Mar
08
If you'd like to see the Northern Lights, then you've gotta head north, and there's no better place to be than Norway or Iceland. Their locations along (and above) the Arctic Circle make for incredible viewing, especially during the winter. There's a problem though. The high northern latitudes that make...
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Mar
01
What Is A Rorbu? A rorbu (rorbuer, plural) is a fisherman's cabin and one of the most recognizable symbols (along with codfish) of Norway's Lofoten Islands. The rorbu has distinctive bright red paint and white trim. It is to Norway as the mountain chalet is to Switzerland. Both are a shining...
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Jan
27
Editor's Note: Rogan O’Herlihy guides our England and Scotland hiking tours. He is a native of the famed Cotswolds region in England, and his passion for the area is contagious. We asked him to share a personal recollection of the Cotswolds, and this is his story of Chavenage House. Enjoy!...
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Jan
04
Patagonia, our first guided inn-to-inn hiking tour of 2017, leaves in just a month and-a-half, and we still have a few spots available. What are you doing in late February/early March? Would you like to ditch winter and join us for a hike in South America? Remember, our winter (in...
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Dec
30
How do we know that you'd like to be in the Italian Dolomites right now? Because WE'D like to be in the Italian Dolomites right now. Just look at this photo taken during one of our guided hiking tours last summer. The little village that you see in the...
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Dec
14
The Shilthorn cableway in Switzerland turns 50 in 2017. To celebrate, the cableway will charge the same prices that they charged 50 years ago. Score! They'll also roll out other special offers and attractions throughout the year. The Schilthorn (2,970 meters) is an icon in Switzerland's famed Berner Oberland, and it...
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Oct
04
Ryder-Walker's managing director, Eileen Burns, couldn't have timed this past weekend's hike above Telluride more perfectly. She writes, "Photos from hikes this weekend. I hit the peak as today the wind is blowing hard and it is raining leaves." Risqué! This is a nice view looking back over Telluride and...
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Sep
29
This was the day that Terese Broderick fell to earth and changed our lives forever. Terese wore a lot of hats at the Ryder-Walker office. She answered phones, she sold a TON of trips, she wrote proposals, she made hotel reservations, she assembled tour packages, she responded to thousands of...
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Sep
18
This is part 1 of 2 in a series to help you decide if a guided or self-guided tour might be right for you. What follows are 10 talking points in favor of a guided hiking tour. You might like a guided tour if: 1. We don’t offer the self-guided...
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Aug
11
That's a wrap! Our Iceland hiking tour wrapped up yesterday. First impressions: Our trip leader Barbara 'Babsi' Glanznig says, "Wow! We had picture perfect weather, endless opportunities to see wildlife really close and happy guests!" Some of her favorite wildlife encounters were the puffins, whales and dinner next to an...
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Aug
02
This photo comes from our guests Alicia and Susan. They're currently training for a private guided Tour du Mont Blanc. Alicia writes: I thought you would get a kick out of the attached photo. A group of us going on the TMB trip completed the West Maroon Bells trail from...
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Jul
29
New trekking poles usually come with protective trekking pole tip covers. The covers are great for protecting your gear during travel and storage, but they're meant to be removed for hiking, so they usually end up lost or misplaced. Buying replacement tips can be next to impossible, or expensive for...
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