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Our Journey -»
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| From our our basecamp in the suburbs of Vancouver BC we've
been lucky to explore much of Western North America and Hawaii.
Since our time is limited we made use of extensive research,
thanks in no small part to personal websites like this
one. We created this website to pay forward the tips we
received and have structured it in a way that you can quickly
focus on just the best hikes. |
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Map and click on a specific area of
interest, or start exploring our recommendations in one of the
regions listed below: |
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| Along the way we have also encountered much wildlife.
Like our hiking guide it isn't meant to be a complete list of
every possible species but rather a comprehensive list of the
most common and most interesting species out there. |
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Just a
small town girl |
| Karen is responsible for nearly all the photography on this
website. She also has portfolios on Zenfolio Flickr
and is featured on All
Canada Photos. In addition to photography she also
creates humorous nature videos. |
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A city boy, born & raised
in South Detroit (Windsor, ON) |
| David is responsible for nearly all the writing on this
website. He also has a Wordpress
Blog. |
| These days we
can usually be found online
as Davidč
and KarenČ at
NWHikers.net
- Feel free to email us with questions
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| Hiking with Kids has been
quite the learning experience. They are still too young
to go on most of our hikes however we are looking forward to
taking them on more trips in the future. |
| We've also had the pleasure of hiking with many other
people, our regular partners are awarded badges and are
celebrated in our Hall of Fame |
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Our wedding at Sentinel Pass
in Banff National Park |
Our secret to getting the most out of
hiking:
Don't Stop!
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● 1996 ● Kennedy Hot
Springs, Glacier Peak Wilderness, WA ● High Falls
Creek, Coast Mountains, BC ● Garibaldi
Lake, Coast Mountains, BC ● High Divide, Mt Baker Wilderness,
WA ● Skyline
Divide, Mt Baker Wilderness, WA ● Taylor
Meadows and Garibaldi
Lake, Coast Mountains, BC ● 1997 ● High Falls
Creek, Coast Mountains, BC ● Ape Cave, Mt. St.
Helens National Volcanic Monument, WA
● Shannon
Falls, Coast Mountains, BC ● Half Dome, Yosemite
National Park, CA
● Mt. Frosty,
Manning Provincial Park, BC ● 1998 ● Devils
Garden, Arches National Park, UT ● Delicate Arch, Arches National Park, UT
● South Kaibab, Grand Canyon
National Park, AZ ● Angels'
Landing, Zion National Park, UT ● Observation Point, Zion National Park, UT
● Queen's
Garden, Bryce Canyon National Park, UT ● Joffre
Lakes, Coast Mountains, BC ● Cape Alava/Sandpoint Loop, Olympic
National Park, WA ● Skyline
Divide, Mt Baker Wilderness, WA ● Cascade Pass
to Sahale Arm, North
Cascades National Park, WA ● Hidden Lake Lookout, North
Cascades National Park, WA ● Rhor Lake, Coast Mountains, BC ● Cerise Creek, Coast Mountains, BC ● 1999 ● Stein Canyon, Coast Mountains, BC ● Rubble Creek, Coast Mountains, BC ● Lake 22, North Cascades, WA ● Horseshoe Basin, Pasayten
Wilderness, WA ● Spider Meadow, Glacier Peak
Wilderness, WA ● Widgeon Lake, Coast Mountains, BC ● Blue Lake, North Cascades National
Park, WA ● Heather/Maple Pass Loop, North
Cascades, WA ● Easy Pass, North Cascades National
Park, WA ● Railroad Grade, Mt. Baker
Wilderness, WA ● 2000 ● Elowah Falls, Tunnel Falls,
Oneonta Gorge Loop, Multnomah Falls Loop and Latourell Falls, Columbia
River Gorge, OR ● Ape Cave, Mt. St.
