Hiking Blog

3 Hiking Blog Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: October 9th, 2024

Start a hiking blog and inspire others to explore the great outdoors while sharing your trails and tips. At its core, a hiking blog is a digital diary where you document and share your hiking experiences, offering readers insights, photos, and advice.

You'll write about various trails, review gear, and share safety tips. By engaging with fellow hikers online, you build a community eager for authentic recommendations and captivating stories. Dedication to regular updates and high-quality content is crucial for attracting and retaining readers.

This venture can grow as you monetize through ads, affiliate marketing, sponsored posts, and even selling your own photography or eBooks. The appeal of hiking blogs lies in their potential for passive income and the joy of turning a passion into a livelihood.

If you love the outdoors and enjoy writing, starting a hiking blog might be a rewarding and fulfilling endeavor.

In this list, you'll find real-world hiking blog success stories and very profitable examples of starting a hiking blog that makes money.

1. Arara Tour ($132K/year)

Nune Tatunts, the founder of Arara Tour, started her travel company in Armenia in 2014. Through hard work and dedication, Arara Tour has become one of the leading tour operators in Armenia, with branch offices in Georgia and Uzbekistan. Despite the challenges posed by COVID-19 in 2020, the company was on track to double its revenue from the previous year, showcasing their success in the tourism industry.

How much money it makes: $132K/year
How much did it cost to start: $7K
How many people on the team: 8

How We Started A $22K/Month Travel Company Selling Tours Around Armenia, Caucasus And Central Asia

Araratour, led by Nune Tatunts, experienced impressive revenue growth, doubling its 2018 revenue to bring in $13,000 a month in 2019, offering combined tours around the Caucasus and Central Asia, and now has an office in three countries.

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2. Rainier Watch ($23.8K/year)

David, a full-time Front End Developer, came up with the idea for his business, Rainier Watch, when he realized there was no online platform to track the visibility of Mount Rainier, a beloved mountain in the Greater Seattle area. He started a Twitter account to post daily updates on the mountain's visibility, which gained a following. Eventually, he decided to turn it into a business by selling stickers and expanding the product line to include shirts, hats, and more.

How much money it makes: $23.8K/year
How much did it cost to start: $300
How many people on the team: 0

How I Turned A Fun Twitter Account Into A $2K/Month Ecommerce Side Hustle

Rainier Watch is an outdoor-inspired apparel brand that grew from selling stickers to generating several thousand dollars in sales each month through its custom Woocommerce website, as a community-driven business for quality goods inspired by mountains, donating to organizations protecting and supporting the National Parks upon purchase.

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3. Gear Up Hiking ($16.2K/year)

Asen, the founder of Gear Up Hiking, started his journey in affiliate marketing in 2018. After selling his first blog, he bought Gear Up Hiking in a niche he loved and practiced himself. With a focus on quality content, keyword research, and outreach, Asen has built the website to average over $1,300 per month and attract 20k to 30k visitors monthly.

How much money it makes: $16.2K/year
How much did it cost to start: $1.7K
How many people on the team: 1

I Make $1,350/Month With A Hiking Advice Website [Side Hustle]

From almost zero knowledge about SEO and marketing, this founder grew Gear Up Hiking, a hiking and camping niche affiliate blog that currently averages $1300+ per month and has a traffic range of 20k to 30k visitors monthly, and is worth over $50,000 if sold for profit.

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