For over 10 years the Tent Ridge horseshoe hike had been on my hiking wish list. Every year it seemed...
A road trip from Castlegar to Revelstoke takes you through the heart of British Columbia’s Kootenay Rockies, home to the...
The Galena Trail owes its existence to galena – also called lead sulphide (PbS), a mineral that often hangs out with silver as was the case in the Kootenays. This ore is what made the Slocan mining district famous in the late 1800’s. The Galena Trail today follows the historic...
For well over a decade a trip to Churchill, Manitoba – the “Polar Bear Capital of the World” has been...
For years I’d seen pictures of the winter hike that ends at the Green Monster – a beautiful frozen, green...
The 45 km out and back hike to the Cape Scott Lighthouse at the north-western tip of Vancouver Island via the Cape Scott Trail isn’t difficult per se – at least when it’s dry. But this part of the world is well-known for its multi-day torrential downpours. All that rain...
Set amidst the fantastic landscape of British Columbia’s Kootenay region is the 52-kilometre Slocan Valley Rail Trail – originally built...
In its simplest form The Island Walk in Prince Edward Island (PEI) is a 700-kilometre loop around the province that...
The Columbia and Western rail trail spans an impressive 162 kilometres between Midway and Castlegar in southern British Columbia, following the path of the abandoned Canadian Pacific Boundary Subdivision line. This blog showcases the 50 km section of the Columbia and Western Rail trail you can access just off the...
The Northover Ridge Loop hike in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park in Kananaskis has been on my radar for years. I...