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
Trip Report: Elsay Lake
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
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
Announcing Next Hike: GDT
We are excited to announce that we will hike the GDT (Great Divide Trail) in the summer of 2018. We will do our best to blog about the process. We have created a sub page here that will summarize all of our content about the hike. Why the GDT? We decided to do the hike earlier … Continue reading Announcing Next Hike: GDT
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
Trip Report: Snowshoeing Dog Mountain
We went snowshoeing up Dog Mountain on December 23 with some friends. The day was beautiful! It was a bit busy; it was apparent when we showed up the parking was filling up. Once we parked and geared up we hiked. It was quite pretty out. When we reached the fork in the trail for … Continue reading Trip Report: Snowshoeing Dog Mountain
Day Trip Report: Grouse Mountain Snowshoeing
We went out to Grouse Mountain for the first time this year on December 3rd in order to start the season off. We had not gone out snowshoeing yet this season, and were not sure how the snow would be so we decided to take a chance. When we got to the mountain the line … Continue reading Day Trip Report: Grouse Mountain Snowshoeing
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
Backpacks & Bike Racks 