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 Summary 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 Summary 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: 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: March 25 – April 2, 2023 Location: SE Nevada, SW Utah, NW Arizona Partners: Brittany Photos: Brittany The Trip Highlights At the end of winter in BC we thought we would take a different type of vacation than usual – one that was based around driving but still had lots of camping […]
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 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: August 1 – 3, 2020 Location: Downton Creek Area (near Lillooet, BC) Distance: ~29 km Partners: Anne and Will Resources: Matt Gunn’s Scrambles Guidebook, 1:50000 topo map 92J09, Bivouac Trip report, Steven Song The Trip Before this summer I wanted to try at least a few trips that are not well-established traverses […]
The Vitals Date: July 5 – 10, 2020 Location: Vicinity of Birkenhead Lake Provincial Park, BC Distance: ~80 km Partners: Brittany and Will Resources: Matt Gunn’s Scrambles Guidebook, VOC Wiki, Cadwallader Range Traverse Trip Report, Traverse from Tenquille Lake to Snout Peak Trip Report, 1:50000 topo map 92J10 (Resource for any 1:50000 map), Satellite imagery […]
The Vitals Dates: April 25 – May 9, 2019 Location: Around the South Island, NZ Photos by Brittany The Trip We traded two wheels for four when we took the bus from Dunedin to Christchurch and stored our bikes at the home of a good friend’s younger sister. With one free day in Christchurch, we went […]
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 […]