August 20th 2016 Friends of mine rented a cottage in Lac-Des-Plages for a week so I decided to take advantage of this and spend the night there. The next day, I went to hike Mont-Tremblant. I was unaware it was Ironman weekend so it was crazy busy. I parked at P3 which had a shuttle running every …
I've heard about the beautiful Killarney Provincial Park for years, so I decided to plan a short, 4 day trip to Killarney. Day 1: Josée and I drove up on clear, sunny day. We loaded up the canoe and started out on Bell Lake. We had picked up some Subway on the drive there and …
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This time, I did very little research on what trail to hike next. My initial plan was to hike the Rocky Peak Ridge and Giant Mountain with some friends, but that fell through. So I decided to hike the Mount Colvin and Blake Peak trails and, if I had the energy, check out the Indian …
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For my third peak of the ADK 46 (the 46 High Peaks of the Adirondack Mountains), I summited Big slide. I also summited Yard Mountain, which has an elevation of 4009 feet, but it's too close to Big Slide to count as one of the 46. On a Friday night, I drove down and stayed …
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Over the long winter months in Ottawa, I was researching popular day hikes around the area. That's when I found the ADK 46 challenge - meaning to summit all 46 High Peaks of the Adirondack Mountains. I knew I couldn't hike the more challenging, lengthy trails, so I looked for the trails that were shorter …
Arab Lake The Slide Lake loop trail is the longest and most rugged trail in Frontenac Provincial Park. It was Thanksgiving morning and I had no plans until later that night, so I decided to go on a hike there. A few weeks prior, I had done a couple hikes in Gatineau park and had …
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We all met up in Whitehorse after travelling from where we’re currently living; Edmonton (PA), Vancouver (Kyle), Moncton (Mark) and Ottawa (me). PA arrived before us and had already picked up our rental car. From there, we drove all the way to Dawson, had dinner and decided to sleep in our tents at the campsite …
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