The Kawartha Highlands
Canada Day long weekend was the warmest of the year so far, with much of eastern Canada under an extreme heat warning. There’s no better way to escape the sweltering […]
Tag Archives: backpacking
Backcountry at Bon Echo
A few weekends ago, the third camping trip of the summer: a visit to Bon Echo Provincial Park just north of Kaladar, Ontario, some three hours drive east of Toronto. […]
Killarney Park Backcountry
The first long weekend of the summer is the Canada Day break, and for this year’s special 150th celebration, a backcountry trip to Ontario’s crown jewel Killarney Provincial Park was […]
Gone Camping: Algonquin’s Sunbeam Loop
Victoria Day weekend is always a special time in Canada as it marks the unofficial start of summer and the warm-weather season. While the weather can still be unpredictable and […]
Killarney Park: Up Silver Peak
While much of the time on our backcountry canoe trip to Killarney Provincial Park was spent eating, swimming, and generally lazing around the wonderfully isolated campsites, we did manage to […]
Killarney Park: Canoe Camping
Often regarded as one of most beautiful wilderness areas in Ontario, Killarney Provincial Park is a popular weekend getaway roughly four hours drive north of Toronto. Killarney is well known […]
The Robson Glacier and Snowbird Pass
After a good night’s rest at Rearguard camp, we awoke early next morning to sunshine and blue skies and a promise of a great dayhike. The rain from the previous […]
The Berg Lake Trail: Rearguard
Day 4 on our Canadian Rockies trip was the beginning of our second stage of the Berg Lake Trail. We fully expected this day to be one of the toughest […]
