Do you hate any hiking trails at all?

[Shawn]

Are there any hiking trails out there that you hate?

Is it a trail you absolutely refuse to hike?

Have you ever hiked it in the past?

Why do you hate it so much?

 

[neidholdt]

In general, if I hate a trail it is usually my falt because my expectations were to high after I researched it, and felt it was highly overrated or misrepresented after the fact. Thankfully that is not common. Generally on a planned trip I will do 30 -50 trails and 75 -120 miles. So having one bust on a trip is not bad.

One I just did on my last trip, it was the "Airplane Rock and Chapel Cave Loop", in Ohio, it was 4.5 miles of which 3 miles was gravel road! No mention of it in the reviews or trail description! After "hiking" the gravel road for 2 miles I came to the first special scenic area, the airplane rock, boy was it underwhelming! The second destination was well worth visiting, Chapel Cave, but I found out afterwards, I could of hiked 1 mile out and back to have seen it from a different trailhead. So, this 4.5 mile loop will not see my shadow again.

 

[Shawn]

In general, if I hate a trail it is usually my falt because my expectations were to high after I researched it, and felt it was highly overrated or misrepresented after the fact. Thankfully that is not common. Generally on a planned trip I will do 30 -50 trails and 75 -120 miles. So having one bust on a trip is not bad.

One I just did on my last trip, it was the "Airplane Rock and Chapel Cave Loop", in Ohio, it was 4.5 miles of which 3 miles was gravel road! No mention of it in the reviews or trail description! After "hiking" the gravel road for 2 miles I came to the first special scenic area, the airplane rock, boy was it underwhelming! The second destination was well worth visiting, Chapel Cave, but I found out afterwards, I could of hiked 1 mile out and back to have seen it from a different trailhead. So, this 4.5 mile loop will not see my shadow again.
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I've been on a few hikes that are mainly just roads.

To me, I'd rather bike those.

The only exception is something like snake road where I am hiking it to view wildlife or something in particular.

 

[Nomad]

Well, I have some least favorite hiking trails but I don't have anything that I hate. My least favorite trails are not because of the route or destinations of these trails but due to bad experienced I had when I trekked last time.

 

[Shawn]

Well, I have some least favorite hiking trails but I don't have anything that I hate. My least favorite trails are not because of the route or destinations of these trails but due to bad experienced I had when I trekked last time.

I get that. I've been on a few trails and had such bad experiences that it makes me not want to revisit. But a part of me does want to so that I can right a wrong if that makes sense.