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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Jade Lakes Trail – Mount Revelstoke National Park
The Jade Lakes Trail is one of the premier hikes in Mount Revelstoke National Park near Revelstoke BC, and being that we were spending a weekend camping with our family at nearby Martha Creek Provincial Park, we chose a nice and sunny summer day in August as the day...
Frosty Mountain Loop Trail
Over the years, we have done a couple of the different backpack trips available in EC Manning Provincial Park, including Poland Lake and the Lightning Lakes Chain Trail but the Frosty Mountain Loop Trail was our first trip that really took us into the alpine of the...
Lightning Lakes Chain Trail
The Lightning Lakes Chain Trail in E.C. Manning Provincial Park, BC is an easy 20km backpack. Our initial plan was to backpack the Heather Trail, but on this early June morning there was still too much snow and the trail was not open for the season (even though the...
Whale Lake
Whale Lake (named for its distinctive shape) sits just outside the southwestern edge of Wells Gray Provincial Park, in between Canim Lake and Mahood Lake. There is a forest recreation site on the eastern edge of the lake that can be accessed by a short backpack of 3.8...
Exploring San Diego’s parks
In the spring of 2015, I had the opportunity to spend a week in San Diego to attend a training course. With the course running from 7am to 3pm each day, I found that I had plenty of time afterwards to get out and explore the city a bit. Being that I'm more inclined to...
Porcupine Creek Canyon Trail
On a hot and sunny June weekend in 2015, we made our way north of Clinton BC to spend a couple of nights camping, canoeing, and fishing at Big Bar Lake Provincial Park. I had spent a night there on a previous trip while heading for Mount Kerr but that was a quick...
Tsintsunko Lakes Provincial Park
Tsintsunko Lakes Provincial Park is located on the Bonaparte Plateau north of Kamloops. It is accessed from Kamloops by following Westsyde Road to the Jamieson Creek Forest Service Road, then turning left at the Beaverhut/Home Cabin junction. We arrived at the...
Helinox Chair One Review
In the summer of 2014 I did it. I actually bought a chair to take backpacking. After many years of planting myself on logs, rocks, stumps, and a variety of other surfaces, I decided it was time to step up to something a bit more comfortable. I hate to admit it, but as...