Humbled by Peak Trail, but worth it!
Hot Springs National Park的点评
点评:What a unique experience to be in a national park, walking up and down the street shopping / stopping at restaurants, and bring steps away from hiking.
We hiked the Grand Promenade - which is a paved, accessible trail directly behind bathhouse row. It was nice to be in nature without "being" in nature.
We then hiked the Peak Trail all the way up to the Hot Springs Mountain Tower. It's an unpaved trail with a 12.6% grade, which absolutely humbled my very used to walking on flat terrain below sea level self. But it's a good hike and worth it to go up the mountain Tower at the end.
I recommend downloading the NPS app. While we had a paper map and the trails / trail heads were very well marked, it was nice to use GPS to double check we were going the right way. Cell service is good for the majority of the park.
翻译:在国家公园里,漫步街头购物/在餐厅驻足,距离徒步仅几步之遥,这真是一次独特的体验。
我们徒步穿过了大步道(Grand Promenade),这是一条铺好的步道,就在澡堂街的正后方。置身于大自然之中,却又不至于“被”自然所包围,这种感觉真是太棒了。
然后,我们沿着峰顶步道(Peak Trail)一路徒步,到达温泉山塔(Hot Springs Mountain Tower)。这是一条坡度为12.6%的未铺砌步道,这绝对让我这个习惯在低于海平面的平地上行走的人感到惭愧。但这是一次不错的徒步,最终登上山塔是值得的。
我建议下载国家公园管理局(NPS)的应用程序。虽然我们有纸质地图,而且步道/入口标记清晰,但使用GPS来确认我们是否走对了路也很不错。公园的大部分区域手机信号都很好。