We got to the trailhead a bit before noon - the main parking lot area was around half full. The first 6km of the trail is very well maintained switchbacks in the forest - so even on hot days, you'll be sheltered. The first 3km was completely snow-free and the snow became consistent enough around … Continue reading Day Trip Report: Garibaldi Lake
If you're reading this, you've probably heard that we are planning to hike the Great Divide Trail in July and August. You can find more information about the route on the Great Divide Trail Association website, but the basics of our trip are: 1130km Planned itinerary is 51 days including 3 zero days (days where … Continue reading Great Divide Trail: Logistics we need help with
Background We are planning to do the Great Divide Trail this summer and wanted to take advantage of the long weekend to do a quick shakedown trip. The main things we were testing out on this hike were: (1) a new sleep system (MYOG double quilt and Exped Synmat HL Duo); (2) Andrew Skurka's recipes … Continue reading Stein Valley Nlaka’pamux – Trip Summary
Last night was a bit warmer and we were both warm enough under the quilt. I forgot to deflate my half of the sleeping pad before going to sleep though and I kept waking up with a sore hip and needing to rotate though. In the morning, we were relatively quick and managed to get … Continue reading Stein Valley Nlaka’pamux Day 3
Last night was a bit chilly - our water bladder bite valves were frozen, so it got down to at least zero. I was a bit cool, but overall fine under the quilt; Kyle on the other hand reported that he was too cold to sleep most of the night until he figured out to … Continue reading Stein Valley Nlaka’pamux Day 2
Getting to the start of the trail was quite straightforward. We just followed the #1 to Lytton (remembering to take the turn off at Hope and not continue to Kamloops) and then turn into the #12 and very soon after turn left onto the ferry road to take the ferry across the Fraser River, then … Continue reading Stein Valley Nlaka’pamux Day 1
Hopefully the last item we purchase (other than food and consumables) before we head out on the Great Divide Trail this summer. Overall the sleeping pad, stuff sack, and pump sack add about 100g compared to our current sleeping pad set-up, but when used with our MYOG quilt, we will save about 1kg and have … Continue reading New Gear Day: Exped Synmat Duo Sleeping Pad
Elsay Lake is a hike in Seymour Provincial Park which can be done as a long day hike or as an overnight. We wanted to try and get in one more overnight before winter conditions set in on the mountains, so we set out to Elsay Lake on Thanksgiving Weekend. Getting to Seymour Provincial Park … Continue reading Trip Report: Elsay Lake
Currently, we use two Mountain Hardwear Ultralamina 15 sleeping bags. Kyle seems to have an allergy to down, so we are limited to synthetic options. At the time we purchased the bags, they were the lightest option I could find (1.2 kg / 2.6 lbs each) and we were able to purchase one left-hand zip … Continue reading Gear Review: Ray Way MYOG 2 Person Quilt
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