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Common terms for hiking used by New Zealanders are tramping (particularly for overnight and longer trips), [8] walking or bushwalking. Trekking is the preferred word used to describe multi-day hiking in the mountainous regions of India, Pakistan, Nepal, North America, South America, Iran, and the highlands of East Africa.
Sign on the alpine route at Piz Uccello, Switzerland Swiss signs: hiking trails in yellow, mountain path in white-red-white, Alpine Route in white-blue-white. An alpine route (German: Alpine Routen) or high alpine route (German: Hochalpine Routen) is a trail or climbing route through difficult terrain in high mountains such as the Alps, sometimes with no obvious path.
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Hike may refer to: Hiking , walking lengthy distances in the countryside or wilderness Hiking (sailing) , moving a sailor's body weight as far to windward (upwind) as possible, in order to counteract the force of the wind pushing sideways against the boat's sails
Most French monarchs enjoyed extravagant hunts at Compiègne. This 1811 oil painting by Carle Vernet depicts the Emperor Napoleon I at his sport. Further avenues connected by an octagonal ring were opened through the woods for the formal hunting parties of Louis XIV , and under the Ancien Régime the number of rides was increased to 200.
Breslauer Hütte (2,844 m) in the Ötztal Alps, Austria. A mountain hut is a building located at high elevation, in mountainous terrain, generally accessible only by foot, intended to provide food and shelter to mountaineers, climbers and hikers.
Back country hut in the Haast River valley of the West Coast region of New Zealand Lairig Leacach Bothy, Lochaber, Scotland. A wilderness hut, bothy, backcountry hut, or backcountry shelter is a free, primitive mountain hut for temporary accommodation, usually located in wilderness areas, national parks and along backpacking and hiking routes.
A country track, or fieldway, in Slovenia Mountain bike trail in the Forest of Dean, England Trail in the Kruununpuisto Nature Park in Imatra, Finland. A trail, also known as a path or track, is an unpaved lane or a small paved road not intended for usage by motorized vehicles, usually passing through a natural area.