The Heart Creek Trail near Canmore is a fun, family friendly, year-round hike that follows Heart Creek up a canyon via seven bridges to end where the canyon narrows and the way forward is best left to rock climbers. It’s popular with the Calgary crowd as it’s less than an hour’s drive away. And from …
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My primary goal on a trip to St. Kitt’s wasn’t to sit on a beach or lounge beside a pool. I wanted to do the Mount Liamuiga volcano hike – and stand on the rim of the dormant volcano, looking out into the tropical rainforest. Rising 1,156 metres above sea level, Mount Liamuiga towers over …
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The Gypsum Ridge winter hike in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park exceeded all expectations. It’s got a bit of everything – a steep, heart-pumping climb, forested sections with occasional views, and a final ridge walk to a marvelous viewpoint over Kananaskis Lakes. It’s a quiet, unofficial trail with no signage or formal trailhead, making it the …
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The 8.1-kilometre Frozen Toad loop snowshoe trail is one of the newest snowshoe trails in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park and a great introduction to snowshoeing in Kananaskis. It’s an easy, mostly flat, and kid-friendly outing (ages 6 and up) between the Boulton Creek and Elkwood Campgrounds by way of Marl Lake. You’ll enjoy Kananaskis mountain …
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Escape the crowds and experience Ontario’s backcountry at its quietest. Frontenac Provincial Park, just 40 km north of Kingston, offers peaceful lakes, scenic hiking trails, and canoe routes where you can truly enjoy nature – loons, whip-poor-wills, turtles, and more. In May, John and I spent a week canoeing and hiking through its chain of …
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