Mileage: 19.4km Floe Lake was still enveloped in clouds when we woke in the morning, so despite no more rain overnight, there was plenty of moisture still in the air. Toothless' diapers were slightly less wet, but not anywhere close to dry, so we would be crossing our fingers we would hike above the cloud … Continue reading GDT Day 30 – Bravefart
Mileage: 15.4km + 9.0 bonus km for Natasha We were the first ones up this morning and took full advantage of the large picnic table, but it wasn't too long until the "Lesser Divide Trail" group arrived as well as the couple with the dog, so we tried to minimize our overflow. It took a … Continue reading GDT Day 28 – Finally getting to the good stuff
Mileage: 25.1km Last night was pretty rough with Toothless waking 3 or 4 times rather than his usual 1-2. So this morning when he started to rouse, I was hoping he would settle on his own for at least another 30 minutes or so even though an early start would be ideal with a relatively … Continue reading GDT Day 26 – A mixed bag
Mileage: 18.9km It was a warm night for sleeping right beside a lake, so it wasn't too hard to drag ourselves out of bed and pack up in the morning. After leaving Beatty Lake, our alternate started us out with some scree as we descended towards Palliser River. It was a bit steep, but there … Continue reading GDT Day 24 – Another day
Trail mileage: 0km Walking between all the very far apart places at Boulton Creek mileage: ∞km So I'm probably going to sound very bitter, but this is my place on the internet, so I get to use it as I wish. This might be naive, but I've been shocked by the number of hikers we've … Continue reading GDT Day 21 & 22 – Get your goddamn permits GDT hikers
Mileage: 30.9km We had another slow start today as we took advantage of cell reception and did our last few internet errands. Once we actually started walking, we managed to keep up a very good pace. We could've been in a Mazda commercial - zoom zoom 😉 We made very good time though and hiked … Continue reading GDT Day 19 – Flying
Mileage: 19.9km Today was another relatively big day for us with the hopes the following days would be nice and short and we'd have an easy walk into Peter Lougheed and Boulton Creek. We started off with our usual slow morning - Jeanette and Lowell were long gone by the time we even poked our … Continue reading GDT Day 17 – Up, down, repeat
Mileage: 13.7km So maybe this coloured my opinion of today (or vice versa), but I decided that Section B is my least favourite. It's too long, starts with the nice parts (High Rock and Tornado Saddle), and ends in an unpleasant car-centric frontcountry area. Maybe it would be nicer to do SOBO? Today was one … Continue reading GDT Day 15 – One of those days
Mileage: 17.4km It was a windy night which meant the tent was nice and dry in the morning despite camping right by the creek. Kyle took Toothless to start as this would be his last stretch with a light pack for a while as we were picking up the food we cached for ourselves this … Continue reading GDT Day 13 – Heavy Packs Again
Mileage: 15.3km We were awoken by cows trying to invade our tent - at least that's what it sounded like when Kyle told me at 5:30am that cows were beside the tent. I ignored him and rolled over trying to eke out the last few minutes of sleep before Toothless got up for the day. … Continue reading GDT Day 11 – Finally off the road!
Backpacks & Bike Racks 