by Brian Patton | Sep 30, 2020 | Backpacking, Banff National Park, Trip reports |
We’ve all had times when the best laid and ambitious plans have to be abandoned. That was the case this August when avid backpacker and faithful blog contributor Gavin Fitch set off from Ya Ha Tinda Ranch with three friends. Despite the problems... by Brian Patton | Sep 6, 2020 | Backpacking, Banff National Park, Trip reports |
We’ve had quite a bit of interest in the Castleguard Meadows over the past few years. Several contributors have provided descriptions of this overgrown, difficult 35-km route. In May, Christian Gilroy sent another account of a 5-day in-and-out trip that he... by Brian Patton | Jun 12, 2020 | Backpacking, COVID-19, Trip reports |
We’re still wondering whether there will be much backcountry travel in the Mountain Parks during this coronavirus summer. But you can still make dozens of virtual treks in the Canadian Rockies on the YouTube channel while you’re waiting. These... by Brian Patton | Feb 26, 2020 | Backpacking, Banff National Park, Trip reports |
Gavin Fitch is a lawyer in Calgary, the President of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and a self-described “hardcore crazy backpacker”. As an active backpacker plying the remote valleys of the mountain parks over the past decade, he has experienced... 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 | Nov 27, 2018 | Backpacking, Great Divide Trail, Jasper National Park, Trip reports |
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...