The Vitals Date: October 31 – November 7, 2017 Location: Bogota, Colombia Partners: Jose Alberto Purpose: Work, but with time to be a tourist Foods tried: Ajiaco – a salty soup with chicken, different potatoes, and corn Obleas – A street food dessert made of two thin wafers sandwiching condensed milk, caramel, raspberry jam, and […]
The Vitals Date: October 7-8, 2017 Location: Furry Creek/Brittania Beach, BC Partners: Brittany and Andre Distance: ~24 km biked, ~16 km hiked Time: Two easy days Photos: Brittany and Greg GPS Tracks: see below The Trip Similar to last year, there isn’t much going on around Thanksgiving and the weather can be pretty iffy. Andre […]
The Vitals Date: July 22, 2017 and September 9-10, 2017 Location: Coquihalla Partners: Brittany, Christian, GPD, Eric T Distance: ~15 km, 2157 max elevation Time: Two easy days Photos: Brittany (Instagram) Resources: This and this The Trip I had heard of Mt. Jim Kelly before but somehow not heard of Coquihalla Mountain and didn’t know they were such […]
The Vitals Date: July 29, 2017 Location: Golden Ears Provincial Park Partners: none Distance: 25 km+, and 2000 m+ elevation gain* Time: A little under 12 hours Resources: This route description and this trip report GPS Tracks: see below *I didn’t turn my GPS on until about km 2 and left it at the bottom of the Golden […]
The Vitals Dates: June 8 – June 14, 2017 Location: Kluane National Park – Donjek Range Partners: Brittany Distance: 112.4 km (4709 m gross elevation, 2157 m highest point) Time: 7 days Resources: National Parks site for route description, this blog post Our food packing list: Yukon 9 Day Meal Planner Photos: Brittany GPS Tracks: See below […]
The Vitals Dates: May 28 – June 2, 2017 Location: Whitehorse, YT > Skagway, AK > Haines, AK (ferry) > Haines Junction, YT > Whitehorse , YT Partners: Brittany Distance: 608 km (4562 m gained) by bike Time: 6 days Resources: This guy’s site, but it’s not very complicated Photos: Brittany The Trip The day before […]
The Vitals Dates: April 15 – 16, 2017 Location: Mt. Baker Backcountry Partners: None/ET and Liam Distance: 116 km (1489 m gained) by bike, 15.6 km (1194 gained, 1776 m max elevation) by skis Time: 6.5 hours bike, 6 hours ski Resources: Exploring the Coast Mountains On Skis The Trip I was unsuccessful in willing […]
The Vitals Date: February 18-19, 2017 Location: Mt. Brew Partners: ET, Jan, Greg, Christian Distance: ~14 km, 1300 m gained one-way from parking lot at PMC Time: six hours up, relaxed paced Resources: VOC wiki Photos: Jan Laesecke The Trip This was a simple, quick jaunt up Mt. Brew to stay at the Varsity Outdoor Club’s […]
The Vitals Date: January 15, 2017 Location: Mt. Outram (just west of Manning Park) Partners: ET and Kenyon Distance: ~18 km (1800 m elevation gain, 2461 peak elevation) Time: six hours up, two down Resources: Exploring the Coast Mountains On Skis The Trip BC has been enjoying a prolonged cold spell which has kept snow […]