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 Summary 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 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: 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: 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: September 5 – 18, 2022 Location: Basel CH to Delft NL Distance: ~730 km cycled and 200 km train Partners: Brittany Resources: Eurovelo gps tracks, Guidebook by Mike Wells. We carried a paper copy of the guidebook. Great to read ahead on the segments with little fun facts and good routing suggestions […]
The Vitals Date: August 30 to September 5, 2022 Location: Zurich CH to Basel CH Distance: ~520 km cycled and 90 km train Partners: Brittany Resources: Eurovelo gps tracks, Guidebook by Mike Wells. We carried a paper copy of the guidebook. Great to read ahead on the segments with little fun facts and good routing […]
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: 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: 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 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: January 18 to January 22, 2020 Location: Eldorado Cabin, South Chilcotins Distance: ~55 km, 3500 meters in 4 days Partners: Dan, Eric, Alex, Jon, Nick, Dave, Brandon Resources: Exploring the Coast Mountains on Skis, Tyax Adventures The Trip Before the start of “high” season in late January, the privately operated Eldorado Cabin […]
The Vitals Date: March 4 – 11, 2017 Location: Maui (Haleakalā National Park, Kihei, Waiʻānapanapa State Park) Partners: Brittany Distance: 35 km in Haleakalā National Park, 10 km in Waiʻānapanapa State Park, other Time: 3 easy days in Haleakalā National Park, 1 day in Waiʻānapanapa State Park Resources: Haleakala Nation Park Waianapanapa State Park Photos: Brittany The Trip Direct flights from […]