A hiking blog.
July 8, 2025. A long, beautiful loop route in Waterton that lends itself well to multi-day backpacking or a big day trip. After my recent adventure in scrambling and route-finding on Mount Richards, I was looking for a day in the mountains that would allow me to just follow a trail and admire the views. […]
Read More Newman Peak and Avion RidgeOctober 5, 2024. Climbing the southern-most 14er in the United States. After climbing Mount Whitney, our group decided to rest for a couple of days before tackling the 2nd 14,000-er of our trip: Mount Langely. Although Langley is only about 150m shorter than Whitney, the fact that it isn’t the tallest mountain in the lower […]
Read More Mount LangleyOctober 2, 2024. Hiking to the summit of the tallest mountain in the contiguous United States. *Note that because of the varying measurements by my own devices on this trip, the numbers above are the “official” ones. Denali, the tallest mountain in the USA and all of North America, has never been on my radar […]
Read More Mount WhitneyOctober 1, 2024. Pleasant hiking to a beautiful lake in the southern Sierra Nevada. I was lucky enough to be invited along on another of Bhaskar’s adventures to finish off the 2024 hiking season. He managed to get a coveted permit to hike to the summit of Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the contiguous […]
Read More Lone Pine LakeJuly 26, 2024. A full-day hike on a popular trail high above Going-to-the-Sun Road with a short, sharp climb to a spectacular viewpoint above Grinnell Glacier. For the second day of our late-July trip to Glacier National Park, the group decided to head for Logan Pass and hike the Highline Trail. Something I didn’t realize […]
Read More Highline Trail & Grinnell Glacier OverlookJuly 25, 2024. A long day hike tagging two picturesque objectives in Glacier National Park. I joined up with a group from Calgary for a mid-summer excursion to Glacier National Park in Montana. My only prior hike in the park was scrambling up Ninastako (Chief Mountain) last year, so I was in the pleasant situation […]
Read More Ptarmigan Tunnel & Iceberg LakeJuly 14, 2024. A visit to a picturesque lake in K-country with an extension (most of the way) to a high mountain pass. A short distance north of the perpetually busy Chester Lake trail in Kananaskis is the Rummel Lake trail. It is featured in both Gillean Dafferin’s Kananaskis Country Trail Guide Vol 1 as […]
Read More Rummel Lake & Rummel PassJuly 13, 2024. An enjoyable journey to a popular lake and diminutive glacier in K-country. Elbow Lake is a picturesque and easily accessed lake in Kananaskis Country. There’s a backcountry campground on its shore and it’s also the jumping-off point for some longer hikes. Put all that together, and you have a popular and crowded […]
Read More Elbow Lake & Rae GlacierJuly 4, 2024. Summertime hiking in springtime conditions in Kokanee Glacier Park. Following our first night at the Kokanee Glacier Cabin we set out bright and early for Sapphire Lakes. A well-established trail leads to the pair of lakes which sit between Lemon Pass and Glory Basin. The reputed beauty of the area was reason […]
Read More Sapphire Lakes & Tanal LakeJuly 3, 2024. A trek into the BC wilderness to a luxurious backcountry cabin. In 2022 I had a hiking trip planned out for Kokanee Glacier park that ultimately fell through due to the huge Briggs Creek wildfire burning in the area. Luckily, this year I was invited along on a group trip to the […]
Read More Kokanee Glacier Cabin, Slocan Chief Cabin & Helen Deane Lake
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