Helens National Volcanic Monument, WA
● Mt. Townsend, Olympic
National Forest, WA ● Dungeness Spit, Olympic Peninsula,
WA ● Hoh Rain Forest to Glacier
Meadows, Olympic
National Park, WA ● Landslide Lake, Strathcona
Provincial Park, BC ● Crest Mt,
Strathcona Provincial Park, BC ● Squire Creek Pass,
Mountain Loop, WA ● Goat Lake, Glacier
Peak Wilderness, WA ● Green Mountain,
Glacier Peak Wilderness, WA ● Wedgemount Lake,
Garibaldi Provincial Park, BC ● Mt. Hartzel,
Joffre Group, Coast Mountains, BC ● Brandywine Mountain, Coast
Mountains, BC ● Mt. Winchester, Mt. Baker
Wilderness, WA ● Table Mountain, Mt Baker
Wilderness, WA ● Wilcox Pass,
Jasper National Park, AB ● Cirque Peak, Banff
National Park, AB ● Iceline, Yoho National
Park, BC ● Alpine Circuit,
Lake O'Hara,
Yoho National Park, BC ● Lake Byrne, Glacier Peak
Wilderness, WA ● Joffre
Lakes, Coast Mountains, BC ● 2001 ● Devil's
Punchbowl, Angeles National Forest, CA ● Ryan Mountain, Joshua
Tree National Park, CA ● Deer
Springs to Suicide Rock, San Jacinto State Park , CA ● High Falls
Creek, Coast Mountains, BC ● Summit
of Mt. St. Helens via Monitor Ridge, WA ●
Mt. Dickerman, Mountain Loop, WA
● Green Lakes, Three Sisters
Wilderness, OR ● Summit of
South Sister, Three Sisters Wilderness, OR ● Thornton
Lakes & Trappers Peak, North Cascades National Park, WA
● Crowfoot Pass, Banff National
Park, AB ● Bow Hut, Banff
National Park, AB ● Sentinel
Pass, Banff National Park, AB ● Ptarmigan
Ridge, Mt. Baker Wilderness, WA ● Skyline
Divide, Mt Baker Wilderness, WA ● Windy Gap, Mt.
Rainier National Park, WA ● Musical
Bumps to Russet
Lake, Garibaldi Provincial Park, BC ● Panorama
Ridge, Garibaldi Provincial Park, BC ● Lakes
Basin, Eagle Cap Wilderness, OR ● Artists
Ridge, Mt. Baker Wilderness, WA ● Summit
Trail, Mt. Revelstoke National Park, BC ● 2002 ● Kirkwood,
Heavenly & Squaw Valley, Lake Tahoe, CA ● Mono
Lake & Hot Creek, Eastern Sierras, CA ● Telescope
Peak, Death Valley National Park, CA ●
Badwater, Zabrinski Point and Mesquite Flat Sand
Dunes, Death Valley National Park, CA ● Mammoth
Mountain, Eastern Sierras, CA ●
Garibaldi
Lake, Coast Mountains, BC ● Joffre
Lakes, Coast Mountains, BC ● Bumpass
Hell, Lassen National Park, CA ● Lassen Peak,
Lassen National Park, CA ● Mc
Arthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park, CA ● Summit
of Mt. Shasta via Avalanche Gulch, Shasta National Forest, CA ●
Oregon Caves National Monument, OR ●
Damnation Creek, Redwoods National Park,
CA ● Stout
Grove, Jedediah Smith State Park, CA ● Garfield
Peak, Crater Lake National Park, OR ●
Burroughs Mountain, Mt. Rainier National Park, WA ●
Natches Peak Loop, Mt. Rainier National Park, WA
● Summerland, Mt. Rainier National Park, WA
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Spider Meadow to Image Lake, Glacier Peak Wilderness, WA ● Tundra
Lake, Stein Valley Heritage Park, BC ●
Heliotrope Ridge, Mt. Baker Wilderness, WA
● Lake of the Hanging Glacier,
Purcell Mountains, BC ●
Akimina Ridge, Waterton National Park, AB ● Lineham Ridge,
Waterton National Park, AB ● Grinnell
Glacier, Glacier National Park, MT ● High Pass,
Mt. Baker Wilderness, WA ● Wedgemount Lake,
Garibaldi Provincial Park, BC ● 2003 ●
Wailua Falls, Kauai, HI ● Pu'u
o Kila Lookout, Koke'e State Park, Kauai, HI ● Kalalau
Trail, Na Pali Coast State Park, Kauai, HI ● Lava
Butte & Lava River Tube, Newberry Volcanic Monument, OR ●
Dog Mountain, Columbia River Gorge, WA ●
Summit of Mt. Adams via South Spur,
Mt. Adams Wilderness, WA ● Mt.
Temple, Banff National Park, AB ● Conrad
Kain Hut, Bugaboo Provincial Park, BC ● Burstall
Pass, Banff National Park, AB ● Mt.
Indefatigable, Kananaskis Provincial Park, AB ● Elfin
Lakes, Garibaldi Provincial Park, BC ● Mt.
