The Vitals Date: August 6-8, 2023 Location: Duffey Area, BC Distance: 40+ km Partners: Dave, Christian, Jason Resources: Scrambles by Matt Gunn, Various Photos: Dave and Jason The Trip Day 1 – Highway 99 to Rohr I went to Marriott basin in 2014 and scrambled some small peak to the west of Wendy Thompson hut […]
The Vitals Date: July 1 – 5, 2023 Location: Upper Sunshine Coast and Texada Island Partners: Brittany Resources: Bikepacking.com Powell River Sampler and Bikepacking.com Texada Photos: Brittany The Trip Day 1 – Saltery Bay to Inland Lake Provincial Park (44 km/44 km total) Saturday morning of Canada Day long weekend meant an early wakeup call […]
The Vitals Date: August 13-15, 2022 Location: near Pemberton, BC Distance: ~45 km Partners: Scott The Trip Day 1 The last trip Scott and I did was to White Lakes last summer where the distance covered was very short but the bushwhacking was second-to-none. This year we picked an established route in the form of […]
The Vitals Date: July 29 – August 2, 2022 Location: North of Pemberton, BC Distance: ~55 km Partners: Brittany, Will, Alex, Dave Photos: Brittany The Trip This was one of the most peak-bagging focused trip I’ve ever done. I’m not motivated by numbers when it comes to summits but this area, with its density of […]
The Vitals Date: July 1-3, 2022 Location: Clinton, BC Distance: ~150 km in 1 long and two short rides Partners: Brittany, Will, and Anne Photos: Brittany The Trip Day 1 We drove to Clinton via Hope on Hwy 1 and then north through the Fraser Canyon. We passed by the town of Lytton which was […]
The Vitals Date: April 14-17, 2022 Location: Lower Vancouver Island Distance: ~250 km Photos: Brittany Resources: Bikepacking.com The Trip It’s been a long winter and an even longer break since we had gone camping or done a bike trip longer than one night. Easter weekend was looking okay in terms of weather and it seemed […]
The Vitals Date: September 3 – 6, 2021 Location: Sechelt Inlet Partners: Brittany, Will, Anne, Alex, Nikki, Christian, Nicole, Dawn, Matt Distance Paddled: ~50 km Photos: Brittany and Anne The Trip One of the last really big group camping trips Brittany and I went on was a kayaking trip in the Broken Islands. That trip […]
The Vitals Date: July 31 – August 2, 2021 Location: Place Glacier Partners: Brittany, Will Bears: 1 Photos: Brittany The Trip I am getting a little older and a little less motivated and that’s okay. For the August long weekend I wanted to head north of Pemberton and scramble some or all of Beaujolais Peak, […]
The Vitals Date: July 24-25, 2021 Location: White Lakes near Pemberton, BC Distance: ~10 km Partners: Scott Photos: Scott The Trip White Lakes are a collection of four small lakes north of Saxifrage peak near Pemberton with no established trail. I knew the Spetch Creek FSR was in decent shape after scrambling Saxifrage and Cassiope […]
The Vitals Date: July 1-3, 2021 Location: Pinecone Burke Provincial Park (Circumnavigation of Pinecone Lake) Distance: ~20 km Partners: Brittany, Will, Anne, Dave, Alex Bears: 3 Photos: Brittany The Trip The above map was sketched and annotated by Will after the trip. We followed this loop clockwise from where the marked trail meets it at […]
The Vitals Date: May 22-23, 2021 Location: Birkenhead Distance: ~100 km Partner: Brittany Bears: 4 Photos: Brittany The Trip Saturday Night Lake Loop is a ~25km trail in Jasper National Park that Brittany and I rode in 2016. We did not have a good time as we slipped and skidded over greasy roots in clouds […]
The Vitals Date: March 26-27, 2021 Location: Garibaldi Provincial Park, BC Distance: ~40 km, 1400+ meters Partners: Will, Dave, and Alex Resources: Exploring the Coast Mountains on Skis, Gaia GPS, map from the VOC The Trip Will referred to a traverse of the Garibaldi Neve as “a hole in my resume”, which is a good […]
The Vitals Date: October 17, 2020 Location: Lower Mainland, BC Distance: 200.8 km, 880 m elevation Partner: Brittany The Trip One Saturday last October we left home around 10 a.m. to ride down to Point Roberts and make a small tour of that orphaned piece of Washington state. We added a little loop around Richmond […]
The Vitals Date: August 30 – September 3, 2020 Location: Fernie, BC Distance: ~270 km Partner: Brittany Resources: Ride with GPS Route Photos: Brittany The Trip Labour day is the traditional end to the summer season. The days are usually warm, but not hot, and you can put all the fitness you gained in a […]
The Vitals Date: August 9 – 10, 2020 Location: Coquihalla/Tulameen, BC Distance: ~105 km Partner: Brittany Resources: Strava route Photos: Brittany The Trip Brittany spent three quiet weeks this summer in a town of 250 people in northern BC but when she returned on a Saturday she was looking to get out and do something […]