by Ben Campbell | Dec 18, 2016 | Photo of the Week
DESCRIPTION Turtle Mountain, in the Crowsnest Pass, is famous for the Frank Slide. It’s also a common hike with a good trail from town all of the way to the top. It isn’t so known for its mountain biking, however, which is what we were doing there....
by Ben Campbell | Dec 13, 2016 | New Zealand
New Zealand: Climbing Roy’s Peak in Wanaka Roy’s Peak: The last post that I put up covered our first few weeks in Wanaka. Since then, we haven’t done any major exploration as we’ve been spending time doing smaller things around Wanaka, settling into the town,...
by Ben Campbell | Dec 11, 2016 | Photo of the Week
DESCRIPTION It’s not everyday that you get to stand on the rim of a volcano, and even though this one is small and dormant, it was still a very cool feeling. As far as I know, it’s the first volcano that I’ve ever actually hiked to the top of...
by Ben Campbell | Dec 4, 2016 | Photo of the Week
DESCRIPTION Near the town of Fernie is a lake called Island Lake. There is a lodge built nearby to the lake that has rooms and a restaurant, but the real highlight of the area is the lake itself, and the surrounding mountains. Sometimes you can get lucky and be...
by Ben Campbell | Dec 1, 2016 | New Zealand
New Zealand: Arriving in our New Hometown of Wanaka Wanaka: After spending about 6 weeks driving across New Zealand, we had finally arrived in Wanaka. Before leaving Canada, we had tentatively planned to make Wanaka our home base in New Zealand. We got lucky in making...