Crooked River Provincial Park
Hike or Bike to Livingston Springs near Prince George, BC at Bear Lake
Trailhead to reach these natural springs is from the Crooked River Provincial Park - also known as Bear Lake - about an hours drive north of Prince George, BC. The water comes up from the ground creating a river that flows into the Crooked River, where you see the dogs frolicking in the water. Parking area for the trailhead in summer is past the day use picnic area, just before going into campground. Round trip from there is about 7km, fairly easy trail. These springs stay open year round, so you can also snowshoe to them in winter, although you'll need to park just off of the highway and distance will be longer.
Crooked River Provincial Park
Fire and Ice Expedition - Mt. Edziza via Packrafting the Stikine River and Mess Creek in Northern BC
Subscribe to my NEW PACKRAFTING CHANNEL here: From July 31st to August 12th, 2017 Luke Schmidt and I, Ben Brochu, completed the first descent of the upper Mess Creek via an approx 400km loop from Telegraph Creek, including the mighty Stikine River and a full traverse and summit of Mount Edziza in Northern British Columbia.
CCM BRUT FAT BIKE AT BEAR LAKE
Riding the trails at Crooked River Provincial Park on the fat bike.
Boat Trip up Mitchell River, Cariboo Mountains, BC Canada - Part 2 of 4
On our way to photograph Grizzlies on the Mitchell river full of Sockeye Salmon at the very east end of Quesnel Lake. This is the second segment of the full 27 min ride to where we anchor the boat and then hike up the river. Sept 27th 2017
Berg Lake Trail to Moose River - Packrafting in Mount Robson Provincial and Jasper National Park
SUBSCRIBE to my NEW packrafting/adventure channel here: This is the most scenic packraft (or any kind of) trip I've ever been on. In order to complete the first descent of the Moose River in Jasper National Park, Luke Schmidt and I hiked the Berg Lake Trail in Mount Robson Provincial Park in Northern British Columbia. We then continued around Mount Robson to Snowbird Pass. From there we descended onto the Reef Icefield, crossed the Coleman Glacier, traversed an unnamed pass across the border into Alberta, bushwhacked down Steppe Creek, got in the boats and rafted to the Moose River. After paddling half the Moose River, we hiked over the ridge into Resplendent Creek, ran the Resplendent, portaged some waterfalls, back to the Moose, around more waterfalls, then floated the Moose again and hiked out. Throw in some gorges, bears, and a surprise or two and that's basically it :). Thanks as always to Kokopelli Packraft and Seek Outside for quality exploration gear and to my lovely wifey for being supportive of my adventuring.
Moose swims across Namakan river
She swims N across the Namakan river into the Quetico. Late Sept. 2011.
Pondosy Bay Wilderness Resort in Tweedsmuir Provincial Park
Elder Gloria Quaw from the Cheslatta Carrier Nation visits Pondosy Bay and shares her experience as she returns to the lands of her ancestors for the first time in over 60 years.
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KFVM 7: Traversing Travers
There's a lot of water in the Algonquin and it's full of musky that blow up on the topwaters!
Paxton Peak to Monkman Creek - Packrafting in Northern British Columbia, Canada
Subscribe to my NEW packrafting/adventure channel here: There was 24 or so marked drops on this waterfall-filled first packraft descent. In June of 2016 Luke Schmidt, Ben Scholten, Tim Siemens and I (Ben Brochu) hiked into Monkman Provincial Park, climbed Paxton Peak, and then packrafted out Monkman Creek. Edit by Luke Schmidt.
Kakwa Provincial Park - First Descent of Jarvis Creek - Packrafting in Northern British Columbia
Shared courtesy of Luke Schmidt. Subscribe to his channel here: SUBSCRIBE to my NEW PACKRAFTING channel here: Trip Description by Luke: On this trip Ben Scholten and I took a route suggested by Ben Brochu. We hiked over the mountains in Kakwa Provincial Park in British Columbia and packrafted out Jarvis Creek. Along the way we saw a bear, glaciers, a river flowing into a cave, and a valley that people rarely visit. This was one of the more challenging packraftng trips I've done because we went into it without a lot of information. I could not find detailed satellite images of it Jarvis Creek We knew there were some rapids but that was it. Also I was not sure the route I'd planned over the mountains would work or whether we'd get cliffed out and have to turn around. In the end the route worked and it was an amazing trip but it's not for beginners.
Bootski Lake Hike and Packrafting the Upper Wapiti River in Northern BC
As far as we know, we are the first ones to ever paddle this section of the Upper Wapiti River near Tumbler Ridge BC. Check out Above Tumbler Ridge's edit of this trip the the aerial footage here:
South Chilcotin hiking trip Sept 2 -5 2016
A 4 day hiking trip I did in the South Chilcotins Mountain Provincial Park and Big Creek Provincial Park in British Columbia. The route began and ended at the Relay Creek Trailhead and went up Little Paradise Creek through Lorna Pass to Lorna Lake, up Sluice Creek and over to the head of Grant Creek and Tosh Creek then over to Vic Lake and Mt Vic. I returned by DIl Dil Plateau to Graveyard Cabin and out through Relay Creek. The weather wasn't the best but it is a beautiful area!
Crooked Chute Ranger Cabin
Late September trip in to Lake Traverse with the intent to travel down to Mcmanus but due to water levels we just paddled down to the crooked chute ranger cabin and back out to tTraverse.
Bear trap in Missinaibi Prov Park
There was a bear in the park the day before arriving, so they set up two bear traps to try to safely remove the bear from the park and relocate it to a better environment. The video cuts out, sorry ???? NO BEARS were harmed in the making of this video!!! ????
Highview Cabin On The Nipissing River DSCN7959
Highview Cabin On The Nipissing River DSCN7959
CHASING CROOKED FALLS IN SQUAMISH // Did we just witness a bear attack??
If you're prone to chasing waterfalls, this is one to add to your list!! I've always had a soft spot for Squamish for all the freaking cool outdoor activities you can do (after all it is the outdoor recreation capital of Canada) so when Kelly suggested we hike up to this beauty, I was so game.
This hike at times was a bit steep and rugged, but nothing the average hiker couldn't overcome. The falls are so freaking cool and worth the drive to Squamish (roughly 1.5 hours from Vancouver). I definitely recommend going to both viewing spots as they both have unique viewing angles that are worth checking out. Its a relatively short hike, roughly 3 hours round trip. Here's a link detailing the hike:
** PLEASE PACK IN WHAT YOU PACK OUT!! Don't be those idiots who leave garbage behind... not cool. Lets all work together to protect this place and not ruin it for others **
** Also at one point Kelly and I joke about being lost and unprepared. Just wanted to clear up that we knew where we were going, we just weren't 100% sure where the turn off from the main road was.
Fortunately some other hikers were coming down the turn off trail giving us the chance to ask. ALWAYS BE PREPARED, if that means downloading the map or step by step directions to your phone or even printing it out. We were stupid and didn't do that, and this hike has no reception. ALWAYS KNOW YOUR ROUTE **
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Canoe River Campground, British Columbia.
Day 18 6-17-16 Drive to Canoe River Campground