Category: Kananaskis

Summer Adventures 2022 – Part 1 GDT Section C

Backpacking Trail Reports, Canada, Great Divide Trail, Kananaskis

Day 1 – July 24th – Interlake Trailhead to Turbine Canyon Campground (14km, 525m elevation...

Kananaskis Backcountry Bingo – Part 2

Backpacking Trail Reports, Elbow Valley Loop, Kananaskis, Planning

Part 2 of our review of backcountry campgrounds in Kananaskis

Kananaskis Backcountry Bingo – Part 1

Backpacking Trail Reports, Elbow Valley Loop, Kananaskis, Planning

The first part of our review of backcountry campgrounds in Kananaskis Country Alberta

Section C of the Great Divide Trail

Great Divide Trail, Kananaskis, Planning

This is the third article in a series covering Section C of the Great Divide Trail (GDT). For...

Section B of the Great Divide Trail

Great Divide Trail, Kananaskis, Uncategorized

This is the second in a series covering various sections of the Great Divide Trail (GDT). Section...

Permits on the Great Divide Trail – Part 1

Banff National Park, Canada, Great Divide Trail, Kananaskis, Kootenay National Park, Lessons Learned, Planning, Yoho National Park

Looking for Permits on the Great Divide Trail? It’s one of the most complex items you’ll need to sort out. In this post we tell you what you need to know.

Back to Elk Lakes

Backpacking Trail Reports, Elk Lakes, Kananaskis

After the great time we had at the Elk Lakes ACC Cabin in January of 2017, we decided that it...

A Summer of Smoke and Flame – Hiking the Elbow Valley Loop

Backpacking Trail Reports, Elbow Valley Loop, Kananaskis

This summer, Western Canada (particularly the province of British Columbia) has been experiencing...

Elk Lakes Report – Backcountry and winter camping

Backpacking Trail Reports, Elk Lakes, Kananaskis, Youth

While the Canadian Rockies have some of the most spectacular hiking in the world, one of the...

AB Backcountry Trail Flood Rehabilitation

Backpacking Trail Reports, Elbow Valley Loop, Kananaskis

On February 24th I had the opportunity to attend an open house put on by Alberta Environment and...

Meet Kelly & Heiko

A selfie to start the trip — As Tolkien aficionados, we’ve always joked that one of us is called to by the mountains (hence the dwarf) and one of us the sea (hence the elf).

Now that we have hobbits of our own, it’s a chance to share what we’ve learned (from the mistakes we’ve made). Read more ...

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Our Backpacking Trail Reports are mainly from Western Canada and the United States.

Our 2020 & 2021 backpacking hiking on the Great Divide Trail. View our planning and trail reports for sections A-G.

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