The Vitals Date: August 31 – September 2, 2024 Location: Garibaldi Provincial Park, BC Distance: ~40 km hiked, ~12 km paddled Time: 3 days Partners: Brittany, Will, Alex, Dave Photos: Brittany The Trip The map below is approximate. This was the first overnight trips with the DIY packrafts and also one of the dream trips […]
The Vitals Date: August 2-5, 2024 Location: Squamish/Whistler, BC Distance: ~40 km Time: 4 days Partners: Brittany, Will, Christian Resources: Guapo Greg – Alcoholic Traverse Photos: Brittany The Trip We’ve come a long way since August 2016 when we did the Alcoholic Traverse as our first off-trail hike. Since then we’ve done many routes (like […]
The Vitals Date: June 21-28, 2024 Location: Mayrhofen, Austria Distance: ~90 km Time: 8 days Resources: Trekking in Austria’s Zillertal Alps, Austrian Alpine Club The Trip The Berliner High Route/Berliner Höhenweg/Zillertal Rucksack route is a hut-to-hut, multi-day hike in the vicinity of Mayrhofen, Austria. As a loop, it can be done in either direction staying […]
The Vitals Date: May 18 – 20, 2024 Location: Kamloops, BC Distance: ~200 km Time: 3 days Resources: Bikepacking.com The Trip The past few years have been low on bikepacking trips but we have managed a couple of routes from bikepacking.com including the Cowichan 8 and Texada Island routes. Part of the reason was a […]
The Vitals Date: February 3, 2024 Location: Lower Pitt River Distance: ~16 km Time: 4.5 hours Resources: Fenton Gauge – Pitt River The Trip It’s a bad winter for snow sports but a relatively warm and high-overcast day in February spurred a last-minute plan to paddle the lower Pitt River from Grant Narrows Park at […]