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
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Stein Valley Nlaka’pamux Gear
GDT Food Haul + Long Weekend Food Shopping
We are heading out this weekend to go hiking for a few days. Since we have all of our food earmarked for the GDT, we needed to pick up food. We are using the weekend to test out some new recipes. Some items are just for the weekend, but we bought extra for the GDT … Continue reading GDT Food Haul + Long Weekend Food Shopping
New Gear Day: Exped Synmat Duo Sleeping Pad
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
Weekly GDT food inventory haul
We made off a bit better than last weekend.. 88 Snickers bars 60 Hershey's almond bars Various baby food pouches All either on sale or for the best deal we can find. We are learning! Combine Superstore flyer sales, order online and riding our bikes to the "click and collect" pickup. The only way to … Continue reading Weekly GDT food inventory haul
Gear Review: Ray Way MYOG 2 Person Quilt
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
Gear Review: MSR Revo Ascent Snowshoes
We've had these for a year (we are on our second season with them), so I thought it would be a good idea to review them after we have had a chance to use them a season. We started snowshoeing a few years ago but had always rented the shoes at the mountain. Doing this … Continue reading Gear Review: MSR Revo Ascent Snowshoes
JMT Gear Recap: Clothing
Overall Gear Thoughts: Overall, we were really happy with our gear and any future purchases although they will be nice are ultimately unnecessary. We had no gear failures or issues and everything worked as intended. Hiking Clothing Hiking Shirt MEC Magnolia Long Sleeved Shirt This worked well, dried quickly and kept the sun off my … Continue reading JMT Gear Recap: Clothing
Finding my Bike: Norco Cityglide 8 Review
I test rode the "women's" version (mixte) of the Cityglide. This bike has a partial chaincase, fenders and rim brakes. This bike does not come with a rack. I did not like how this bike handled and it was not comfortable for me - I felt quite stretched out like the handlebars were too far … Continue reading Finding my Bike: Norco Cityglide 8 Review
Finding my Bike: KHS Green 3 Review
I test rode the step-through version of the KHS Green. This bike has a partial chaincase, fenders, colour-matched rack and rim brakes. This was the cheapest of the bikes that I was considering and it definitely felt like it. Just everything about this bike felt slightly... cheap and like ti might fall apart at any … Continue reading Finding my Bike: KHS Green 3 Review
Backpacks & Bike Racks 