Alaska Rails & Trails
Alaska Railroad is launching a new adventure package tour for the 2011 season.
The 10-day, Rails and Trails package will take travelers to Anchorage, Seward, Girdwood and Talkeetna by train.
Tagged: green travel
New Zealand Biking Holidays
Lake Dunstan. Photo credit: David Wall and Tourism New Zealand.
Fancy a mountain biking holiday in New Zealand?
Recently, the New Zealand Cycle Trail project has been approved.
The upcoming nationwide cycle network is expected to consist of 18 ‘Great Rides’ and 2000 km of cycleway.
Greenest Ski Resort In The World?
Whistler, Canada.
What is the greenest ski resort in the world?
At LiveTravelMountains, we’re passionate mountain travelers always asking that question, looking for green trends at mountain resorts like Whistler (above).
Recently, Sustainable Travel International announced that Timberline Lodge and Ski Area in Oregon’s Mount Hood National Forest has become the first ski resort in the world to receive third-party certification through its Sustainable Tourism Eco-certification Program (STEP).
5 Greener Mountain Trips
Are you a greener mountain traveler? There are many ways you can green your mountain travel.
At TravelingGreener.com, our sister travel blog, we’re sharing green travel news, information and trends from around the planet.
Here are some greener mountain travel options:
Eco-Touring Wild Scotland
After a lovely UK city break and staying at London hotels, you might fancy walking on the wild side of Scotland.
You can go eco-touring wild Scotland with eco-tour specialist Natural Habitat Adventures which offers carbon neutral trips worldwide.
The award-winning company has been named the 2009 Best Adventure Travel Company by National Geographic Adventure and 2009 World’s Best Tour Operator by Travel + Leisure.
For May 2010, Natural Habitat Adventures recommends its tour Scotland’s Wild Highlands & Islands where you’ll see “nesting seabirds of the remote Outer Hebrides to young wildlife in the boreal forest and heather moors with a journey so new it’s still ‘exploratory’.”
Read all its recommended 2010 Eco-Tours here.
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