Brazeau Loop Trail – Jasper National Park

Brazeau Loop Trail – Jasper National Park

In the summer of 2013, we elected to make Jasper National Park’s famed Brazeau Loop Trail our longest backpack trip of the season. This trail is considered the “grand tour” of the southern part of the park and winds its way through a diverse...
Ross Moore Lake Snowshoeing

Ross Moore Lake Snowshoeing

Over the years, we’ve made a couple of trips to Ross Moore Lake in our vehicles but we hadn’t actually made it to the cabin. Most anyone can get to the forest service site on the south end of the lake in just about any vehicle, but to proceed beyond that,...
Rockwall Trail – Kootenay National Park

Rockwall Trail – Kootenay National Park

While we can say with confidence that most of our trips work out as expected, there have been some that did not work out quite as planned. One such trip was our backpacking experience on the Rockwall Trail in Kootenay National Park in 2012. It started with bad spring...
Walcott Quarry hike – Burgess Shale

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...