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5 Tips for a Healthy Adventure and Wilderness Travel Lifestyle As we start a new year, I thought I’d gather a few tips that have helped me lead an active lifestyle. I have had many occasions of spending full days in the mountains, to explore the wilderness in a...

Here is the english version of my video clip 2 of 4 on Hiking / Day Hiking – Shoes and backpacks! After our 1st episode on clothing we need to talk about shoes, backpacks and other important details especially for early season hiking! Of course I only show examples of...

Day Hiking – Layers Video clip 1 of 4: in English here. Here we are, it’s finally spring with day temperatures that are plus or minus reasonable and with what it seems the bulk of the pandemic behind us and re-opening signs here and there.. ye-epee! We each have had...

Let’s talk footwear! Yesterday I went on a hike which had a scree slope (= loose rock) to get to the ridge, yes we have a few like this in our beautiful Canadian Rockies! Some scree slopes are on mountains that have a hiking trail first and some are on what we call...

This time I’m here to show you what I carry in my backpack for the safety aspect of my outings in the Rockies.. yes even for a day hike! Here is a link to my video clip 3 of 4! About the bear spray: take it with you for sure in spring, summer and fall.. bears usually...

Here we are in 2021 with every piece of information possible available at the tip of our fingers. Yet we have been noticing a significant rise in the number of rescues in our gorgeous Canadian Rockies the last few w.ends. Where is the gap? what are we missing if we...