalwa angafanisa neCalifornia kaJohn Muir Trail, ehamba ngeYosemite, i-Kings Canyon kunye nePiquoia National Parks ehamba ngeendlela eziqhelekileyo ezingama-211. Umendo, okwenene inxalenye enkulu yePacific Crest Trail, unikezela iintsuku ezininzi zokuhamba okanye ungabhekiswa ekugqibeleni ukuphela kwe-adventure yangempela kwi-High Sierras. Iimpawu eziphuthumayo, imilambo ecacileyo, kunye nokuhlala yedwa kusemgangathweni apha.
I-Grinnell Glacier Trail - iGlacier National Park
I-Montana iyindawo egcwele indawo enhle, kodwa i-Glacier National Park ingabandakanya konke okusemandleni abo bonke. Ukuze ubone indlela uGlacier ayinikele ngayo, thabatha ukuhamba ngeenyawo ezili-11 ze-Grinnell Glacier Trail, ezithatha abagijimayo ngaphandle kokubheka izinto ezibonelela ngeempawu ezibonakalayo kwezinye iipaki. Lo mzila uvuleke kuphela ukususela ngoJulayi ukuya kuSeptemba, kodwa uhambahamba ngokukhawuleza ngelo xesha iinyanga zasehlotyeni.
I-Hawksbill Loop Trail - iProke National Park
Kwimizuzu engama-3 ubude, i-Hawksbill Loop Trail eVirginia yaseSirandoah National Park ingabonakali kangangoko, kodwa iipakisha ezininzi. Indlela ihamba ngeenyawo ze-Appalachian Trail endleleni yayo ukuya phezulu kwe-Hawksbill - indawo ephakamileyo epaki kwii-4000. Endleleni, abahambahambayo banokubona ubuninzi bezilwanyana zasendle njengoko bezulazula khona ukuya kwintlanganiso apho baya kufumana ilitye lelitye elinikeza imibono yehlathi eliqingqiweyo kunye neenduli ezinqumlayo ezisezantsi.
Upper Yosemite Falls - I-Yosemite National Park
IYosemite yaseCalifornia iyaziwa ngokuba ngamanzi, kwaye akukho nanye inqabileyo ngaphezu kweYosemite Falls - inxuwa enkulu kunazo zonke eNtshona Melika. Ukuba uphakamise ukukhawuleza, ukuthatha umzila ophezulu kwintlaba yindlela enhle yokwelula imilenze.
Uyakhwela ngaphezu kweemitha ezingama-270 kwiikhilomitha ezili-3.5, kodwa umvuzo uya kuba yimbonakalo emangalisayo yeYosemite Creek njengoko iyawa phezu kwelaba lijongene ngqo neenyawo zakho.
IZiyon Iinkampu - iPaki yeSizwe yeZiyon
Ukunyuka okungafani nanye nayiphi na enye, shiya imigangatho yendalo engcolileyo kwaye uhambe uhamba ngeZion Narrows kwiSizwe National Park e-Utah. Le ndlela ilandelelanisa uluhlu lwee-clotons, ngokuhamba ngokumalunga, kunye nomzila osemthethweni osebenza malunga neekhilomitha ezili-16 ubude obujikelezayo, nangona kukho iinjongo ezininzi eziza kuhlolisiswa, kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo, abahambahambayo banokubuyela ngasiphi na ixesha. Qinisekisa ukuzisa izicathulo zamanzi okanye izicathulo zezemidlalo kulolu hlobo lokuhamba, njengoko umgangatho we-canyon udlalwa ngumlambo ojikelezayo.
IGreenstone Ridge Trail - I-Isle Royal National Park
I-Isle Royal National Park iyingqayizivele yokuba yonke indawo yokugcina ikhona kwisiqithi esisiqhelile phakathi kweLake Superior eMichigan. Ukuze ufike apho, abagijimi kufuneka baqale babambe isikebhe sosuku ngalunye esingabaqhuba ekuqaleni kwe-40-mile ubude beGreenstone Ridge Trail, ehamba ngasentshonalanga ukuya empuma kwiphakathi yasendle. Okumangalisa kukuba kukho ininzi yezilwanyana zasendle ukujonga kwi-Isle Royal, kuquka i-moose, inyamazane kunye neengcuka. Uhambo oluhle kakhulu, kaninzi lubonelela ngeembono eziphambili kwiLake Superior ugube endleleni.
Guadalupe Peak Trail - iGuadalupe Mountains National Park
I-Texas iyaziwa ngokuba yimihlaba yayo eyomileyo entshonalanga, amahlathi anqabileyo empuma, kunye nelizwe eliphakamileyo elincinci. Kodwa ngaba uyayazi ukuba nayo yaya kwintaba ephakamileyo ngaphezu kwama-8750-inyawo ukuphakama? I-Guadalupe Peak Trail, e-Guadalupe Mountains National Park, umoya oya phezulu kwintaba, enezela ngaphezu kweemitha ezili-3000 zokufumana inzuzo-isasazeka ngaphezu kweeyure ezili-8.4 - endleleni. Kuphezulu, abahambahambayo bafumana imbono enkulu njengeTexas ngokwayo, ngeendlela ezibonakalayo ezibonakalayo kuzo zonke izikhokelo. Ukunyuka okunyamekayo, kodwa kunyancomeka kakhulu.
Ngokuqinisekileyo, kukho imimandla eminye yemigangatho emikhulu kwiipaki zesizwe zase-United States, kunye nomntu ngamnye kunye nebali. Ukuba uye watyelela nayiphina iipaki ngexesha uhamba, akungabazeki ukuba unayo intandokazi okanye ezimbini oye wahlangabezana nazo kwiminyaka. Kutheni ungafaki ezinye ezimbalwa kwiluhlu lwakho kwiminyaka ezayo. Kungenzeka, baya kukunceda ukhumbule iinkumbulo ezingabikhoyo kwiindawo ozivakatyelayo.