Trail Distance: 5 miles
Elevation Gain: 2200'
Terrain Rating: Easy/Average
Hike In: 9AM
Hike Out: 1:40PM
Map link here.
Trailhead: Waterville Valley Ski Area Parking Lot #1. From I-93, take exit 28 for Route 49. At the bottom of the exit ramp, head East on Route 49. After 10.4 miles, turn left onto Tripoli Road. Follow Tripoli Road for 1.2 miles, then turn left onto the Waterville Valley Ski Area. The trail starts right across from Lot #1.
Trip length: 2 days
Trip distance: ~7 miles/day
Terrain Rating: Easy
We came to the Valley of Fire after an unsuccessful attempt at Death Valley National Park because of the Gov't Shutdown. I still want to go to Death Valley, but we were extremely happy with our detour! There was a heavy influx of visitors because of the shutdown. We even talked about it on a local news station.
Cinque Terre is another one of those beautiful Pinterest/Instagram/Facebook destinations. It's an area of 5 fishing villages along the coast of the Italian Riviera. It's also blowing up with tourists.. There are many ways to hike Cinque Terre, all varying in degree of difficulty. You can hike all 5 villages, you can take the train, or some combination of the two. We started in Riomaggiore and made our way to our least favorite and most touristy resort town, Monterosso al Mare.
