I was told to leave the house this year for my birthday in January. I wasn’t going to complain. Things I wasn’t supposed to know about were to be set up. “Be back at 3pm,” they said. So I went and hiked Heart Lake in… Read More »Hiking to Heart Lake in Ladysmith
There are new photos of Bear Beach in the Epic Guidebook for the Juan de Fuca trail. A couple of weeks ago I posted that there are new Mistic Beach photos in the Juan de Fuca guide. I’ve just added new Bear Beach photos as well. The… Read More »New Bear Beach Photos in the Epic Juan de Fuca Hiking Guide
Google Earth (GE) has become an indispensable tool for viewing hiking tracks and planning out your hike. You can see what kind of land you are going to be encountering, or see a birds eye view of the trails and land you just hiked. I… Read More »Garmin Basecamp: How to export to Google Earth
The first thing I do when I go for a hike somewhere new is check out all the trip reports I can find. Others that have gone before often have great recommendations on what to see and do and what to avoid. Sometimes they’ll have… Read More »Cape Scott Trip Reports
They’re not quite the real thing but at least you can get the picture.
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The LiteMax is a small canister stove from Snowpeak, a company that makes lightweight backpacking stoves, cookware and other accessories. The LiteMax is one of the lightest canister stoves I’ve ever seen. It’s easy to carry because of that. Pair it up with a small… Read More »Review: Snowpeak LiteMax Canister Stove
The Great Trail (Trans Canada Trail) sections on Vancouver Island offer so much variety. I’m always keen on new trails that are different than anything I’ve experienced before. Yes, most of the sections around Nanaimo are still dirt single track with trees around. Most trails… Read More »Extension Ridge from Extension Road, Nanaimo [Trip Report]
Being part of hiking groups online is a mixed blessing. On the one hand there’s a constant supply of assistance, inspiration and motivation to get outside. On the the other hand, there’s a steady stream of beautiful trail pictures streaming by making it difficult to… Read More »Nanaimo Lakes Road to Whisky Lake
I paced up and down the river trying to find a shallower spot the cross. The water wasn’t moving quickly but it was deeper, and colder, than I wanted to wade through. Turn back? Wade through? I was on the shores of the Nitinat River… Read More »Wading through Nitinat River on the Spine Trail