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Black Tusk Distance – 25 km (26+ km if you tack on Garibaldi Lake) Elevation – 1598 meters (slightly less if you don’t go to Garibaldi Lake) Type of Hike – Out and back Difficulty – Difficult Trailhead – Rubble Creek parking lot Logistics – …
Tombstone Lakes Distance – Approximately 21 kilometres roundtrip Elevation – 880 meters Difficulty – Moderate Trailhead – Elbow Lake parking lot Logistics – Pack a bathing suit if the day is hot! Sometimes you find a hike where the journey is as good as, if …
Tongariro Alpine Crossing Distance – 19.4 km Elevation – 1190 meters Difficulty – Medium Logistics – Shuttle Required Trailhead Location -Mangatepopo Car Park Tongariro Alpine Crossing is touted as the best day hike in New Zealand. Whenever I read these sorts of things, my skepticism …
Gibbon Pass {Kootenay National Park} Distance – 10.8 km one way, 21.6 km round trip Elevation – approx. 1,300 meters Difficulty – Hard Trailhead Location – Vista Lakes Parking Lot Hiking up to Gibbon Pass was a last minute plan change the other weekend when …
Mount St. Helens Distance – 15 -16 km / 10 miles (scrambling and route finding skills required) Elevation Gain – 1,421 meters / 4,663 feet Trailhead Location – Gifford Pinchot National Forest Climbers’ Bivouac Logistics – Permit required to hike, parking pass required to park …
One of the best parts of traveling is all the research before you start the adventure. At least for me. I love the anticipation that comes with planning and excitement of finding out of the way, hidden gems that very few people know about. Guide …
Abbott Ridge Distance – 13.6 km Elevation – 1029 meters Trailhead – Illecillewaet Campground / 117°29’31″W 51°15’49″N Glacier National Park trail information I love the September long weekend. LOVE. After a full summer of adventure, fun, and more things to do than daylight … and there is …
Opal Ridge 8-10 km, 900 meters elevation gain If you’re like me, you love hikes which are off the beaten path and somewhat hard to find (aka no sign or map at the trailhead) because then you have a gem of a hike all to …
There are some places in the world that are simply worth returning to time and time again. Zion National Park is a place that you should go to more than once in your life. And I am not the kind of woman who likes to …
I love it when you find yourself at home very, very far away from home. Sometimes you find yourself in a place where your heart is happy, inexplicably so … where you find yourself with an endless smile and your feet want to run everywhere, …