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Monday, July 7, 2008

What makes for a great hiking trail?

I am keen to hear from others about what makes for an iconic hiking trail.  
Is it based on some of the following and in what weighting:

  1. diversity of landscapes and ecologies
  2. an element of physical adventure or ruggedness
  3. clear resonance between trail brand and the actual experience - e.g. whale trail, but I have not seen whales
  4. can children and aged hikers use the trail or parts thereof
  5. affordability to locals and visitors
  6. promoting awareness/understanding of local cultural/natural heritage
  7. employment for local people
  8. respect and awareness of conservation issues
  9. protection from crime
  10. can sections of the trail be hiked independently
  11. community participation
  12. others that you can think of
would be really keen to hear what you think

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Sheryl,

I have put your points in the order I feel is from most important to least important

affordability to locals and visitors

employment for local people

diversity of landscapes and ecologies

an element of physical adventure or ruggedness

community participation

promoting awareness/understanding of local cultural/natural heritage

respect and awareness of conservation issues

protection from crime

can sections of the trail be hiked independently

clear resonance between trail brand and the actual experience - e.g. whale trail, but I have not seen whales

can children and aged hikers use the trail or parts thereof (hiking to me involves only those physically able to hike, so this is hard to answer)

Sheryl Ozinsky said...

Thanks Allison
Useful rating.
Let us know if you want to hike any of these trails. We are about to embark on test runs to see what the trails are like.