Hikes are often used as casual getaways from everyday life, but that is not to say trails located around the world do not vary in their levels of danger. In many cases, hikers from all over are actually drawn in by the dangers and perils of many of these hiking trails.
Spanning the entire world, certain hiking trails are simultaneously praised for their beauty while at the same time being regarded as some of the most dangerous places in the world. The following article highlights fourteen of these trails and everything they have to offer.
1) Cascade Saddle in New Zealand
Deep in the New Zealand mountain ranges, the Cascade Saddle has proven to be a notorious hiking trail, even for the most experienced travelers. Interestingly enough, most deaths on this trail are the result of hikers slipping as they are making their way down.
2) Abrams Falls in Tennessee
Located deep in Tennessee and surrounded by a beautiful waterfall, this hike tends to take its victims due to the slippery nature of the wet rocks hikers must traverse over on the trail.
3. Peek-a-boo Gulch in Utah
A trail not meant for anybody with claustrophobia, the Peek-a-boo Gulch in Utah only provides a very narrow space for hikers to make their way through. If the movie 127 Hours gave you a scare, this may not be the right hike for you.
4) Aonach Eagach Ride in Scotland
This is a hike where simply turning back is not an option. With an extremely narrow trail and dangerous hazards and terrain surrounding, the only way to get off this hike is to finish it!
5) Half Dome Mist Trail in California
Lightning has been reported to strike cables along the upper end of this trail, making this trail especially dangerous when it rains.
6) Huayna Picchu Trail in Peru
This trail is so narrow and steep that officials close it off when there is even a drop of rain.
7) Mount Hua Shan in China
This trail is entirely dependent on wooden boards floating along the side of the mountain. If that does not turn you away, maybe nothing would.
8) Bright Angel Trail in Arizona
With the extreme heat combined with a steep incline, this trail is notoriously known for leaving hikers calling to park rangers to come save them.
9) Longs Peak in Colorado
Longs Peak takes a handful of lives every year, especially when hikers try and scale the side of this trail.
10) West Coast Trail in Vancouver
As if this trail was not challenging on its own, hikers have often reported run-ins with cougars and bears!
11) Huckleberry Mountain in Montana
Following the West Coast Trail in Vancouver, this trail is known for being home to a lot of bears. In fact, it is estimated that a bear exists in every square mile of this hike!
12) Maroon Bells South Ridge in Colorado
Nicknamed the Deadly Bells, this hike tends to catch hikers off guard when it crumbles right below their feet.
13) Kokoda Trail in Papua New Guinea
This trail is not too tough, the only real concerns a potential hiker has to face are malaria, heat stroke, and paths that crumble right below you.
14) GR 20 in Corsica
This trail has some of the steepest, most rugged, and most vertical inclines of any hike worldwide. Special chains and hooks are required just to make it through.
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