The Vitals Dates: August 6, 2018 – August 12, 2018 Location: Almaty, Kazakhstan Partners: Brittany Activities: City touring, Hiking, Gearing up for bikepacking Photos by Brittany The Trip We left Vancouver on August 6th and after 42 hours and three flights we landed in Almaty, Kazakhstan, the jumping off point for our bikepacking trip. It turns […]
The Vitals Dates: June 29 – July 2, 2018 Location: Broken Group Islands, BC Partners: Brittany, Dawn, Nikki, AT, Tom, Nicole, Jeet, Christian Time: Four days Photos by Brittany The Trip July long weekend of the year of 30th birthdays in my 1988 cohort. Tom’s June birthday falls close enough to the weekend that his wife […]
The Vitals Dates: May 6 – 10, 2018 Location: Southeast Oregon Partner: Brittany Distance: ~400 km, ~2700 meters Time: Five days Photos: Brittany GPS Tracks: see bottom of post Resources: Bikepacking.com, USGS maps, Printed maps (below) The Trip We drove down to Frenchglen, OR from Vancouver over two days, doing about 8 hours on Saturday travelling through […]
The Vitals Date: April 2 – 9, 2018 Location: Surabaya, Indonesia (and Bali) Purpose: Work, but with time to be a tourist Trip In the past two years it seems that every few months there is a sudden, immediate need for me to travel somewhere international for work. This time around it was to the […]
The Vitals Dates: January 22 -24, 2018 Location: Cerise Creek Partners: Jan, Dave, Christian Distance: ~30 km, ~3000 meters Time: Three moderate days Photos: Greg and Jan GPS Tracks: see below The Trip A three-day trip gives the city dweller the unique opportunity to blow out zones a bit further afield. For this mid-week trip, […]
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 […]