Category: Lessons Learned

Summer Plans

Backpacking Trail Reports, Great Divide Trail, Lessons Learned

Detailing how my summer plans played out in reality

Permits on the Great Divide Trail – Part 2

Great Divide Trail, Lessons Learned, Planning

This is part 2 of an article on obtaining your permits on the Great Divide Trail. In this post we’ll cover Mt Assiniboine to Kakwa Provincial Park.

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.

Planning for summer camping adventures

Lessons Learned, Skills, West Coast Trail

Although snow and frigid temperatures continue to buffet us here in Alberta (and our minds are...

Random Backcountry Camping – A guide for a quick get away

Lessons Learned, Skills

While many of of the adventures we describe are multi-night trips requiring months of...

Easier than you think – Keeping your hiking legs in shape

Lessons Learned, Skills, Youth

The spring shoulder season can be a challenging time in the mountains. When the Elf lived in...

Oops I forgot my sleeping pad

Lessons Learned, Teton Crest Trail

If you’ve read our Grand Teton trail report (part 1 and part 2) you’ll have read that my...

Teton Crest Trail – Part 2

Backpacking Trail Reports, Lessons Learned, Teton Crest Trail, Wyoming

Read part 1 here Day 3 – Alaska Basin to South Fork Cascade Creek We awoke to a clear morning,...

Backpacking with the Cubs

Lessons Learned, Youth

As a Cub Leader (Scouter). One of the things I really wanted to do this year was introduce a few...

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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Canada & US

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.

Planning + Trail Reports - Great Divide Trail