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: 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 […]
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: 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 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: October 9-10, 2016 Location: Brittania Beach, BC Partners: Brittany Distance: ~38 km (2400 m elevation gain) Time: Easy Weekend Resources: Rich So’s blog, VOC forum, trailpeak Photos: Brittany, except when she is the subject The Trip Thanksgiving weekend was forecast to be pretty bleak in terms of weather, but once it came around […]
The Vitals Dates: October 1, 2016 Location: South of Hope, BC Partners: Brittany, Christian, Riley, Dave, AT Distance: ~4 km one way (900 meters gained) Time: Short Day Resources: 103 Hikes in Southwestern British Columbia The Trip The reputation online is that this is a tough day hike – just check out the graffiti on […]
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 Dates: August 27 – 28, 2016 Location: North end of Alouette Lake Partners: Christian and Riley Distance: ~30 km, 3100 m elevation gain Time: ~15 hours total moving time GPS Tracks: see below The Trip The first mention of Robie Reid in my email is in September 2014, where an email faff organizing […]
The Vitals Dates: August 4 – 7, 2016 Location: Squamish/Whistler, BC Partners: Brittany Distance: ~40 km hiked, 7 km hitchhiked, ~3900 m elevation gain Time: Loooonnnnngggg Photos: Brittany The Trip Update August 2024: We repeated the route with some more pictures and a new map. About two weeks before a short stretch of time off, […]