Cindy Hoover
Are you interested in making new friends, collecting inspiring memories, and discovering new parts of our world? Sign up for Mountaineers Global Adventures! The rewards are great, the experiences are unparalleled, and the adventure is abundant.
What are Global Adventures?
Global Adventures are extended trips to places outside of the Pacific Northwest. Participants pay in advance for a package that typically includes accommodation (which might be anything from a rural campsite to a historical country inn to a contemporary urban hotel), ground transportation, food, and logistical planning. We build on the vast talent of Mountaineers members to offer unique, active adventures that commercial groups often cannot, and at great value.
Trip offerings cover a range of activities that are supported by a Mountaineers activity committee, such as trekking, skiing, canyoning, and more. Trips can be domestic or international, range from remote backcountry to accessible frontcountry destinations, and vary in pace and difficulty. Previous Global Adventures trips have explored Nepal, Bhutan, Patagonia, Peru, the British Isles, Switzerland, Italy, Portugal, Turkey, New Zealand, Australia, Alaska, and the Rockies.
Upcoming trips
If you have a sweet spot for snow, we have an upcoming winter Global Adventure that you don’t want to miss. Sign up quickly, as enrollment for our four other winter offerings has already filled!
Cross-country skiing in Norway: Day ski out of trail-front mountain lodges in four locations on the extensive Peer Gynt and Trollhaugen groomed trail systems. We’ll start and end in Oslo, easing into the trip with sightseeing before we train and taxi to the ski areas. We’ll even get to ski part of the Birkebeiner trail one day. Led by Global Adventures leaders Cindy Hoover and Cheri Solien, this trip will last 12 days and take place in February 2025. The price for participation is $4,300.
Summer 2025
Already dreaming up your summer adventures? We’ve got some exciting Global Adventures in the works, such as trekking in coastal Greenland and Switzerland, as well as day hiking on Greek Islands, the Lofoten Islands, the Dolomites, and the west coast of Newfoundland. These trips are currently in the planning and review stage. Stay tuned for more updates, and consider adjusting your online Mountaineers profile to notify you when new Global Adventures are added to the website.
Become a Global Adventures leader
As most Global Adventures fill quickly, we’re always looking for new leaders to help meet demand and expand our trip offerings. Proposals are carefully reviewed by the Global Adventures Committee, with a focus on risk assessment and management, as well as careful logistics and budget planning. Planning generally starts a year (or more) in advance of each trip. If you’re interested in becoming a Global Adventures leader, contact Cheryl Talbert or Cindy Hoover.
The online article was updated to reflect current Global Adventure offerings. The Quebec Global Adventure advertised in our fall 2024 magazine has since been canceled.
This article originally appeared in our fall 2024 issue of Mountaineer magazine. To view the original article in magazine form and read more stories from our publication, visit our magazine archive.
