Another year over, a new year to look forward to. This year we were happy to make it to a few peaks that have been on our radar for a while now (Brunswick, Crown and Brandywine in particular), and explore Strathcona provincial park on Vancouver Island, which has been on our list ever since we … Continue reading 2014: Year in Review
With Maria's boots needing re-resoling, we perused a few hike options that could be done (in principle) in runners. Our original plan was to head for Radium Lake with the option of continuing up to Mt Webb, but we changed our minds for something a little closer: Brunswick Mountain. This peak has been on our … Continue reading Brunswick Mountain, 10 Aug 2014
Grouse Mountain has it all wrong: the real Peak of Vancouver is undoubtedly Crown Mountain. It's been a long time coming but it was worth the wait: Crown is a spectacular hike/scramble with incredible views all around. It even has a stunning view of my favourite North Shore peak, Goat Mountain. Maria, Brenda and I … Continue reading Crown Mountain, 27 Jul 2014
My enthusiasm for glacier lilies managed to persuade Maria, Andrew, Gabriela and Jeremy to join me once again to go admire those little yellow flowers that I find so cheery. The five of us piled into Jeremy & Gabriela's car and headed up the Sea-to-Sky highway to the trailhead for Garibaldi Lake, where we bagged … Continue reading Garibaldi Lake, 13 Jul 2014
I went in search of glacier lilies and was not disappointed :-) However, I was even more impressed by the displays of white heather and pink kalmia which were the most extensive I've ever seen. I called out this hike through Wanderung and was accompanied by two intrepid first timers - both in terms of … Continue reading Garibaldi Lake, 9 Jul 2014
Curiosity got the better of me and I simply had to visit that stretch of the Baden-Powell trail I hadn't yet covered. Well, turns out I wasn't missing anything! And looking at the map, I realized that the only stretch I hadn't hiked was really just the couple of km of suburban wanderings between Cleveland … Continue reading Baden-Powell Trail, 24 Mar 2014
Being. Outdoors. 