Make that more than 300. Sierra Club, the environmental group, has announced a new list of "epic adventures" for 2011. Maybe it's time you stopped making plans to see the great outdoors, and actually went wild?
The Sierra Club eco-trips offer "rest and relaxation, rugged wilderness challenges, international treks, or outdoor fun and games with the family." That's quite a variety.
The new trips, designed for groups, include backpacking in Oregon's Hells Canyon and family base camping in Alaska's Denali National Park. The old classics include hiking and yoga in California and kayaking in Florida.
There are lists by activity, destination, date and price.
The Alaska Railroad links the port communities of Whittier and Seward to Anchorage, Denali National Park and Fairbanks. © 2002 Alaska Railroad
About the prices: The trips range from $645 for the week-long Hells Canyon hike, which includes vegetarian-friendly meals, two leaders and cooking equipment, wildlife sightings and scenery, to $1,745 for camping and a train ride in Denali.
We mentioned these outings as part of last year's Green Music Group Challenge. Elyssa Bailey of Hudson, New Hampshire, was the victor in that Barenaked Ladies "get outside" contest, and took home a $1,000 gift certificate for a Sierra Outing.
Sierra Club has been offering the outings for more than 100 years. It goes back to John Muir, who founded the organization and "discovered an essential truth while out hiking the high country: If you want people to go to bat for the environment, you've got to get them into the wilderness."
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