Long Hikes

A list

Canyon

Trails with canyon among their main terrain. 13 trails, 4 with a GPX here.

The map needs JavaScript. The list has every trail.

  • Official trail
  • Route

4 tracks, simplified for display. Select one for its name. Each trail’s page names its source, credit and licence. Base map: OpenFreeMap, © OpenMapTiles, data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

13 trails

Lengths
  • Official trail with a GPX here
  • Route with a GPX here
  • No GPX here: its page says where to get one

  1. Route

    Route In Between RIB

    Route by Kevin "LarryBoy" DeVries, 2019

    The Route In Between links the Arizona Trail, the author's Deseret Hiking Route through Utah, and the Idaho Centennial Trail for a Mexico to Canada walk.

    AZ UT ID United States

    Length
    4,344 km2,699 mi
    Time
    About 7 to 12 months estimate
    GPX
    Free from its author

  2. Route

    Great Colorado Route GCR

    Route by Donovan "Iceman" Rice, 2026

    The Great Colorado Route is a 32-section route across Colorado that mixes a high route with a traditional thru-hike.

    CO United States

    Length
    3,219 km2,000 mi
    Time
    About 4 months
    GPX
    Free from its author

  3. Route

    Deseret Hiking Route DHR

    Route by Kevin "LarryBoy" DeVries, 2019

    The Deseret Hiking Route runs about 1,000 miles through Utah, from the Arizona border to Alturas Lake Creek in Idaho.

    UT United States

    Length
    1,609 km1,000 mi
    Time
    About 2 to 3 months estimate
    GPX
    Free from its author

  4. Route

    Hayduke Trail HT

    Route by Joe Mitchell and Mike Coronella, 2005

    The Hayduke Trail is an extremely challenging backcountry route linking six national parks of the Colorado Plateau, from Arches to Zion across southern Utah and northern Arizona.

    UT AZ United States

    Length
    1,287 km800 mi
    Time
    About 2 to 4 months estimate
    GPX
    Sold by its author

  5. Grand Enchantment Trail GET

    The Grand Enchantment Trail is a route of over 770 miles from the edge of Phoenix in Arizona to the edge of Albuquerque in New Mexico.

    AZ NM United States

    Length
    1,239 km770 mi
    Time
    About 2 to 3 months estimate
    GPX
    See the official site

  6. Route

    Blue Mountains Trail BMT

    Route by Greater Hells Canyon Council, 2021

    The Blue Mountains Trail is a long hiking route through northeast Oregon, from Joseph to John Day.

    OR United States

    Length
    853 km530 mi
    Time
    About 1 to 2 months estimate
    GPX
    Free from its author

  7. Route

    Sky Islands Traverse SIT

    Route by Brett Tucker ("Blisterfree"), 2011

    The Sky Islands Traverse makes a circuitous journey across ten forest-clad mountain ranges of southeast Arizona, separated by grassland and desert valleys.

    AZ United States

    Length
    837 km520 mi
    Time
    About 1 to 2 months estimate
    GPX
    Not published

  8. Route

    Mogollon Rim Trail MRT

    Route by Brett Tucker ("Blisterfree")

    The Mogollon Rim Trail is a route across Arizona's Rim Country, from the Parsons Trailhead outside Cottonwood through Sedona's redrock country, the Highline Trail, the White Mountains and the Blue Range to the New Mexico border, where it joins the Grand Enchantment Trail near Alma.

    AZ NM United States

    Length
    805 km500 mi
    Time
    About 1 to 2 months estimate
    GPX
    Sold by its author

  9. Cumberland Trail CMT

    The Cumberland Trail is a Tennessee state park trail planned to run more than 300 miles from Cumberland Gap to Lookout Mountain.

    TN United States

    Length
    480 km298 mi
    Time
    About 2 to 3 weeks estimate
    GPX
    Partial GPX hereGPX and GeoJSON

    Track measures 389.5 km of 480 km published

  10. Maah Daah Hey Trail MDHT

    The Maah Daah Hey Trail is a non-motorized trail through the badlands of the Little Missouri National Grassland, from Burning Coal Vein Campground south of Medora to the CCC Campground south of Watford City.

    ND United States

    Length
    232 km144 mi
    Time
    About 8 to 12 days estimate
    GPX
    GPX hereGPX and GeoJSON
    Climb
    4,665 m15,305 ftcomputed

  11. Route

    Kings Canyon High Basin Route KCHBR

    Route by Andrew Skurka

    The Kings Canyon High Basin Route wraps around the upper watershed of the Kings River in the High Sierra, entirely within Kings Canyon National Park.

    CA United States

    Length
    200 km124 mi
    Time
    9 to 10 days
    GPX
    Sold by its author

  12. High Sierra Trail HST

    The High Sierra Trail leads from Crescent Meadow in Sequoia National Park over the Great Western Divide at Kaweah Gap and down to the Kern River canyon, joining the John Muir Trail for the climb to Mount Whitney.

    CA United States

    Length
    116 km72 mi
    Time
    6 to 7 days
    GPX
    Partial GPX hereGPX and GeoJSON

    Track measures 77.4 km of 116 km published

  13. Backbone Trail BBT

    The Backbone Trail crosses the Santa Monica Mountains near Los Angeles, from Will Rogers State Historic Park to Point Mugu State Park.

    CA United States

    Length
    108 km67 mi
    Time
    About 4 to 6 days estimate
    GPX
    GPX hereGPX and GeoJSON
    Climb
    4,011 m13,159 ftcomputed

Lists are picked out by rule from each trail’s facts, so they change as trails are added or corrected. A list is shown when it has at least 4 trails and no more than 75% of the 138.