Well it hasn’t been the greatest winter with regards to the amount of snow we got. But skilled groomers and higher elevation meant we were lucky to enjoy the snow…
Category: Canada Hikes
2025 Book List
As the 2026 New Year’s Concert from Vienna (under the vibrant Canadian (!) conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin) finishes, it’s time for last year’s book report! As you probably expected, the Polar…
Little Bootleg Lake and other adventures
Little Bootleg Lake For a quick overnighter, Vicki and I didn’t have to drive far: Half an hour drive to the parking spot, and we were ready to hike the…
More Kootenay Classics
Just because the views and pictures are stunning, I wanted to post details from our hike to Hourglass Lake as well as from a day spent at Jumbo Pass (west…
Rockwall Hike in Kootenay National Park
Day 1 Background: Reserving camp spots and sharing the trail and the views with many people is not typically my style. But I did want to see the Rockwall, a…
2024 Book List
Hard to believe but another year has passed and I am proud to have achieved my reading goal again (at least 26 books per year). I read all my books…
Two Classics in One Week!
The weather is warm and sunny; all the snow has melted … it’s the perfect time to work on the bucket list of hikes in the Kootenays that I want…
August Kootenay Hikes
Since returning from the “Long Walk”, I’ve been lucky to get outside in the East Kootenays for some day or overnight hikes. Here are some highlights … Manson Pass area…
2022 Book List
Better late than never I guess! As we are nearing the end of 2023 and another year in which I was able to complete my book challenge (a book every…
Summer 2022 Hiking
Enjoy this collection of pictures from my hikes in the Okanagan and the West Kootenays in July and August 2022! First some impressions from the last few days in Winthrop,…
2021 Book List
Not a hiking post per se … but hiking gives me extra time to enjoy good books (my Kindle is always my luxury item but so worth the weight). This…
Asulkan Hut
At first it seems to be an obstacle, something that raises the costs and makes you think twice: The fact that currently the Alpine Club of Canada (ACC) only rents…