Welcome to the Camping Canucks blog, where we share stories of our hiking, backpacking, and canoeing trips around Kamloops, British Columbia, and beyond. Due to a number of factors, we no longer post new content but will continue to answers questions and comments as best we can.
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Eagle Pass Mountain
As has happened on quite a few of our trips over the years, our first attempt to get to Eagle Pass Mountain between Revelstoke and Sicamous did not succeed. We had made our first trip one late October day a couple of years ago where we found that the road that leads...
Winter Camping – First Experience
Having done the research, talking to fellow backpackers and hikers I felt I would be ready for winter camping. I wasn’t quite as ready as I thought I would be. The biggest factor in winter camping in my mind is comfort and that is what was somewhat lacking. How do you...
Bowron Lake Circuit – Bowron Lake Provincial Park
The Bowron Lake Canoe Circut in Bowron Lake Provincial Park is considered one of the premiere paddling circuits in Canada. Being that it is internationally renowned, people travel from around the world to paddle this circuit. In fact, many times over the years, we...
Camping and touring along Iceland’s South Coast
In 2015, we were lucky enough to have the opportunity to spend a couple of weeks in Iceland, where we split our time between visiting Reykjavik, camping along the south coast, and backpacking the Laugaveggurin. As this was a varied sort of trip, we had to pack along...
The Ten Essentials
When people spend time in the back country or wilderness, or even go on a day hike near town, there will always be some element of risk and having the right equipment goes a long ways into being prepared in the event of an emergency. And included in your list of the...
Iceland’s Laugavegurinn – Part 2
Spending the night at the Álftavatn camp was a first real opportunity to meet some of our fellow travelers on this route. People from around the world, with many being from Europe and the USA, had come here to live this great Icelandic outdoor experience. Some were...
Iceland’s Laugavegurinn – Part 1
In the summer of 2015 we spent a couple of weeks in Iceland, with the opportunity to do some backpacking while we were there. With that in mind, we decided to do Iceland's famous Laugavegurinn during the last week of our trip. Originally we had intended to spend four...
Brimful Lake – Stein Valley Nlaka’pamux Heritage Park
We have done many trips into the lower valley of the Stein Valley Nlaka’pamux Heritage Park as detailed in an earlier post that we wrote but for a long time now, we have wanted to explore new and more remote areas of the park. We had in fact planned for a trip into...