I reserved all four sites at the Whirlpool Campground on the Athabasca Pass Trail in Jasper National Park using the online system. The intention was for a ‘girls’ trip in July 2018. Over the next few months, life got in the way for several who were planning on going and at two weeks before…
This Overlander trail report originally ran in The Hinton Voice The Overlander Trail – Are we there yet? The dreaded chant drifting from the back seat for nearly every long-distance travelling family. Funny that this was the first thought that popped into my mind as I stood at the remains of Moberly Cabin in…
On the September long weekend, 2016, My Slice of Paradise and I hiked the 19kms to the Wates-Gibson Hut for a three night stay. We have spent the last couple of summers adventuring in the backcountry so we’re pretty confident in knowing our limitations. Accounting for a lighter pack with no tent and a full…
In 2016 I stayed in my first Alpine Club of Canada backcountry hut – The Wates-Gibson overlooking Outpost Lake. I loved it. My first, exhausted, entry in my journal after arriving at the hut is simply, “This place is amazing.” The Wates-Gibson Hut in the Tonquin Valley, Jasper National Park was a lot harder…
The Portal Creek Trail is one end of the 44km thru hike of the Tonquin Valley in Jasper National Park. It is an excellent option for a day hike and on this day we hiked in to the Portal Creek Campground and back. It is a steady climb in, without anything terribly steep, which…
I finally knocked “Snowshoe on Maligne Lake” off my bucket list of hikes and adventures. It’s been there for a while. Maligne Lake is one of those places that I don’t go to often and then when I do I wonder why I don’t go more often. Until now, I’ve never been up in…
A collection of webcams showing off my favourite places in the Canadian Rockies with related-area-hikes. There are a variety of town, road and ski hill webcams to choose from below. Use them to research upcoming trips, hikes, road-trips etc. Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada WEB CAMS: Jasper Sky Tram Marmot Basin Ski Hill Webcams…
March 2016 a group of us girls spent a couple of nights at HI-Beauty Creek Wilderness Hostel in Jasper National Park (JNP). I was so excited for this. At 41 years old, kids all grown and new snapping up new adventures whenever possible – I had not yet stayed in a hostel and…
Two nights, a steak dinner, a day hike, yoga, rain, wind, sun and oh, so many mosquitoes. Whirlpool Campground in Jasper National Park. Athabasca Pass trail … Whirlpool is 6.5km in, an easy hike on an old fire road.
The ice cave at the Athabasca Glacier has since collapsed. I will be forever grateful that I took the chance on this adventure. A short hike from the Athabasca Glacier winter access point to the ice cave just right (north) of the glacier. Partners in crime. …