The Vitals Date: May 18 – 20, 2024 Location: Kamloops, BC Distance: ~200 km Time: 3 days Resources: Bikepacking.com The Summary 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: 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 Dates: February 13 – February 20, 2019 Location: Kaitaia to Cape Reinga to Auckland, New Zealand Distance: 525 km Photos by Brittany Total Route Downloadable GPS track for this section is at the bottom of this post. The Trip Brittany and I landed in Auckland on February 9th after an 11th hour purchase of […]
The Vitals Dates: January 11 – January 31, 2562 B.E. Location: Anlong Veng, Cambodia to Chiang Mai, Thailand Distance: 992 km Photos by Brittany Total Route Downloadable GPS track for this section is at the bottom of this post. The Trip Thailand has shown up as a strong contender for a better cycling destination than Yunnan […]
The Vitals Dates: December 5 – 17, 2018 Location: Vientiane to Thakhek (bus) then to Don Det (bicycle) Distance: 543 km cycled Photos by Brittany Total Route The Trip We’ve ridden 80 days since leaving Almaty on August 12 but without the benefit of rail, steamer, or hot air balloon, we have yet to circumnavigate the […]
The Vitals Dates: November 17, 2018 – December 4, 2018 Location: Mengla, China to Vientiane, Laos Distance: 660 km Photos by Brittany Downloadable GPS track for this section is at the bottom of this post. The Trip Northern Laos Riding every day really had me down for a while in November and it was exacerbated by […]
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 Dates: September 10 – 11, 2016 Location: Twin Sister Range near Welcome, WA Partners: Brittany Distance: ~18 km bike (700 m elevation gain), ~12 km hike (1350 m elevation gain) Time: ~7.5 hours moving time Resources: Matt Gunn’s Scrambles in Southwest British Columbia and Summit Post (up to date at time of writing) The Trip […]
The Vitals Date: July 30, 2016 Location: North Shore, BC Partners: None! Distance: 35 km biked, ~16 km hiked, ~2000 m elevation gain Time: 7 hours, 1 minute The Trip On the August long weekend I hadn’t made plans since most of my friends were working or out of town and I wasn’t actually taking […]