One of the best overnight backpacking trips I did during my 6 years of living in Vancouver was a backcountry camping trip up to Wedgemount Lake just north of Whistler. The lake is still part of Garibaldi Provincial Park, the beautiful park where you’ll find hikes such as Garibaldi Lake and Elfin Lakes, but this…
I’ve been talking about doing the Elfin Lakes trail since we moved to Vancouver. For one reason or another, it’s never quite happened. First I was intent on staying in the Elfin Lakes shelter. Then, on another weekend it was pouring rain and 22km in the rain with no views isn’t that appealing even for…
The Joffre Lake hike is the one hike near Vancouver that I think I probably see a picture of on Instagram every day. UPDATE August 2023: Joffre Lakes are Currently Closed while The Líl̓wat Nation and N’Quatqua First Nation assert their Title and Rights to their shared unceded territory and take time to harvest and…
The Panorama Ridge hike is my new favourite hike near Whistler, BC. It used to be the Garibaldi Lake hike but now say hello to the Panorama Ridge trail in Garibaldi Provincial Park. While living in Canada I was lucky enough to hike this trail multiple times and it never failed to impress. I’ve hiked…
The Garibaldi Lake hike in Whistler stands out as one of the best hikes I’ve done recently and I’ve done a lot of incredible hikes this year. There were incredible views on our hikes in Arches National Park and our hike into the Grand Canyon itself. Yet it’s this hike to Garibaldi Lake that I…
Famous for its lakes, forests and mountains, associations with Wordsworth and Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit, the Lake District is a pretty well-known area of the UK. We went camping in the Lake District during the weekend of Beatrix Potter’s 150th anniversary. We’d expected everywhere to be absolutely heavy but fortunately, we found plenty of places…