Curtis Gilbert, Goat Rocks Wilderness, WA ● Berg
Lake and Snowbird Pass, Mt. Robson Provincial Park, BC ●
Spray Park, Mt. Rainier National Park, WA
● Comet Falls, Mt. Rainier National
Park, WA ● Rainbow Lake, Coast
Mountain, BC ● Hannegan Peak, North
Cascades National Park, WA ● Table Mountain, Mt Baker
Wilderness, WA ● Wing
Lake, North Cascades, WA ● Twin One
Glacier, Coast Mountains, BC ● Skyline
Divide, Mt Baker Wilderness, WA ● 2004 ● Kiholo Bay and Green
Sand Beach, Big Island of Hawai'i, HI ● Halema'uma'u
Crater and Chain of Craters Road, Hawaiian Volcanoes National Park, HI
● Mauna Kea
and Captain Cook Monument, Big Island of Hawai'i, HI ● Umpqua
Dunes, Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area, OR ● Proxy
Falls, Willamette National Forest, OR ● Trail of
Ten Falls, Silver Falls State Park, OR ● Helmcken
Falls and Spahats Canyon, Wells Gray Provincial Park, BC ● Cheam Peak,
Chilliwack Forest District, BC ● High Divide, Mt Baker Wilderness,
WA ● Blackcomb
Mountain, Coast Mountains, BC ● Heather
Trail, Manning Provincial Park, BC ● Wapta
Falls, Yoho National Park, BC ● Mt.
Fairview, Banff National Park, AB ● Lake
Magog, Mt. Assiniboine Provincial Park, BC ● Consolation
Lakes, Banff National Park, AB ● Yellow
Aster Butte, Mt. Baker Wilderness, WA ● Blue Lake, North Cascades National
Park, WA ● Wing Lake, North
Cascades, WA ● 2005 Lindeman
Lake, Chilliwack Lake Provincial Park, BC ● Joffre
Lakes, Coast Mountains, BC ● Goat
Mountain, Mt. Baker Wilderness, WA ● Skyline
Loop, Mt. Rainier National Park, WA ● Indian
Henry's Hunting Ground, Mt. Rainier National Park, WA ● Adams
Creek Meadows, Mt. Adams Wilderness, WA ● Bird
Creek Meadows, Mt. Adams Wilderness, WA ● Paradise
Park, Mt Hood Wilderness, OR ●
Burroughs Mountain, Mt. Rainier National Park, WA ● Railroad Grade, Mt. Baker
Wilderness, WA ● Rainbow
Ridge, Mt. Baker Wilderness, WA ● Larch
Valley, Banff National Park, AB ● Larix
Lake, Banff National Park, AB ● Lake McArthur,
Yoho National Park, BC ● Blue
Pool and Red Sand Beach, Maui , HI ● Pipiwai
Trail, Haleakela National Park, Maui , HI ● Maui , HI ●
The Fishbowl and the Aquarium, Ahihi-Kina'u
Natural Area Reserve, Maui , HI ● 2006 ● Summit
of Golden Ears, Golden Ears Provincial Park, BC ● Heliotrope Ridge, Mt. Baker Wilderness, WA ● Panorama
Ridge, Garibaldi Provincial Park, BC ● Snow
& Bench Lakes, Mt. Rainier National Park, WA ● Van
Trump Park, Mt. Rainier National Park, WA ● Pinnacle
Saddle, Mt. Rainier National Park, WA ● Skyline
Loop, Mt. Rainier National Park, WA ● Ptarmigan
Ridge, Mt. Baker Wilderness, WA ● Lake
Ann, Mt. Baker Wilderness, WA ● Blum
Lakes, North Cascades National Park, WA ● Snowking
Traverse, Glacier Peak Wilderness, WA ● Monica
Meadows, Purcell Mountains, BC ● Park
Butte & Scott Paul, Mt. Baker Wilderness, WA ● Lake McArthur,
Lake O'Hara and Odaray Prospect, Yoho National Park, BC ● Colchuck
Lake to Gnome Tarn, the
Enchantments, Alpine Lakes Wilderness, WA ● Mt. Winchester, Mt. Baker
Wilderness, WA ●
2007 ● Cleman
Mountain, Oak Creek Wildlife Area, Wenatchee National Forest, WA ●
Kolob Canyons, Zion National Park, UT
● The Subway, Zion
National Park, UT ● Wire Pass to
confluence with Buckskin Gulch, Pariah Canyon-Vermillion Cliffs
Wilderness Area, UT ● Horseshoe Bend,
Colorado River, Page, AZ ● The Wave,
Coyote Buttes North, AZ ●
Havasu Falls and Mooney Falls, Havasupai Reservation, AZ ● Sunrise
