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.
Latest posts
Berg Lake Trail – Mount Robson Provincial Park
The Berg Lake Trail in Mount Robson Provincial Park is considered one of Canada's premier Rocky Mountain trips. Do a search online for it and you'll get loads of info, pictures, and glowing reviews about how you MUST do this trail. My first time up there came about in...
Tikwalus Trail
In May 2014 we backpacked the Tikwalus Heritage Trail (formerly named the First Brigade Trail) in the Fraser Canyon. The trail starts near Hell’s Gate, and it is a steep but worthwhile 6.5km hike (with many rewarding switchbacks, as we like to joke). There are several...
Larch Hills Traverse
In May of 2014, I decided to do a solo overnight trip along the Larch Hills Traverse. This is a trail that was set up and is maintained by the Shuswap Trail Alliance and runs 44km from Salmon Arm to Sicamous, or vice versa. I think it's better known as a mountain bike...
North Face Terra 50 Pack
I own a lot of packs. Because of the number of different activities I do, I have an extended trip backpack, a bike pack, a running pack, and several other packs in various sizes for day hikes and overnight/weekend trips. It sometimes seems a little excessive, so I had...
Battle Mountain – Wells Gray Provincial Park
Kirk and I are always looking to backpack into the alpine as soon as the snow is gone and June 2013 was no exception. We'd been keeping an eye out on the Well's Gray trail report and as soon as the roads and trails were clear, we made a plan to head up to Battle...
Kelty TN2 tent
After many years of use, we decided to retire our Sierra Designs Meteor Light 2 tent in 2014 and move onto something that was smaller and lighter. As the Sierra tent weighed in at over 6lbs, it was definitely a heavy weight in the world of two person backpacking...
Mount Kerr – Marble Range Provincial Park
In June 2014, I loaded up with a friend and headed for Marble Range Provincial Park for an overnight trip on the Wild Horse Ridge near Mount Kerr. The total distance up and down is about 22km but we decided to spend the night and take it easy. This is a little known...
Trophy Mountain – Wells Gray Provincial Park
On the first weekend of July 2014, Kirk and I decided to head out to Trophy Mountain in Wells Grey Provincial Park for a couple of nights at Sheila Lake. Kirk had been up there a few times before but this was my first time. It's been on my list for years but I just...