Gaze At the National Parks

Dustin Ballard and Michael Ryan

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155- King Canyon Trail to Wasson Peak: Saguaro National Park

5/4/2026 • 47 min

On their first day in Saguaro National Park, Mike and Dusty trek through thousands of saguaro cacti while hiking the tallest peak in the park right in the middle of a desert super bloom. For more of our episodes on hikes in this and other National Parks, click here. To browse through our entire Library of hiking trail episodes, Trail Mix episodes, interviews, … Play episode

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152- Balconies Cliff Trail: Pinnacles National Park
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151- Condors and Gulches: Pinnacles National Park
Trail Mix: California Condors
150- High Peaks Trail: Pinnacles National Park
Trail Mix: Erasing History in the National Parks
149- Bear Gulch Caves: Pinnacles National Park
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148- Mount Perry, Part 2: Death Valley National Park
Trail Mix: Water Conservation in the Desert
147- Mount Perry, Part 1: Death Valley National Park
146- Mosaic Canyon Trail: Death Valley National Park
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145- Ubehebe Crater Trail: Death Valley National Park
Trail Mix: Hiking in the Heat
144- Bridges, Palettes, and Golf Courses: Death Valley National Park
Trail Mix: Top 5 Fall Hikes
143- Golden Canyon: Death Valley National Park
Trail Mix: Government Shutdown 2025
142- Badwater Basin: Death Valley National Park
Trail Mix: Environmental Disaster
141- Pup Fish Pools: Death Valley National Park
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140- The Big Room: Carlsbad Caverns National Park
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139- Natural Entrance: Carlsbad Caverns National Park
138- Lower Cave Tour: Carlsbad Caverns National Park
137- McKittrick Canyon Trail: Guadalupe Mountains National Park
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136- Devil's Hall Trail: Guadalupe Mountains National Park
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135- Manzanita and Smith Springs: Guadalupe Mountains National Park
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134- Guadalupe Peak: Guadalupe Mountains National Park
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133- Comet Falls and The Trail of Shadows: Mount Rainier National Park
Trail Mix: Glacier Retreat
132- Panorama Point to McClure Rock: Mount Rainier National Park

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