I haven’t been able to get out for a ski yet. The snow on the island is getting lower and lower.We did get out for a snowshoe in January up to Helen McKenzie Lake in Paradise Meadows. We left from the Raven Lodge at Mount… Read More »Nothing but Melt: Lake Helen Mackenzie Snowshoe Trip Report
Today my friend Jessica Glendinning lends her writing and outdoor skills to the blog. I first met Jessica at a conference in Portland called the World Domination Summit. Cool name right? Lots of cool people too. We got talking about the outdoors and I found… Read More »Why an Outdoor Cooperative = 4 Seasons of Fun
I had the chance recently to try out Hi-Tec’s newest light hiking boots, the Sierra Lite I WP. My marketing spiel for them would be something they, “pull together Hi-Tec’s advanced technology into comfortable, rugged, light-weight hiker.” Or something like that. Hiking boots are such a personal thing… Read More »Floating over the Mud: Hi-Tec’s Sierra Lite I WP Hiking Boot Review
How closely do you time your runs? If you’re like me, up to year and a bit ago I never timed anything. I’d run a distance I thought was close to when I should run and call it a day. I didn’t really measure much.… Read More »Garmin Forerunner 405 Training Watch Review
Snowshoeing is one of the easiest sports to get into. All you need are some snowshoes and to go walk in the snow. It doesn’t get much simpler than that. Snowshoes range in price from $50 to $300 can you can buy them at almost… Read More »Atlas 12 Series Snowshoe Review
This first part is a bit of a story about the demise of my Garmin Colorado 300. Skip to the second part for the Montana 600 review. I’ve had the chance to use a few different GPS over the last couple years. They were all… Read More »Garmin Montana 600 GPS Review
Why we hike eh? (Yes, I am Canadian. It’s not obvious right?) Tom Mangan at Two Heel Drive posed the deep question earlier this week. Why do we hike? There are so many different answers.I loved reading through all the different posts. Tom has them… Read More »Why We Hike
I’m a big fan of the Lightning Ascent snowshoes from MSR. They’re lightweight but at the same time, gnarly enough for any terrain. The hinged binding system allows easy access and doesn’t flick up much snow. Parts can easily be removed and replaced in the… Read More »Link Roundup: MSR Lightning Ascent Snowshoe Reviews
I’ve been trying to ski as much as possible lately but if the trip is with people that don’t have skis or is in more technical terrain sometimes we opt to go with snowshoes. Here are the things I bring with me snowshoeing. Let me… Read More »Snowshoe Day Trip Gear Checklist