by Brian Patton | Aug 22, 2019 | 2013 Floods, Jasper National Park, Trip reports, Wildfire |
RAGING RIVERS! RAVENOUS WOLVES PURSUING FRANTIC DEER! GRIZZLY BEARS ON THE PROWL! TRAILS THAT SUDDENLY DISAPPEAR! Share the adventure as two intrepid backpackers follow a fading 120-km track through Jasper’s most remote mountain wilderness. Despite deteriorating... by Brian Patton | Jun 19, 2017 | 2013 Floods, Elk Lakes Provincial Park |
The core trails in B.C.’s Elk Lakes Provincial Park are fully functional again following a three-year recovery from the floods of 2013. But one of the most popular trails into the park via West Elk Pass has been relocated and no longer travels direct to Upper... by Brian Patton | Nov 4, 2015 | 2013 Floods, Backpacking, Jasper National Park, Trip reports |
We originally hiked and measured Jasper Park’s South Boundary Trail many years ago, but a lot has changed since then. Wildfires, floods, rampaging grizzly bears (well, we did have a rampaging grizzly bear). The only way we can keep the Canadian Rockies Trail... by Brian Patton | Oct 31, 2014 | 2013 Floods, Banff National Park, Trip reports |
One of the pleasures of writing this blog is receiving queries from backpackers seeking advice on trips into remote reaches of the Mountain Parks. I received a couple of these this spring, including one from a Jim Shipley of Calgary, who was planning a two-week trip... by Brian Patton | Oct 22, 2014 | 2013 Floods, Kootenay National Park |
Kootenay National Park’s Paint Pots and Stanley Glacier trails are fully operational again thanks to the installation of two bridges. Spring washouts in recent years have been hard on bridges throughout the Mountain Parks. One of the most popular of these was... by Brian Patton | Jul 15, 2014 | 2013 Floods, Banff National Park, Kootenay National Park
One of Kootenay National Park’s most popular half-day hikes, the 4.2-km Stanley Glacier trail, will be closed from Wednesday, July 16 to August 31 while the flood-damaged trailhead bridge over the Vermilion River is being replaced. Restrooms and the south half of the...