This July I assisted in leading a group of 16 participants (with 4 other leaders) on a 3 night mountaineering trip in Yoho National Park in BC through the ACC Columbia Mountains Section. We stayed in the backcountry Stanley Mitchell Hut, which is operated by the Alpine Club of Canada. The hut is located on the lands of the Blackfoot, Ktunaxa, Tsuut’ina, and Metis Peoples.
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In February 2020, weeks before the idea of the novel coronavirus having any impact on my upcoming adventures, I travelled to David Thompson Country in Alberta for a weekend of ice climbing with the Saskatchewan Section of The Alpine Club of Canada.
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Fall and spring might not seem like the ideal time to visit the mountains, but who says you can’t hike in snow? You’ll need to take a few extra precautions, but as long as you’re being your regular safety minded self there’s no reason why you can’t stretch out your season to include May and October.
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I took a road trip from Banff to Revelstoke this summer and fell in love with the area. We had a campsite booked at Two Jack Lake for a night on either end with three nights in between and no agenda.
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When I think about 2017 I can’t help but smile. Here's a little recap of what I got up to.
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On our last day in Yoho, Kendra and I decided to take a drive through the National Park and take in some of the sights with a slightly lower elevation.
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It was the longest hike and one of the toughest I've ever done but it was easily one of my favourite days this summer.
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We totalled over 15km through some spectacular views with a 500m elevation gain in approximately 6 hours.
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The best part of our stay at the Takakkaw Falls Campground was that you could see and hear the falls from almost every part of the site!
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I went hiking up to Grassi Lakes in Canmore on Canada Day to test out my new camera - a Sony RX100 III.
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While in Jasper we rented ice cleats for the Maligne Canyon Ice Walk.
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I stayed at the breathtaking Pyramid Lake Resort 5km north of the town of Jasper.
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Here are a few of the wonderful sights taken in as we wound our way through Jasper National Park.
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My visit to Jasper National Park included a stop at the breathtaking Athabasca Falls.
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