September 4-5, 2015 It’s good to be back in the BC mountains!! After considering a few factors: over 1.5 months of no hiking (for me) and currently fighting off a cold (me again), Ryan and I decided to ease back into the mountains by going for a mellow backpacking trip this September long weekend. Our original plan was to spend 3-4 days in the Shulaps range, but with the recent storm, which brought a cumulative 50cm of snow in the alpine and well below treeline, we thought ‘heck,…

May 2, 2015 Trip Report: Early Saturday morning, Ryan and I headed up the Coquihalla. Our goal was to snowshoe up to Iago peak and possibly explore Great Bear peak, a little further beyond. As we have been compiling a list of hikes we’d like to complete this summer, Ryan and I thought to squeeze in *possibly* our last snowshoe for the season. Our goal was to find a reasonably short trip with ideal snow conditions (given our warm weather) and a vantage I hadn’t already seen (ruling…

Between waking up at 4:30am and hitting the road at 5:15, I was stoked to check out a new area. I haven’t explored the Coquihalla much. This wasn’t quite the Spring day I expected! 39 days until Kilimanjaro and I’ll be squeezing in every hike (or snowshoe), run, walk, sprint drill I can. Expecting a decent snowshoe ahead, I picked up a bagel from Timmy’s and corrected the carbs with only 3/4 of the required insulin. Due to higher-than-normal blood sugars during the week (I think this was…