Living the best adventure life, since 1958
February 14, 2026
~ submitted by Matthew Lettington
Every winter, our family makes an effort to go snow camping in Strathcona Park. It’s become something of a tradition — one that isn’t always easy to schedule, but is always worth the effort.
Continue reading “Holy Snap! Winter Camping at Helen Mackenzie”
February 15, 2026
~ submitted by Evan Martin
Four of us headed up Green Mountain for a look. We arrived at the first gate just as it was being opened and proceeded to the mountain. We drove to the snowline at the bend just before the parking area. The road is in great shape up to the first trail, and littered with drainage ditches after that. There’s also a washout that is navigable with a higher clearance 4×4.
Continue reading “Green Mountain”
December 28, 2025
~ submitted by Matthew Lettington
We had nearly a full group out for this early-season snowshoe trip, thanks in part to a recent snowfall that piled up just enough snow to make snowshoes worthwhile. In many spots, the snow was only about five inches deep—shallow enough that the picnic benches were still visible. If we’d wanted to, we could have stopped for a proper sit-down break!
March 29, 2025
~ submitted by Matthew Lettington
Throughout Paradise Meadows, signs of winter’s slow demise are everywhere. Though over two meters of snow still blankets much of the landscape, evidence of the coming summer is undeniable. Patches of open water are appearing along the edges of the lakes, and in some places, we could see water nearly twelve inches below the snow’s surface.
This was my first time tackling this route in winter. Typically, snowshoers take a direct path across the frozen lakes, but with the increasing melt, we opted to follow the shoreline instead. It was the safer choice.
February 8, 2025
~ submitted by Sarah Duncan
We changed our destination due to Snow levels and avalanche risk and comfort of the group. We met at the base of Mount Washington Parkway at 815 and convoy drove to the trialhead.
The weather was cold and mostly clear.
We walked (carried the snow shoes) about 7 KM along the beautifully snow covered road to the trailhead where we donned our snowhoes and took turns breaking trail for awhile until we landed on some snowmobile tracks which we followed to where we opted to turn around just a shortish distance from the summit.
We opted to turn around a bit early based on time of day, distance and energy level of the group. The snow was lovely, the views were lovely and the company was awesome.
We hiked for just over 8 hours (breaks included in that time) and about 20KM with an elevation gain of over 800 meters.
February 1, 2025
~ submitted by Mike Brouard
Our group of four met across from the Cameron Lake picnic area at 0900 and started the hike at 0915. There had been a dusting of snow the night before so we opted to bring our snowshoes, not knowing with certainty how much snow (or how soft of snow) we would encounter toward the top.
We started from Raven Lodge at 8:15am. The weather was perfect: clear, sunny and no wind. Our route took us up the North side of Allan Brooks, then down to the col between AB and Elma, up Elma’s west face, then down the NE side and back via Battleship Lake. No snowshoes were needed, given the icy, firm crust. The group used a mix of microspikes and crampons, and the ice axes stayed attached to our packs. Conditions were made for efficient moving, and our total moving time was just shy of 6.5 hours. Overall, a beautiful day with unusually great conditions given the time of year.
December 16, 2024
~ submitted by Matthew Lettington
Another day in paradise! I’m sure that’s definitely true for some parts of the island, but it sure wasn’t on the summit!
Continue reading “Mount Apps Snowshoe Trek”February 4, 2024
~ submitted by Pete Hrkac
Solid, consolidated snow made for easy travel. Traction was very useful for ascending and descending the steeper sections. Although we brought axes, we only used them once, briefly during the descent from Boston Ridge toward Mt. Becher.
It was a great loop, easy route-finding.
March 3, 2024
~ submitted by Evan White
We started the day by parking on Jordan Main when the snow levels were too high to continue.
We hiked to Tower Cabin where we met four ladies that were on their way out from an overnighter. From there we headed to Meadow cabin, breaking trail in up to 3 feet of fresh snow. We arrived at Meadow cabin, made a hot lunch while melting some snow to replenish our water supply.
From Meadow Cabin we broke more trail while heading out on Matty’s trail in more waist high snow.
Our day was a total of 9.5 hours with 6 hours of moving time over 19km. A good day was had!
