Welcome to the Camping Canucks blog, where we share stories of our hiking, backpacking, and canoeing trips around Kamloops, British Columbia, and beyond. Due to a number of factors, we no longer post new content but will continue to answers questions and comments as best we can.
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Trophy Mountain
We've made several attempts over the years to summit the true Trophy Mountain but due to bad weather and other factors, as detailed in this earlier post, we had not been able to make it to top on other trips to the area. However, that changed in July 2019 on a trip to...
Murtle Lake – Wavy Crest Trail
During an earlier trip to Murtle Lake in 2014, we had intended to backpack the Wavy Crest Trail in Wells Gray Provincial Park and spend a night in the alpine. On that trip, however, the weather had different ideas and for the days we had planned to do that, we instead...
Dunn Peak
Dunn Peak in Dunn Peak Provincial Park has the distinction of being the highest mountain between the Stein and the Monashees and is a prominent feature that is easily viewed from Kamloops on a clear day. For years we had thought of getting to the top but had only made...
Guanaco Peak
We quite often find ourselves coming back to the Coquihalla Summit Recreation Area year after year as there always seem to be new locations to explore and new sights to see in all seasons; and its relative accessibility makes it a great area for day trips whether...
Mount Outram
Mount Outram, which sits just to the west of E.C. Manning Provincial Park, had been our on to do list now for a number of years. We had read quite a few trip reports that state it's a really good hike but to be prepared for a long day with some serious elevation gain....
Crooked Lake
With our history of bad weather on May long weekends, we decided in the spring of 2017 that we would camp and canoe rather than doing a multi-day canoe trip, in order to have an easier time of it if the weather went south. As it so happened, we pretty well had the...
Hermit Trail – Glacier National Park
The Hermit Trail in Glacier National Park is one of those places that I've probably driven past hundreds of times in my life. And considering I grew up in Golden, which is only 45 minutes away, it's surprising that I had never once hiked the trail. So on a road trip...
July Mountain – Coquihalla BC
There are a lot of great areas and peaks to explore in and around the Coquihalla Summit Recreation Area and we find ourselves going there quite often throughout the year to check some of them out. It definitely is an easy to access, four season destination for hiking,...