After hiking almost everyday for the past two weeks we were shattered and had clocked up roughly 130km and climbed up and down 7000m of altitude, plus waking up at 6am everyday took its toll. It was a shame as it meant we didn’t have the energy for any big hikes in Jasper but luckily…
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Mountain passes, a wolf pack and a hungry grizzly in the Canadian Rockies
There were a few passes we wanted to hike around Banff which we hadn’t tried before so the first one we set out on was Healy. It was a hell of a long way, 18.3km but I’d read great things about it so off we went on a grey morning with rain imminent. It turned…
Paddling around some of the prettiest lakes in the world | Banff National Park
Our alarm went off at 5:45am and with sleepy eyes we reluctantly got up, pulled the curtains back and hit the road towards Moraine Lake. I knew it was a small carpark which is prone to filling up early in the morning but I wasn’t expecting the road to be closed at 6:18am due to…
Hiking in Kananaskis Country | Canada
Even though we’d visited the Rockies twice before we were still excited to return and hike some different trails. For our first few days we based ourselves in Canmore and did a few local hikes. The trails were within our beloved Kananaskis Country that I talked about in my previous post, but because they were…
My 30th birthday summiting a mountain and boating in K’Country | Canada
Kananaskis Country has some of the best scenery in the Rockies but because it’s just a cluster of provincial parks and not a big name national park, the crowds just seem to stay away, and that’s why we love it. My 30th birthday was coming up so I was delighted to be spending it in…
Hiking amongst the Wildflowers and Bears in Waterton Lakes National Park | Canada
We crossed back into Canada at the quiet Chief Mountain Border, stopping just beforehand at the final village on the USA side where I had $6 to spend. I figured I’d just get a couple of chocolate bars but there happened to be a really quirky vintage shop where I found a bison figurine for…
More Bears, boating and hiking in Waterton Lakes
Our early start was rewarded with a perfect crisp morning, pure blue skies and morning mist drifting over lakes. We’d camped just outside Waterton Lakes National Park so headed back into the park stopping often for photos as the sun was rising. It’s the only time of day where I don’t despise cob webs as…
One of the worlds top 20 hikes | Crypt Lake
The Crypt Lake Trail has been voted one of the top 20 hikes in the world by National Geographic and sounded like an exciting hike for us. It involved getting a boat across the Upper Waterton Lake to the trailhead which we were a little reluctant about getting due to it costing $24. We thought…
Colourful canyons and the best bear watching in the Rockies
Waterton Lakes national park is the only place in Canada where the prairies and mountains meet without the transition of foothills. Therefore it was a fabulous drive entering the park with dry grassland all around us and mountains rising ahead of us. We headed up the Red Rock Parkway as it was a rainy day…
Exploring the Canadian Badlands
So we basically drove 200-300km from the Rocky Mountains, over the foothills and through the prairies to reach one particular place; Dinosaur Provincial Park. The park is tiny but home to the Canadian badlands and the largest collection of fossilised dinosaur bones on earth. Craig and I are big fans of desert scenery and albeit…
NON STOP TRAVELLING 