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Bikepacking Salt Spring – June 19-20, 2021
As someone who has spent a lot of time in the saddle but never carried panniers or even a rack on my bike, a bikebacking trip was long overdue for me. From the invitation of my co-worker and friend, Anna … Continue reading
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Tagged beginner-friendly, car-free, Gulf Islands, Mid Group, Weekend
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Triple D (donut) Ride · April 29th
I saw this ambitious expedition pitched as a Triple D. Researching into the International French Adjectival System (IFAS), a regular D: difficile (difficult) represents hard, more serious with rock climbing at IV and V, snow and ice slopes at 50-70 … Continue reading
Posted in Cycle, Other, Trip Reports
Tagged bike, cycling, Deep Cove, donuts, First-Trip, Small Group, Social, Spring
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Burton (Sphinx) Hut “Workhike” September 5-7, 2020
By Melissa Bernstein, with help from Cassandra Elphinstone and Ross Campbell I never thought my first trip to Garibaldi Lake would be what went down on this trip. Before this trip, I had only been up to Garibaldi Park once, … Continue reading
Posted in Huts, Paddle, Trip Reports, Workhike
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Golden Gals Self-Propel Golden Ears
July 27-29, 2020 Gabrielle Booth & Charlotte Scholten On our trip, to the best of my understanding, Charlotte and I traveled through the following traditional, ancestral, and unseeded territories: səl̓ilwətaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsleil-Waututh), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Stz’uminus, S’ólh Téméxw (Stó:lō), Skwxwú7mesh-ulh Temíx̱w (Squamish), … Continue reading
Pedal Paddle Pedal: Sunshine Coast and Vancouver Island Loop
Pedal Paddle Pedal Gabrielle Booth & Charlotte Scholten Total Distance Cycled: 679.41 km Total Distance Kayaked: 48.57 km Total Elevation Gain: 9123 m Charlotte and I pedaled or paddled on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the following … Continue reading
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Banff/Jasper Scrambles and Kayaking
As the end of the summer of 2020 approached, my dream of a Rocky Mountain road trip seemed to be fading. The deadline to present my thesis proposal was nearing, making it difficult to fit any kind of trip into … Continue reading
Posted in Hike, Paddle, Trip Reports
Tagged adventure, Alberta, Banff, Canmore, Cirque Peak, Epic, hike, Jasper, Kananaskis, kayaking, Maligne Lake, Mount Temple, paddling, Rocky Mountains, scramble, Spirit Island, summer
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Dilly-dally to Deep Cove at Dawn for Doughnuts and Doggos
The plan: Bike to Deep Cove to catch the sunrise at 0744 hours on Wednesday and grab some doughnuts from Honey’s Doughnuts. Bike home. Easy peasy. “The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry” – Robbie Burns Things … Continue reading
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Tagged beginner-friendly, bike, car-free, day trip, Deep Cove, dog, donuts, fall, sunrise
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Mt. Vic Loop: A Bear-y Fun Bike and Hike
The trip came together relatively last minute. We were chatting one day about Alberto and Lucy’s previous trip biking in the Chilcotins, when Richard mentioned that he had long wanted to visit Mount Vic. Could a bike-accessed hike to Mount … Continue reading
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Princess Louisa Inlet Kayak Adventure
Princess Louisa Inlet is a well known destination for boaters in BC. Chatterbox Falls lies at the end of Princess Louisa Inlet and helps make the inlet especially beautiful. George Hill and I, Alex Wharton, set out on a four … Continue reading
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Saturna Island Kayak
Saturna Island Kayak Trip Saturna island, widely forgotten amongst the other gulf islands, is a hidden gem full of life and great for a weekend adventure. Boaters passage, a 30 meter passage that lets in a huge amount of water, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2wd, british columbia, Canada, Gulf Islands, Intermediate, kayaking, Saturna, Small Group, summer, Weekend
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