Some time ago, there were quite a few trips to the Rockies to mountaineer, backpack, run, hike, and explore. Most of those trips were done before a SLR camera was part of the gear. Most trips had no photos or a cheap film camera with a few images saved. Some were scanned, and there are more to come. A few … Continue reading →
We have hiked in the eastern ridges and peaks of the Trophy Range a few times. A YouTube video features some of the sights from these hikes. More Information: In the East Trophy Range An excellent resource is Roland Neave’s Exploring Wells Gray Park.
Continue reading →When the weather is snowy and the trails are slippery, going for a run on the Goose Lake Road is a good choice. The road gets plowed and has little traffic. On a winter day, the valley was foggy and snowy, but the grassland hills had a bit of sun breaking through. A short video on TikTok shares some of … Continue reading →
Over the span of 50 years we have hiked almost every trail in Yoho National Park, and some trails quite a few times, in both summer and in winter. Yoho is our favorite National Park in Canada, A new video is now available on YouTube, featuring the Yoho Valley. Click the YouTube link on the menu bar for more KamloopsTrails … Continue reading →
There are a number of old homesteads in the hills that we can visit from time to time. No location information is provided, for good reasons. On a snowy day I stomped in to visit one of the many in the hills around the Kamloops area, but a short video shows more of the heritage site: There are a number … Continue reading →
We drive, hike, and bike on the the Goose Lake Road, passing the lake along the way. We have hiked the hills above too(with permission from the owner at that time) and we are still hoping to paddle it. Each time we go past the lake, it is a quiet, secluded spot. In spring waterfowl occupy the lake, and there … Continue reading →
We started at the junction of Lac le Jeune and Goose Lake Roads and hiked down to the Hull Hill Road, then followed single tracks across the forested hills. When we snowshoe areas like this we see trees, snow, and if we are lucky, the winter’s sun. Old douglas firs are found on undisturbed hillsides and next to gullies. And … Continue reading →
On a summer day we drove to Lytton and then crossed the Thompson River to get to the Botanie Valley. We drove part way up the rough Botanie Mountain Forest Service Road, then parked and hiked to the top and back. A video has been compiled to feature our hike of the mountain: There is more to the … Continue reading →
We explored the San Rafael Reef Wilderness in Utah and hiked and scrambled some slot canyons from Wildhorse Road, just outside Goblin Valley. Our favorite hike of the whole year was Little Wildhorse Canyon, but we also enjoyed Ding and Dang Canyons, just a bit farther west. Ding and Dang required some scrambling and some of the downclimbing in Dang … Continue reading →
We traveled to hike Death Valley in the winter months. From the Furnace Ceek area we hiked up Funeral Canyon. This is a lesser-known hike, but one we enjoyed a lot: Thanks to Jackie for leading the way. We hope to get back to Death Valley for some more hiking. More Information – Funeral Canyon Hike
Continue reading →We camped at Horsefly Lake Provincial Park, we padded the lake over 3 days, we hiked to a lookout over the lake, and we hiked another trail to the top of Viewland Mountain. A video on YouTube features some of the sights to be found at Horsefly Lake:
Continue reading →We hiked Sidewinder Canyon in Death Valley in winter. We enjoyed the hike in the main canyon, but there were 4 additional slot canyons to explore too. This was our favorite hike of this trip. We worked our way through some dark slot canyons and took many photos. These are compiled into a new YouTube video: More information – Sidewinder … Continue reading →
We snowshoed the 5.7 km loops twice on the (North) Bush Lake Trails on fine winter days. We know many routes in the area, but most of the trails were well-stomped-in by snowshoers, so we followed those. We could see other routes that hadn’t yet been broken in, so we will be adding some new tracks over the next month. … Continue reading →
We hiked the Titus Canyon Narrows route in Death Valley in winter when there was no one else in the area. We hiked the canyon, climbed into the hills, and returned the way we came, taking many photos along the way, now included in a new YouTube video: Death Valley is one of our favorite hiking destinations, especially in late … Continue reading →
We have hiked to Helen Lake and to Dolomite Pass a few times and one time we hiked the Helen Lake Trail, then went up Cirque Peak (2993m or 9819 ft). It was a tiring day since on the previous day we had hike Mt. Temple. A YouTube video shows some of the hike to the top of Cirque Peak … Continue reading →
We hiked down to Balancing Rock and the line of hoodoos below to explore, take some photos and video, and enjoy the views. Some of the images and video footage was compiled into a YouTube video, embedded here:
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