Snow to Sea Tour

oopps... I didn't update our last trip but to recap, we had a blast in the west kootenays in February, snowboarding in Whitewater, skiing along Carpenter Creek, relaxing in the hidden gem cabin (that was the actual name of the cabin) by slocan lake, hotsprings... aww love this place... more photo's can be found in flickr...

Tomorrow we are departing on a two week road trip to the west coast... we plan to be in Whistler by Saturday were we will be staying at the Summit Lodge, a pet friendly place so Pika and Maya will feel spoiled hehe. On Sunday we plan to snowboard at Whistler, Pika and Maya can play guard dog in the van but we will no doubt make lots of stops at the van during the day to let them out. Oh yeah and there is the Telus Ski and Snowboard festival going on so maybe we will see someone famous?


From there we plan to take a ferry over to Vancouver Island and spend a day snowboarding at Mt Washington, then depending on the weather, if it's nice head north west to Cape Scott which is the most northern western point of the island but the access is along a forestry road or if it is rainy head south west to Pacific Rim National Park which is a paved road... we will keep ya posted along the way...



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Winter West Kootenay Adventure

Wow, last post was October 2011… well we have done a few adventures since then… but didn’t post anything, awe well… we did a bunch of weekend trips, fall camp-out at dinosaur provincial park, snowboarding trip to Kicking Horse, New Year’s trip to Sparking Hill in Vernon and snowboarding to Whistler… so much fun…

Tomorrow we are heading off to the West Kootenays for a week for some snowy adventures and Pika and Maya will be joining us… woot woot… our first night we plan to say at Halcyon Hotsprings, then from there we plan to explore Nakusp area and another dip in the hotsprings before we spend four nights at the little gem cabin on Slocan lake… while we are there plan to ski to Cody and perhaps to our property along Carpenter Creek and explore other trails in the area… by the end of next week Pika and Maya should be pooped so then we will snowboard at Whitewater… let the adventure begin…

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Life is good... The arrival of fall tour...

Just to recap our arrival of fall tour... we had a blast on our week road trip to the West Kootenays...





Carpenter creek...











Lunch at Kaslo at the Blue Belle Bistro... Salad and pizza...












Crawford Bay... Artisans' haven... From broom makers to blacksmiths to cafe's, well worth stops...












Locksmith beach... along Kootenay Lake...















It's harvest time in Creston...












First night at Lake Koocanusa...











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West Kootenay's here we come...

We are off on another week road trip to the West Kootenay's... Love this time of year, the fall colors in the forests are changing, there is a crispness in the air, no flys and hopefully no crowds. We plan to camp, hike, visit hotsprings along the way... and check our Carpenter Creek one last time this year before the snow arrives... woot woot...

Our rough route...

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Adventures of Carpenter Creek re-cap

We've been home for a week now… aww can't wait to get out to the mountains again…

All in all, we had a blast at Carpenter Creek… when we first got there, we had to rebuild our outhouse, hopefully the new a-frame shape style will survive the 600 cm snow the valley gets in the winter, good thing the outhouse project was only a day project! After that we biked and hiked and explored the Carpenter Creek valley… highlights were abandoned mine sites and abandoned cabins, relaxing along carpenter creek, some trail building/clearing, one really long (7 1/2 hours hike) to the Carpenter Basin, the headwaters of Carpenter Creek below Mount Carlyle… stunning views!!! The black flies were bad, Garth got eaten alive… but we also saw lots of humming birds, bears, deers and porcupine… so much wildlife, amazing place!!!




























































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St Leon to Nakusp

A night at the remote st leon's hotsprings and a night at the Nakusp hotsprings... Both relaxing and unique...

Before we soaked in the springs we took a short hike to the source of the Nakusp hotsprings... the walk was so beautiful threw a lush cedar forest...





The water was so hot...



St Leon hotsprings... After a rough road down, it was a quick walk up in a cedar forest to the springs... we had the little upper source pool to ourselves... So relaxing...











Next stop... Carpenter Creek...


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Location:Heppner Rd,Central Kootenay K,Canada

Glacier National Park

The first two nights we camped at the Illecillewaet campground in Glacier National Park, did a 10 km hike to the great glacier, fantastic views!!! We also randomly saw my uncle and aunt camping here... they just finishing their one month holiday to the queen charlotte islands and us just starting our holiday...

Next stop... some hotsprings...







































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