FieldHouse Adventures Travel Blog

Tips and Tricks to Maximize Your Outdoor Adventure We ask a lot of our bodies day to day, especially when we’re outdoors, hiking, walking, and exploring. Hard ascents and steep descents, long days above treeline with little to no shade, miles under our feet before the next stop. It’s deeply satisfying to move our bodies, […]

2 weeks ago

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Packing For Shoulder Season

Packing For The Unexpected Shoulder season can be tricky to navigate: mornings cold enough to see your breath, afternoons warm enough that you’re down to a t-shirt, baking in the sun. This is one of our favorite times to hike, as the foliage turns and the crisp air feels refreshing. But it brings its own […]

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FieldHouse Folks In The Field

Our Team Walks These Routes Every Year There’s a version of this business where trips get planned from a desk, built off supplier reports, and updated when someone complains. Plenty of operators run that way, and their brochures look great. But we’ve never been able to do it. This year, the people who plan, book […]

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Alpine Wildflowers on the Tour du Mont Blanc

Slow down on the Tour du Mont Blanc with a guide to alpine wildflowers, from edelweiss and gentians to the color-filled meadows of summer The Tour du Mont Blanc, with its soaring jagged peaks, has for centuries served as a beacon, a challenge looming in the distance for the adventurous. The alps command attention, rightly […]

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Notes From The Field- Solo Travel Through the Dolomites Alta Via 1

A Day-To-Day Look At A Self-Guided Hiking Trip Through The Dolomites Alta Via 1 On July 7, one of our self-guided hikers embarked on an 11-day solo hike along the Dolomites Alta Via 1. We asked if she would give us a behind-the-scenes look at her day-to-day, and we’ve been following along as she traverses […]

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Guided Vs. Self-Guided – Which Hut-to-Hut Hiking Trip is Best For You

How to choose the right way to travel with FieldHouse Adventures In a world where global travel is at so many of our fingertips, the question isn’t only destination, but experience. Are you new to the terrain? Looking for a challenge? Want the support of a community or the serenity of solitude? There are so […]

3 months ago

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Packing Smart For your Hut-to-Hut Experience

Packing for a big adventure can be overwhelming, but we’re here to take the guesswork out of it. With 37 years of experience, we’ve learned what to bring and what to leave behind. In a recent interview with the founder of FieldHouse Adventures, Julie Head, FieldHouse asked, “If you could give one piece of advice […]

3 months ago

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Now More Than Ever, Travel Remains Important

Slow Travel In A Fast World

4 months ago

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French Food Guide: Alps, Dordogne & Provence Cuisine

Explore the flavors of France, from raclette in the Alps to truffles in Dordogne and Provence wines. Discover culinary highlights on our France hiking tours. From the fine dining of Paris to the provincial fare of a grandmother’s kitchen, eating in France is a serious affair. Sharing borders with Germany, Austria, Italy and Spain, it’s […]

4 months ago

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How to Choose Hiking Boots for Your Next Hiking Trip

Long days on the trail can take their toll, and our feet bear the brunt of the exertion. Comfortable, well-fitted hiking boots will save you from unpleasant aches, possible injury on the trail, or debilitating blisters. This is easily one of the most important decisions when you’re preparing for a long trip. We spoke with […]

5 months ago

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Hear From Those Who Have Walked James Herriot Way

European Mountain Huts are starting to require sleeping bags. How to choose.

5 months ago

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Hut-to-Hut Hiking Explained | A Complete Guide

What does it mean to travel on foot? What does it mean to move through a landscape with intention and to experience a place at its fullest? The sense of awe inspired by our surroundings, the empowering feeling of a day’s hard work, and a dinner well earned. At FieldHouse Adventures, we believe in the […]

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37 Years on the Trail: What We’ve Learned About Hut-to-Hut Hiking

European Mountain Huts are starting to require sleeping bags. How to choose.

6 months ago

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Why Wensleydale?

One of the most beautiful valleys in the Yorkshire Dales and the river that runs through it.

10 months ago

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