Driving through Yellowhead Pass was the first time I had crossed Canadian province borders on land. It was also my first step ever into Alberta, which is a place I have been dying to visit for years now. Jasper National…
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Wells Gray Provincial Park is just outside of Clearwater. The park is well sign-posted at the roundabout in the centre of town and offers a number of pit stops and hikes and waterfalls that are well worth a day. Stop…
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After a summer filled with hikes, lakes, waterfalls, views and sunsets, Sam and I decided to end our adventures with a six-day roadtrip from Vancouver to Calgary. We drove north from Vancouver via Whistler, Kamloops and Clearwater to Mount Robson and…
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Some of the most beautiful sunsets that I have been privy to watch have occurred at UBC, my beautifully spacious campus, surrounded on three sides by water and dotted with a number of buildings from which the sunset can be…
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Whytecliff Park, along the Sea to Sky Highway, is a favourite spot among local Vancouverites to escape the city and find a rocky, scrambling paradise. Find yourself a perch from which to watch the sun disappear behind the mountains, casting…
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Lighthouse Park is a park nestled across the water from UBC looking out onto the inlet, downtown and the islands of Howe Sound. Moored tankers and speed boats make the water lap up onto the logs and rocks jammed onto…
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Kitsilano Beach is a local Vancouver favourite, and is easily accessible by public transit as well as by car with an abundance of available parking. The Boathouse Restaurant right on the beachfront offers an array of dining options, with both…
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Sam and I parked at Stanley Park's Prospect Point and trekked out to the Lions Gate Bridge to gently hobble across it and catch the sunset, and it was absolutely breathtaking. It's a view you get quite often as you…
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The idyllic Buntzen Lake situated just north of Coquitlam is a popular family spot and offers multiple waterfront beach, picnic and off-leash dog areas. You can't hear anything but the faint whirring of the BC hydro dam that is in…
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The trailhead to Joffre Lakes begins about three hours north of Vancouver, just past Pemberton on the Sea to Sky Highway. The parking lot is right on the highway and is usually overflowing, so impossible to miss. Joffre Lakes Provincial…
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The St Mark's Summit trail starts at the Cypress Bowl Road parking lot and is well-marked all the way up to the top, with a varied terrain of gravel, rocks and roots. The view from the top stretches from the…
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English Bay is one of the nicest, if one of the busiest, places to watch the sunset in all of Vancouver. A sandy stretch of beach right downtown, featuring an abundance of food and drink options as well as the…
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The hike up to the top of Panorama Ridge and back down via Garibaldi Lake is probably the most incredibly beautiful hike I've ever done. The trail winds through alpine meadows and has glimpses of stunning glacial water. After the…
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Eagle Bluffs via the gorgeous Cabin Lake is one of my favourite after-work hikes. Cabin Lake is the perfect spot for a warm afternoon swim to relax after the first 45-minute steep scramble before continuing on to Eagle Bluffs for…
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