by Nancy Ball | Mar 20, 2026 | Summit Trek & Travel
Back by popular demand, Derick Lugo, author and through hiker, is coming back to Cincinnati to speak about his newest book: A Fabulous Thru-Hike. This book is a sometimes humorous, sometimes touching, always personable account of his through hike of the Continental...
by Nancy Ball | Aug 13, 2025 | Summit Trek & Travel
Each year our Summit Sisters program teaches a cadre of women how to backpack. But that is only the beginning. Learning how to backpack is just the vehicle for the camaraderie, the bonding, the empowerment, and the building of community that takes place as we tackle...
by Nancy Ball | Jan 11, 2024 | Summit Trek & Travel
What a delightful surprise! Cincinnati Magazine does a “Best of” for area businesses and projects every year, and they listed Summit Sisters under their “Outdoor Adventures” category. They write: “This four-month backpacking course takes...
by Nancy Ball | Sep 5, 2022 | Summit Trek & Travel
This is a story about being an “older” woman backpacking that I’ve been mulling over for a while. This spring, three of my backpacking friends and I did a glamping/hiking trip to Charit Creek in Big South Fork Tennessee. We stayed in one of the tiny, one-room rustic...
by Nancy Ball | Aug 15, 2022 | Summit Trek & Travel
The Cincinnati Nature Center’s annual photo exhibition is coming! From the CNC website: August 17–September 11, 10 am–5 pmRowe Visitor Center Auditorium Join us for our annual photography exhibition, Nature in Focus. This juried exhibit featuring...
