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
Now that we are in Field (don't worry, our blog posts will catch up!) we have been able to start to sort through our photos and retroactively add them to posts. I'm not sure how far we will get but if you get a chance, look back at our previous posts to see some photos! … Continue reading Post Edits: Adding Photos! & Titles
Mileage: 19.3 km I'd say my highlight of today was our conversation during breakfast with Steve and his son Owen. Those two are great fun and just a pleasure to talk to at camp. I think we were very fortunate to meet them. Other than that, there's not much to say about today. It's basically … Continue reading GDT Day 25 – A Connector Day
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
Mileage: 21.6 km (2.1 on road; 11.4 on official GDT; 8.1 on South Kanakasis Pass Alt) Today it felt like we had a cheat code in place to avoid the smoke. At least until we got to camp. Upper Kanakasis Lake was so smokey we could not see across the lake. But despite that and … Continue reading GDT Day 23 – Up down up down left right left right (Alternate title: is this his first hike?)
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: 11.4 km (9.3 km on GDT, 2.1 km side trip to Boulton Creek) We left Elk Lakes in good spirits this morning. The hike out of Elk Lakes and into Peter Lougheed is easy and quick and we felt the snacks and showers pulling us into the park. We are a day ahead of … Continue reading GDT Day 20 – Into Boulton Creek; Bring on the Ice Cream
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: 16.2 km James Lake to Aldridge Creek Natasha already used up all of the up/ down puns so I'm left with no title. The wind last night was terrible. Natasha had the tent pitched on the slanty road last night. Turns out the slant wasn't the issue. The sandy, rocky road makes it hard … Continue reading GDT Day 18 – untitled
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
Backpacks & Bike Racks 