Point, Bryce Canyon National Park, UT ● Mt. Dickerman, Mountain Loop, WA ● Coast
Trail, East Sooke Regional Park, BC ●
Welcome
Pass, Mt. Baker Wilderness, WA ● Ruth
Mountain, North Cascades National Park, WA ● Dog Mountain,
Mt. Seymour Provincial Park, BC ● Timberline
Trail from Top Spur to Elk Cove, McNeil Point and Barrett Spur, Mt. Hood
Wilderness, OR ●
High Note, Whistler Resort, Coast Mountains, BC ● Grouse Ridge, Mt. Baker Wilderness, WA ●
Opal Cone and Rampart Ponds, Garibaldi
Provincial Park, BC ● Brandywine Mountain, Coast
Mountains, BC ● 2008 ● Lamar
Valley Yellowstone National Park, WY ● Grand
Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone National Park, WY ● Oxbow
Bend, Snake River Overlook and Moulton's Barn, Grand Teton National
Park, WY ● St. Mary Falls, Glacier
National Park, MT ● Mt. Price,
Garibaldi Provincial Park, BC ● Glacier
View, Mt Rainier National Park, WA ● Grove
of the Patriarchs, Mt Rainier National Park, WA ● Ingalls
Lake, Alpine Lakes Wilderness, WA ● Skyline
Divide, Mt Baker Wilderness, WA ● Ramona
Falls, Mt. Hood Wilderness, OR ● Seven
Lakes Basin, Olympic National Park, WA ● Tuck
and Robin Lakes, Alpine Lakes Wilderness, WA ● Park
Butte Lookout, Mt. Baker Wilderness, WA ● Lake
Ann, Mt. Baker Wilderness, WA ● Healy
Pass, Banff National Park, AB ● Nub
Peak, Mt. Assiniboine Provincial Park, AB ● Lake McArthur, Yoho National Park, BC ● Cutthroat
Pass, North Cascades, WA ● 2009 ● Dragon's
Teeth and Honolua Bay, Maui, HI ● Hosmer
Grove, Haleakela National Park, Maui, HI ● Mt.
Ellinor, Olympic National Forest, WA ● Alouette
Mountain, Golden Ears Provincial Park, BC ● Tonquin
Valley, Jasper National Park, AB ● Wilcox Pass,
Jasper National Park, AB ● Emerald
Ridge and Klapatche Park, Mt. Rainier National Park, WA ● Hadley
Peak via Cougar Divide, Mt. Baker Wilderness, WA ● Whatcom
Pass and Tapto Lakes, North Cascades National Park, WA ● Lake
Byrne via Lost Creek Ridge, Glacier Peak Wilderness, WA ● Salal
Creek to Athelney Pass, Coast Mountains, BC ● Tank
Lakes via Necklace Valley, Alpine Lakes Wilderness, WA ● Sapphire
Lakes, Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park, BC ● Silent
Lakes via Easy Pass, North Cascades National Park, WA ● Island
Lake and Titcomb Basin, Wind River Range, WY ● Cirque
of the Towers, Wind River Range, WY ● Oxbow
Bend, Grand Teton National Park, WY ● Grand
Prismatic Spring and Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, WY ●
Cheakamus Lake, Garibaldi Provincial Park, BC ●
Queen's Garden, Bryce Canyon National Park, UT ●
Willis Creek Canyon, Peek-a-boo Canyon, Spooky
Canyon, Coyote Gulch, Devil's Garden, Calf Creek Falls, Grand Staircase-Escalante
National Monument, UT ● Goblin Valley
State Park, San Rafeal Swell, UT ● Chesler
Park, Needles District, Canyonlands National Park, UT ● White
Rim, Mesa Arch, Island in the Sky District, Canyonlands National Park,
UT ● Windows Arch, Double Arch and
Delicate Arch, Arches National Park, UT ● 2010 ● Aransas
Wildlife Refuge, Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center, Charlie's
Pasture, Mustang Island State Park, Hazel Bazemore Park, Blucher Park,
TX ● Mist Trail, Yosemite National
Park, CA ● Mono Lake, Eastern
Sierras, CA ● Big Pine Lakes, John
Muir Wilderness, CA ● Thousand
Island Lake and Garnet Lakes, Ansel Adams Wilderness, CA ●
Blanca Lake, Wild Sky Wilderness, WA ● Lake of the Hanging Glacier,
Purcell Mountains, BC ● Parker Ridge,
Jasper National Park, AB ● Plain
