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Garibaldi Lake Thanksgiving Weekend Trip
Garibaldi Lake is a magnificent alpine lake beset by tall snowy mountains and massive glaciers, it is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Squamish nation – to whom we give our gratitude. Garibaldi is also known … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, backpacking, bear, bears, beginner, beginner-friendly, Black Tusk, fog, Garibaldi Lake, Garibaldi Park, Glacier, hike, large group, overnight, rain, Snow, Weekend
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Bears, Uzbeki Trout soup, and paddle boards; truly epic nonsense!
Participants: Ross Campbell, Birgit Rogalla, Natalie Makepeace, and Gabe Frame Our week was fast hurtling towards the Canada Day long weekend and our weekend plans still consisted of a long, impenetrable e-mail faff of about 10 different options. My solution … Continue reading
Posted in Hike, Huts, Trip Reports
Tagged bears, Castle Towers, Garibaldi Lake, Garibaldi Park, gentian peak, Panorama Ridge, Sphinx Hut, summer, traverse, Uzbek soup, Veenstra Traverse
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Phelix Hut – The Outhouse edition
By: Natalie Makepeace Crew = Roland, Artem, Lianne, Genevieve, Gesa, Sarah, Alexis & Natalie In short – we drove up Friday and spent Saturday-Monday up there scrambling and working on the new outhouse hole. Best scramble was the “direct East … Continue reading
Posted in Climb, Huts, Trip Reports, Workhike
Tagged 2wd, backpacking, bears, Climb, hike, huts, med group, Mt Aragon, Mt Frodo, Mt Gandalf, multiday, pemberton, Phelix Hut, Workhike
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Take 2: Black Tusk and Lake Garibaldi
It was a beautiful, sunny Saturday. The birds were chirping, the skies were doing what skies do, and of course no one was on time to the meeting point. However, the force was with us and we managed to assemble … Continue reading
Posted in Climb, Hike, Trip Reports
Tagged adventure, bears, Black Tusk, Climb, dry, expert, Garibaldi Lake, Garibaldi Park, hike, leading, panorama, Panorama Ridge, rain, ridge, ski, skiing, Snow, Squamish, Stanley Park, sunny, Taylor Meadows, Weekend
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Like a Boss : How we did the West Coast Trail
(Written by Amanda Johnson) It started on one drizzly Wednesday, September 4th, 2013. As we headed to the ferry an unusual feeling settled over me, like we were going to another land and and would never return. … Continue reading
Team Alpine Start and the Sunshine Coast Trail: June 20- July 1, 2013
Introduction (Cora): A few months back, my friend Ionatan contacted me and asked me if I would be interested in joining him on the Sunshine Coast Trail near Powell River. This trail is 180 km long, and includes many … Continue reading
Posted in Hike, Trip Reports
Tagged adventure, backcountry, bear, bears, cougar, day trip, dry, Face, ferry, flagging, fog, hike, hiking, Hope, Horseshoe Bay, huts, Mud, outhouse, Powell River, rain, Rainy Day, scrambling, skiing, Sunshine Coast
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Canada by Bicycle
View Larger Map On a drizzly May 3rd morning Rachel Baldwin and I left Vancouver on heavily laden bikes heading east. During the next 11 weeks, I cycled 8000 km to St. John’s, Newfoundland through menacing tunnels in the Fraser … Continue reading
How to surprise a seal and other sea kayaking tips
Caitlin’s organising a sea kayaking trip around Howe Sound. What a good idea, I thought. And indeed it was. A small group of us set off from Gibsons, headed around Keats Island to camp on Gambier Island. The weather was reasonable, the company excellent … Continue reading
Posted in Paddle, Trip Reports
Tagged bear, bears, boat, hike, hiking, kayaking, leading, musical, paddling, skiing, Small Group
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