We hiked the GDT in 2021 with our son Toothless. Before we left on the thru hike we wrote a post breaking down the gear we decided to bring. This post will list out our main systems and gear and document how they worked out for us on the GDT in 2021 with our 8 … Continue reading GDT 2021 Final Gear List
We are hiking the GDT this time around with our son, Toothless. He will be about 8 months old when we start hiking. Over the past few months we have been working out what gear to bring on the GDT with him. We have been overcoming his constantly changing needs as well as gear shortages. … Continue reading GDT 2021 Gear List
Mileage: 15km We awoke once again to rain. This time we didn't laze around though since warm showers and cold beers were waiting for us in town! We even managed to get packing up down to 1.5 hours or so despite needing to maneuver around in the tent to pack up most of our stuff. … Continue reading SCT 2021 Day 6 – Back to the car!
Mileage: 11.75 km We had another relatively early start with Toothless ready to start the day before 6am - definitely woke up a few members of the group camping under us. Oops 😉 A steady climb up towards Confederation Lake took longer than I hoped for, but eventually we reached the cabin. We had a … Continue reading SCT 2021 Day 5 – Fiddlehead to Inland Lake
Mileage: 15.5km mostly along FSRs to avoid going back over Tin Hat Lewis Lake was very noisy overnight - the frogs were throwing a huge party most of the night! It was surprisingly warm for right beside the lake though which was nice. Today was our turnaround day and neither of us was looking forward … Continue reading SCT 2021 Day 4 – Roadwalking to Fiddlehead
Mileage: 6.75 km Toothless was once again up bright and early around 5:30am; it was raining it still though and we still needed his diapers to dry, so we didn't start packing up yet. After some crawling all over us, thankfully we were able to convince him to go back to sleep until 7am. It … Continue reading SCT 2021 Day 3 – Tin Hat to Lewis Lake
And we are on the final stretch to Coleman. It's a short drive so we are taking our time this morning and letting Toothless adjust to the time change. In Coleman we will check into our room, and finish packing our bags (food and gear we needed for the drive), make sure our devices are … Continue reading GDT Travel Day 0
We had a good sleep! Toothless got some time to explore and crawl around. We then ate our continental breakfast and hit the road at 9am again. The fire in Castlegar was 70% contained at this point so the firefighters made good progress the night before. The sky was still full of smoke in a … Continue reading GDT Travel Day -1
The morning routine was setting in, but it won't stay for long. We are about three days from being on trail and that comes with a whole new routine. We chose to head out early in case the situation with the fire in Castlegar changes. We would be on the road in the cooler morning … Continue reading GDT Travel Day -2
Toothless slept until 6am, which is a treat compared to his most recent routine at home (which also includes waking up at 5am and grabbing my feet through his crib). We had a calm and cool morning. The AC kept up last night and now the air outside is finally 22C (the lowest it was … Continue reading GDT Travel Day -3
Backpacks & Bike Racks 