Well that's another year of hiking under our boots. Safe to say that we felt we should have done more but the weather seemed to be against us for much of 2016. And yet it seems we did spend more days hiking this year than last (well, I did at any rate). Summer came and … Continue reading 2016 in review
Opinion My long-awaited return to Golden Ears was an unqualified success. Yes, it's a bit of a slog but it's also a really satisfying summit to reach. Maybe I'm fitter than I was in 2008, maybe I carried a little less stuff this time, but I didn't find the various nasty stretches of this hike … Continue reading Golden Ears, 20-21 Aug 2016
A sunny Sunday and a gentle wind-down after yesterday's mind-blowing hike to Yellow Aster Butte. We met up with Anne and Adib and their youngster and headed out to the dykes near the southern end of Pitt Lake. We'd walked there last December on an icy day so we were quite happy to head out … Continue reading Pitt Lake Dykes, 17 Oct 2010
Somehow I'd got it into my head that this was a flat and boring hike... We settled on this one as a fallback, a hike to get "out there" more than anything else because the summits are still snow-encrusted. I knew it was about 12 km, comparable with Norvan Falls which is flat and, well, … Continue reading Alder Flats, 3 June 2007
Being. Outdoors. 