by Brian Patton | Jul 12, 2022 | backpacking, Home page News, Jasper National Park
Mount Robson’s Berg Lake trail and Jasper’s Twintree Creek bridge washed out in 2021. That left backpackers with a truncated North Boundary Trail across the northern reaches of Jasper Park.Suddenly, there was a blossoming interest in destinations further...
by Brian Patton | Jun 14, 2021 | Banff National Park, Home page News, Jasper National Park, Kootenay National Park, Mt Robson Provincial Park, Waterfalls, Yoho National Park
June and early-July is the unofficial start of the hiking season in the Mountain National Parks. With streams flowing high with spring runoff, It’s a prime time to visit some of the parks’ most spectacular and sublime waterfalls. Most of the trails to...
by Brian Patton | Mar 12, 2020 | backpacking, Home page News, Jasper National Park
Winter is finally losing its grip on the Canadian Rockies. The first robins have made an appearance, not to mention the first grizzly bears. It won’t be long until we hear the sound of the first mosquitoes buzzing in our ears. Even if you’re not looking forward...
by Brian Patton | Aug 22, 2019 | 2013 Floods, Home page News, Jasper National Park, 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...
by Brian Patton | May 28, 2019 | Banff National Park, Jasper National Park, Kootenay National Park, Waterton Lakes National Park, Wildflowers, Yoho National Park
Stretching your legs for another hiking season starts now. Here are some favourite early trips that virtually guarantee wildflowers and wood ticks. I’m always amazed how so many hikers rush the season in the Canadian Rockies. The marquee trails leading to high...
by Brian Patton | Nov 27, 2018 | backpacking, Canadian Rockies, Jasper National Park
Five intrepid backpackers celebrate the end of a hot, smoky summer with a soggy ten-day trek from the North Saskatchewan River to Maligne Lake on the Great Divide Trail. Fog, drizzle, rain, sleet, snow! Jim Shipley and his buddies did something this summer that I...
