The West Coast Trail, located on the traditional territory of the Huu-ay-aht, Ditidaht, and Pacheedaht First Nations, is one of Canada’s most challenging hiking trails. Ladders a few stories high to climb, tide tables to manage, roots that will twist your ankle, and boulders as large as vans to scale. It also is one of…
Our family did the West Coast Trail! I cannot believe it. It was amazing and incredibly hard. We will be sharing more on that trip coming soon and how we tackled such a hard trip together. That trip, and other backcountry trips to places like Gem Lakes in Saskatchewan, have helped us create the ultimate…
Ever wonder what it would look like to go backcountry camping with toddlers? This short video takes you on a back country trip with our family. We hiked and camped at Lindeman Lake in British Columbia. For more outdoor family videos make sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel here! More videos will be coming…
On our most recent family trip we decided to do a short backcountry trip with our two kids aged 2 and 4. It would be our 4 year olds second trip into the backcountry and our 2 year olds first time. The reason we waited so long to take our second daughter into the backcountry…
Backpacking with a toddler can be a great way to bring the family together. I mean it is pretty much heaven for little kids. Toddlers are surrounded by their favourite toys; rocks, water, sticks and dirt. Our backcountry trip with a two and a four year old was a lot of fun. We enjoyed mountain…
The tips in this post are based on our first backcountry camping trip with our baby. The tips posted here are based on my reflections post-trip and what I might have done differently on my first backpacking trip with a baby. Basically, “If I knew then, what I know now”. Please keep in mind that…
