Switchback Travel Blog

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It was a lot of fun putting together our list of 10 finalists for Best Adventure Bar in the U.S. The process was a combination of research, experience, feedback from travelers, and everybody out there on Facebook and Twitter. If you haven’t yet voted, we have a poll up on our Facebook page and I’m putting together an article featuring the finalists. All are terrific venues, and if you are in the places where they are located life is good.

A quick update: I recently posted an article that I highly recommend featuring  long-distance hiker Andrew Skurka . A while back I came across a video of his Alaska-Yukon expedition—which is embedded at the bottom of the article on Switchback—and it took some time to process Andrew’s accomplishments. At 30 he has already completed three of the longest and most difficult hikes ever recorded.

2012 has been awesome thus far. During the holidays we hit the cross-country ski trails in Northern Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula before making the trip back home to Seattle. Two weekends ago we drove to the Methow Valley in the North Cascades and it exceeded all expectations. Ample snow, superb ski trails, sun, and good people. To be sure, the Methow is on the short list of the best mountain areas in the U.S.