Rainbow Mountain, Peru – how hard for non-hikers I am going to Cusco and was looking around at day trips. One that keeps coming up is Rainbow Mountain. Some guides list it as “moderate” activity level. Some call it a walk, others call it a hike. Is there anyone who has visited speak on how difficult it is. I have never hiked before. I can walk for miles, but I’ve never attempted walking at an …

Mountaineers/hikers: I have an insurance question before a trip to Georgia Okay, it’s not me traveling but I want to help anyway, and so I turn to you. A group of good friends from Denmark are going to climb mountains in Georgia, so they need insurance that covers helicopter rescue. However, they complained that the insurance companies they have contacted are intentionally very vague in their wording, and as the trip…

Nonexistent Google Map Trail Prompts Hikers’ Rescues in Canada A Canadian search-and-rescue group said it had conducted two missions recently after hikers “may have sought to follow” a nonexistent trail on Google Maps.

A Deadly Summer for Hikers in the Southwest At least seven heat-related deaths are suspected in state and national parks during a record-breaking heat wave.