Zillertal Alps: Berliner High Route (sort of)

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 […]

Retro post: Camping in Maui

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 […]

Coquihalla Mountain

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 […]

Mountain Lake Hut

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 […]

Eaton Lake

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 […]

South Twin Sister

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 […]

Mt. Robie Reid

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 […]

Alcoholic Traverse

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, […]