BC Kootenays in August Part 2
We drove to Castlegar with the intention of camping at Gladstone Provincial Park. This being August, the park was full. If you want a first serve site you need to…
BC Kootenays in August Part 1
The British Columbia Kootenays in August. Always a worthy vacation in the summer. Stretching from the Okanagan Valley in the West, to the Rocky Mountains in the East, South to…
Joffre Lakes and Central Duffey – March 2020
Joffre Lakes and Central Duffey Zissou zone - March 13 and 16, 2020 Joffre Lakes - March 13, 2020 A northerly blew through the Duffey and brought strong winds to…
Sentry Lodge Ski Touring Jan 2020 – Part 2
Sentry Lodge Jan 25 to Feb 1 2020 As the trip wore on all we did was ski and eat more. It snowed more. A lot more. We had one…
Sentry Lodge Ski Touring Jan 2020 – Part 1
Sentry Lodge Jan 25 to Feb 1 2020 The Golden Alpine Holiday (GAH) lodges are a blind spot in our career of skiing every possible cool backcountry lodge in BC.…
Kicking Horse lift-accessed backcountry – A Golden road trip part 2
Kicking Horse lift-accessed backcountry - A Golden road trip part 2 Kicking Horse Mountain Resort's inbounds terrain is the tip of the iceberg. Generally speaking this is trite of any…
Kicking Horse – A Golden road trip part 1
Golden and Kicking Horse - A Golden road trip part 1 Golden! It's been overlooked by some as just another truck stop on the Trans Canada Highway, as a placename…
Rogers Pass – January & February 2020
Rogers Pass Jan and Feb It's really no secret that the Whistler/Blackcomb season started poorly. That's part of the reason Sharon and I left our home confines of the Coast…