Bragg Creek, Alberta

Backcountry shelters span austere to luxury.  On the luxury end of the spectrum is CMH and to a far lesser degree Assiniboine Lodge.  I've enjoyed heli-hiking at both, most recently at Assiniboine Lodge.  To get there is quite easy...fly to Calgary (YYC) in Alberta.  The Assiniboine Lodge straddl...

Kananaskis Country is actually a conglomerate of 11 different Provincial Parks within Alberta and actually a shorter drive from Calgary than to Banff! If you haven't had Kananaskis on your radar before, I hope these 5 reasons put the wheels in motion to extend your Canadian vacation and to explor...

I crossed the empty interchange with Toronto’s orange skyline ahead of me. “I’ll see you tomorrow, then,” I said. It had been six months since my twin sister and I parted ways in southeastern British Columbia. I’d returned to Algonquin Park in Ontario; she had headed to Kananaskis Country. After ...

The mountains of Banff National Park are without compare. You can scroll through pictures of the Canadian Rockies online all you want, but nothing can prepare you for their presence in person. It’s one thing to simply stand beneath them and marvel at their grandeur – but then think about skiing a...

If you’re like me, you can be pretty mean to your feet. The pounding, the sweating, the miles and miles of trail. The first thing I do when I get back to the car is take my shoes off – and if you’re going to put something else on, why shouldn’t it feel like walking on clouds? I thought I knew wh...

You can pack light for a beach trip, maybe even a business trip, but there’s no way around hauling a lot of gear when flying somewhere to ski. As I stared at my pile of jackets and boots and gloves on the floor, I didn’t think there was a chance of it all fitting. But with their OTC Line, High Si...

My skis are some of the dearest investments I’ve made, and I spend more time with them than I do many of my friends, so I want to make sure they’re taken care of – especially on the way to a powdery wonderland. With my SporTube Series 2, I have peace of mind when I send by sticks into the unknown...

Last week, I took a six day trip to Banff and Jasper National Parks in Alberta, Canada. It was a truly amazing trip, but I kept hitting crowds of hundreds of people when I went to the big spots such as Lake Louise, Moraine Lake, Johnston Canyon and others. There was little space to park (if any) ...

Spring in the Canadian mountains is unlike any other I’ve experienced. The once bright blue glacial lakes are still frozen snow pits, and the rocky mountain peaks are partly frosted revealing every groove and cliff towering above. Lake Minnewanka, Banff National Park Recently, I made the huge de...

With the summer hiring season coming up soon, many people will be heading out to find seasonal employment destinations. Well, look no further: mountain dreams can come true in Banff National Park. From Peyto Lake, to the Valley of Ten Peaks, to the infamous Icefields Parkway, you are almost guara...

As a freelance photographer, a lot of my time is spent on social media. There are particular places that are so consistently and so beautifully captured through a lens, I make a note to travel there to see it for myself. While I am a person who struggles finding pleasure in places that are filled...

Last Fall I took my first trip up to the Canadian Rockies and fell in love with the towering, glacial covered behemoth mountains and the variety of forest terrain that I was exposed to. Check out the story of my first trip here. I knew I wanted to go back to revisit some of the iconic scenes agai...

Below are a variety of shots, some of which are easily accessible with pullout parking, and some that require a little more effort by hiking in the snow or snowshoeing. If you're heading to Banff in winter, just make sure you're prepared. When I boarded my plane from Virginia it was 55° F, when I...

For my third visit to the Canadian Rockies of Alberta and British Columbia, I joined up with Sarah Lyndsay and Nick Fitzhardinge on their winter photography tour. Sarah of Salmon Arm is highly energetic and Nick, who lives in Canmore, is a certified mountaineer guide with a massive vault of knowl...

Last spring I headed to Banff National Park for a few days of test-driving Ski Big 3's new Guided Adventures program. Ever visited an unfamiliar resort on an awesome day, but wasted half the day trying to figure out where the best spots on the mountain are? The Guided Adventures program is a grea...