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 →
Four days hiking the Berg Lake Trail in Mount Robson Provincial Park
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 