What we’re about
Meet your traveling friends! We are building a community of friends, not only from the Southern California area, but from all over the world, who like to travel.
If you love to travel I'm sure you've been there: You decide on a place you want to go to. Maybe you even start planning the trip. Then you try to find friends to go with you, and everyone has all sorts of reasons (excuses...) why they can't go. Or even worse, sometimes you even schedule the trip, and your friends pull out!
Well, that's why we started 1000 Treks Travel Community. We are a group of friends who like to travel. We are welcoming, we are fun, we are inclusive; and, most of all, we want to see everything there is to see and do everything there is to do!
Join us and let's build a community to see the world together!
- For Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark, CLICK HERE
- For Finland and Sweden only, CLICK HERE
- For Norway and Denmark only, CLICK HERE
HIGHLIGHTS
- Visit all Scandinavian countries: Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark
- Visit the four main cities in Scandinavia: Helsinki, Stockholm, Oslo and Denmark
- Climb a via ferrata and spend the night at Trolltunga! Yup, you read that correctly! We are not just going to hike to Trolltunga, the most famous outdoor postcard of Norway, but we are going to take a via ferrata as part of the hike and spend the night up there!
- See brown bears up close in a hide in the Finnish Lapland. Like super close. Check this out! That was an actual bear fight recorded from three different hides.
- See the Midnight Sun! Not only once, but several times in several different experiences:
A Midnight Sun hike
Canoeing under the Midnight Sun
Horseback riding under the Midnight Sun
Floating on a river under the Midnight Sun - Go on one of the most beautiful train rides of your life through stunning fjords and the breathtaking Norwegian wilderness.
- See five actual Viking ships from the 11th century, and go sailing on a replica Viking ship!
- Go on a hike led by adorable huskies!
- Go on an ATV adventure in the Finnish Lapland.
- Take an ice sculpting class at the original Ice Hotel (yes, the Ice Hotel operates in the summer!)
- Go river rafting
- Enjoy a sauna experience in Finland, including sauna yoga!
- Kayak in a fjord
- Kayak next to a glacier on a glacier lake!
- Go on a blue ice hike on a glacier
- Zipline in a fjord
- Take a yoga class on a glacier
And more!
- For Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark, CLICK HERE
- For Finland and Sweden only, CLICK HERE
- For Norway and Denmark only, CLICK HERE
Upcoming events (3)
See all- Icehouse Canyon to Icehouse SaddleIcehouse Canyon Trailhead, Mount Baldy, CA
This is hike #3 of our training hikes for the Scandinavia Trip, but it's open to everyone. Whether you are coming on the trip or not, keep coming to our hikes! Summer is just around the corner, and this is the time to get in shape.
Now things are getting a little harder. Icehouse Saddle is 7-mile, 2,700 elevation gain, and should take us about 5 hours up and back.
Now, a little fitness trainer pep talk here: This is a moderately strenuous hike, getting closer to strenuous. If you missed the first two hikes, this is the time to jump in. You might be feeling bad, thinking that by now you blew it, but no! There is still time. Your body gets cardio-conditioned pretty quickly if you keep up, so even if this one looks hard, come! Come and go as far as you can and turn back if you need to. That will be very helpful, and very likely allow you to keep up with the next one, which will be harder. And that’s how you get in shape.
THE PLAN
We’ll start this one at 9:00. It’s a bit of a drive from LA, it’s a 5 hour hike, and sunset is at 19:50, so we should be OK starting mid-morning.
We should be done at around 3pm, and then go grab something to eat at Baldy Village.
The directions on Meetup should be correct, but the address for Google Maps, if you need it, is 899 Mt Baldy Rd, Mt Baldy, CA 91759.
Since is a bit of a drive here is a carpool list if you want to join a carpool or drive.
Bring water (at least two liters), snacks, and sunscreen. There will probably be water on the trail, but it’s best not to count on it. There is no shade on the trail.
NO DOGS. Sorry, we had an incident with a dog on a previous hike, so I don't allow dogs on my hikes anymore.
See you at the trailhead!
Eduardo.
- SUMMER IN SCANDINAVIANeeds location
- For Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark, CLICK HERE
- For Finland and Sweden only, CLICK HERE
- For Norway and Denmark only, CLICK HEREHIGHLIGHTS
- Visit all Scandinavian countries: Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark
- Visit the four main cities in Scandinavia: Helsinki, Stockholm, Oslo and Denmark
- Climb a via ferrata and spend the night at Trolltunga! Yup, you read that correctly! We are not just going to hike to Trolltunga, the most famous outdoor postcard of Norway, but we are going to take a via ferrata as part of the hike and spend the night up there!
- See brown bears up close in a hide in the Finnish Lapland. Like super close. Check this out! That was an actual bear fight recorded from three different hides.
- See the Midnight Sun! Not only once, but several times in several different experiences:
A Midnight Sun hike
Canoeing under the Midnight Sun
Horseback riding under the Midnight Sun
Floating on a river under the Midnight Sun - Go on one of the most beautiful train rides of your life through stunning fjords and the breathtaking Norwegian wilderness.
- See five actual Viking ships from the 11th century, and go sailing on a replica Viking ship!
- Go on a hike led by adorable huskies!
- Go on an ATV adventure in the Finnish Lapland.
- Take an ice sculpting class at the original Ice Hotel (yes, the Ice Hotel operates in the summer!)
- Go river rafting
- Enjoy a sauna experience in Finland, including sauna yoga!
- Kayak in a fjord
- Kayak next to a glacier on a glacier lake!
- Go on a blue ice hike on a glacier
- Zipline in a fjord
- Take a yoga class on a glacier
And more!
- For Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark, CLICK HERE
- For Finland and Sweden only, CLICK HERE
- For Norway and Denmark only, CLICK HERE