of Six Glaciers, Banff National Park, AB ● Caldron Lake,
Banff National Park, AB ● Windy Ridge,
Mt. St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, WA ● Cooper Spur,
Mt. Hood Wilderness, OR ● Little Annapurna,
The Enchantments, Alpine Lakes Wilderness, WA ● Ape Lake,
Coast Mountains, BC ● Kendall
Katwalk, Alpine Lakes Wilderness, WA ● The
Enchantments via Colchuck Lake, Alpine Lakes Wilderness, WA ●
2011 ● Wenas Wildlife Area, WA ●
San Juan Island National Historic Park, WA ●
Goblin Valley
State Park, San Rafeal Swell, UT ● Cathedral
Valley, Capitol Reef National Park, UT ● Spooky
Canyon and Calf Creek Falls, Grand
Staircase-Escalante
National Monument, UT ● Wire Pass to
confluence with Buckskin Gulch, Pariah Canyon-Vermillion Cliffs
Wilderness Area, UT ● The Wave,
Coyote Buttes North, AZ ● Yellow
Rock, Grand Staircase-Escalante
National Monument, UT ● Cedar Breaks
National Monument, UT ● Bryce Canyon National Park, UT
● Antelope Island State Park, Great Salt
Lake, UT ● Bear River Migratory Bird
Refuge, Great Salt Lake, UT ● Meeks
Table, Alpine Lakes Wilderness, WA ● Mt.
Kobau, Southern Okanogan Grasslands Protected Area and Vaseux Lake Wildlife
Area, BC ● Monica Meadows,
Jumbo Pass, BC and MacBeth Icefield, Purcell Mountains, BC ●
Gwillim Lakes, Valhalla Provincial Park, BC ●
Copperstain Pass, Glacier National Park, BC
● Cobalt Lake, Bugaboo Provincial Park, BC ●
Dinky Peak, Mt. Seymour Provincial Park,
BC ● Banshee Peak via Summerland, Mt.
Rainier National Park, WA ● Snow
Lake, Alpine Lakes Wilderness, WA ● The
Enchantments via Snow Lake, Alpine Lakes Wilderness, WA ● The
Narrows, Zion National Park, UT ● White
Pocket, Pariah Canyon-Vermillion Cliffs
Wilderness Area, AZ ● Bryce Canyon National Park, UT
● Peek-a-boo Canyon, Spooky
Canyon, Coyote Gulch, Grand Staircase-Escalante
National Monument, UT ● Valley of
Fire State Park and Red Rock Canyon, NV ● Rattlesnake
Ledges, Alpine Lakes Wilderness, WA ● 2012 ● Columbia
Wildlife Refuge, WA ●
San Juan Island National Historic Park, WA ●
Bear Mountain, BC ● Matlock
Lake, Kearsarge Lakes, Rae Lakes, Dusy
Basin, Barrett Lakes, Kings Canyon National Park, CA ● Ediza
Lake, Cecile Lake, Nydiver Lakes, Garnet Lake, Ritter Lakes, Thousand Island Lake, Ansel Adams Wilderness, CA ● Heather
Trail, Manning Provincial Park, BC ● Slesse Memorial,
Cascade Mountains, BC ● Limestone Lakes,
Height of the Rockies Provincial Park, BC ●
Natches Peak Loop, Mt. Rainier National Park, WA
● Taylor Peak, South Chilcotin Mountains
Provincial Park, BC ● Skyline
Divide, Mt Baker Wilderness, WA ● Yellow
Aster Butte, Mt. Baker Wilderness, WA ● Hermit Basin, Glacier National Park, BC
● Diana Lake, Rocky Mountains, BC
● Floe Lake and Numa Pass,
Kootenay National Park, BC
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Sahalie Falls, Koosah Falls and
Proxy
Falls, Willamette National Forest, OR
● Mystery
Ridge/River Trail Loop, Smith Rocks State Park, OR ● Broken
Top Lake, Three Sisters
Wilderness, OR ● Green Lakes, Three Sisters
Wilderness, OR ● Jefferson Park, Mt.
Jefferson Wilderness, OR ● Abiqua
Falls, Scott Mills, OR ● Norway Pass,
Mt St. Helens National Monument, WA ● Hamilton
Butte, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, WA ●
Kuliouou Valley, Kanaha River Kapapa
Island, Kaneohe Sandbar, Aiea Loop Trail, Oahu HI
● 2013 ●
Old Robe Canyon,
WA ●
Buntzen Lake, BC ●
Teapot Hill,
Cultus Lake, BC ●
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