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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Skyline Trail – Jasper National Park
We did the Skyline Trail in Jasper National Park in August of 2010 with our friends of many trips, Kirk and Lora. We had selected this trip because we had read that it is one of the more remarkable backpack trips in the park and is known for its...
Berg Lake – Mount Robson 2014
In September 2014, we decided to backpack the Berg Lake Trail in Mount Robson Provincial park. I had been up that way once before in 2010 as detailed in this post but this was Raegan's first time. On the previous trip, Kirk and I had then planned for three days and...
Meals and meal planning
Something we get asked about quite often is how we plan for and prepare meals for multi-day trips, whether it's for backpacking or canoeing. Without a doubt, this is one of the most important and time consuming aspects of backcountry trips, in my opinion. You...
Iceline Trail – Yoho National Park
The Iceline Trail is a 32km backpacking trip in Yoho National Park. In September 2014, after a cold, noisy and smelly night of car camping at Kicking Horse Campground (our site was one of the nearest ones to the highway, so the smell of engine brakes and the noise of...
Murtle Lake – Wells Gray Provincial Park
We decided to start our vacation in September 2014 with five days of canoeing around Murtle Lake in Wells Gray Provincial Park. Murtle Lake has the distinction of being the largest canoe and kayak only lake in North America and for this reason, it is a major...
Walcott Quarry hike – Burgess Shale
In September of 2014 we hiked to the Walcott Quarry location of the Burgess Shale in Yoho National Park. There is no access to this site without a tour guide, which you must book through either Parks Canada or the Geoscience Foundation. We ended up going with Parks...
Bill Fraser Trail – Monashee Provincial Park
We made a second trip to Monashee Provincial Park in July 2013. This time, we attempted to access the eastern trail just outside of the park that lies south of Revelstoke along Upper Arrow Lake. This is a long drive that leads you along a series of logging roads that...
Spectrum Lake Trail – Monashee Provincial Park
One weekend early in June, we decided to head to Monashee Provincial Park for some backpacking and hiking for a couple of days. Being that the drive takes a few hours from where we are, we headed on our way after work on a late Friday afternoon, with our destination...