THE GREAT OUTDOORS ●
The Great Outdoors
The call of the wild is hard to resist in America’s most dramatic
paragliding and other summer area of Whitefi sh offers 365
activities are available in addition to days of outdoor fun, from skiing
outdoor playground. The four Real America states offer
the skiing and snowmobiling that and snowmobiling in the winter
many varieties of adventure – from hiking and biking to rock
make it a world-class winter sports to hiking, fi shing and horseback
destination. Fly fi shing is some of riding in the spring and summer. A
climbing and canoeing, snowmobiling to kayaking and more.
the best in the USA, and hunters set whitewater rafting trip down the
their sites on Wyoming, where wild Clark Fork, Gallatin or Yellowstone
game is plentiful. rivers, meanwhile, is guaranteed
L
ove horses? Even the least diverse terrain that supports outdoor From fi shing and skiing to biking to add some adventure to your
experienced of riders is fun for the adventurer or the whole and cattle drives, Montana’s “Big Western holiday.
catered for at the many family. In the warmer months, Sky Country” offers year-round With a population of just
horse camps, dude ranches Yellowstone National Park recreational opportunities. With 1.4-million, Idaho offers
and lodges of South Dakota, offers backpacking, hiking, fi shing, more than 700 miles of trails, the 83,574 square miles of outdoor
where magnifi cent, scenic riding boating and horseback riding, stunningly beautiful Glacier recreation area and some of the
trails are found at Custer State while in winter Yellowstone is a National Park offers a myriad world’s longest, most spectacular
Park, Bear Butte State wonderland accessible only by snow of hiking and camping activities. whitewater rafting, canoeing
Park, Badlands National coaches or snowmobiles. To the Outside the park, cyclists will enjoy and kayaking runs. There’s a real
Park, the Black Hills south, Grand Teton National scores of scenic trails, including pioneering spirit to be savoured by
National Forest area and many Park is a must for climbers and the 187-mile Big Sky Loop: hikers exploring the historic Lewis
other locations. mountain bikers, and offers scenic Set out from Livingston and and Clark Trail as it winds
In late September, experience the fl oat trips in addition to most of the travel through the Shields River its way up and over the majestic
Custer State Park Buffalo Yellowstone activities. Whitewater Valley, over the Castle Mountains mountains of the Continental
Roundup: The sight of a 1,500 rafting, kayaking and canoeing are and down along the Musselshell Divide. ✪
strong herd of majestic bison found in Cody and Jackson River. The picturesque resort
thundering over the rolling hills Hole, where hot air ballooning,
en-route to their pre-winter health
GLACIER
checks is awesome for participants
NATIONAL
and onlookers alike.
Riding of another kind brings
PARK OFFERS
nearly 500,000 bikers and their
A MYRIAD OF
throbbing machines into the pretty
little town of Sturgis for the world’s
HIKING AND
largest Harley Davidson rally.
CAMPING
Outdoor adventure is
synonymous with Wyoming,
ACTIVITIES
home to two national parks and
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