Most people have never seen the Little Dipper, because most of its stars are too dim to be seen through light-polluted skies.

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The tour takes three to four hours, walking under a natural canopy of shade. The hike includes boardwalks but mainly dirt pathways. The black bear discovery hike is $80 per person.

Swapping her weekly supermarket shop for a micro adventure in the Austrian Alps, Sarah Holt embraces the challenge of a short ...