Activities & Interests

By Travelog Editorial Team · Updated August 9, 2026

Activities & Interests covers travel planning organized around a specific activity rather than a destination: hiking and backcountry permits, scuba certification, ski and avalanche safety, wine-region designations, and golf course ratings. Hiking & Nature is anchored to NPS.gov (already used across Travelog's Destinations tree) and the Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics, the nonprofit that holds the trademark on the Seven Principles most sites misattribute.

All five pillars in this domain are now fully built -- Ski & Winter Sports, Diving & Scuba, Hiking & Nature, Wine Tourism, and Golf Travel -- per ActivitiesInterests-Content-Map.md. Anchors: NPS.gov/Leave No Trace, the TTB, PADI/DAN, the USGA, and the US Forest Service's National Avalanche Center, respectively.

Guides -- the full Guides domain.

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Hiking & Nature Leave No Trace's Seven Principles, national park backcountry permits, and how to actually read a trail difficulty rating.
Wine Tourism What an AVA actually is legally, regulated vs. marketing label terms, a Napa Valley vs. Sonoma Coast comparison, and how Europe's PDO/PGI system compares.
Diving & Scuba PADI's certification ladder and depth limits, what a Discover Scuba experience actually involves, and safety questions for choosing a dive operator.
Golf Travel USGA's Course Rating and Slope Rating numbers, the World Handicap System formula, and public-vs-private course access differences.
Ski & Winter Sports Why trail ratings aren't standardized, the government-backed avalanche danger scale, how ski patrol mitigation works, and why 'sidecountry' is a dangerous myth.

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