Nearest town: Pemberton Brian Waddington Hut: Distance: 10 km return (depending on parking location) | Elevation gain: 1,000 m. Mount Gandalf. Elevation gain: 669 m from hut Mt. Shadowfax. 595 m from hut Special notes: The area is closed for grizzly bear foraging from August 15 - October 15 each year. Trip completed: July 2017... Continue Reading →
When completed, this multi-use trail will run 550km from Hope all the way to the Georgia Straight in Delta. The completed section in Chilliwack extends from Island 22 Regional Park to Ferry Island Provincial Park, near the bridge to Agassiz. Key Trail Stats: Distance: 18 km one way Time: 2 hours Elevation: Trail Use: Gravel... Continue Reading →
Four days hiking the Berg Lake Trail in Mount Robson Provincial Park
A weekend spent cycling and camping on Saturna Island - one of the Canadian Southern Gulf Islands.
A scramble to the summit of Locomotive Mountain.
Desolation Sound is a stunning environmental reserve at the northern tip of the Sunshine Coast in British Columbia. In May 2015 I explored parts of the Sound on a four-day kayaking trip. It requires a fair amount of time and effort to get to Desolation Sound, which ensures a modicum of quiet and reprieve from... Continue Reading →
Thanksgiving weekend rolled around quickly this year and for once I didn't have anything planned for the long weekend. Not wanting to waste the opportunity to get out of the city, we decided last minute to board a ferry for Vancouver Island on Friday after work and head north to the Campbell River area. Campbell... Continue Reading →
Washington's Olympic Peninsuala features a UNESCO World Heritage Site and boasts one of the few places on earth where you can experience alpine meadows, lush rainforests and sandy beaches all in the space of one day. Port Townsend We were visiting from British Columbia, so the first stop for us after a short ferry ride... Continue Reading →
I read about this trail on the Whistler Hiatus website and it sounded like a great intermediate hike for August. The site did warn that this trail is not fully completed yet- there is an organization working on building the trail at the moment and they are not estimated to reach completion until Summer 2016.... Continue Reading →
Weekend Wilderness 