Information and products for excellent hiking
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! While you can certainly arrange your own walking holidays there are some huge advantages with guided hiking trips. More trails are accessible to you as when you travel on a guided hiking trip as they make bus arrangements to [...]
You have planned a great hike and are wondering about what hiking gear to pack for your journey. Hiking gear does not need to be expensive; however there are seven pieces that should be considered essential. Your Backpack – a backpack comes in many different styles and sizes. For a hike your backpack should be [...]
Choosing a hiking area or trail Your choice of hiking trails is an important consideration in getting the most enjoyment for your day or weekend in the outdoors. What appeals to you, the lakes; rivers; Canadian Shield; close to the city; waterfalls; opportunity to see wildlife or a wilderness section? First, decide are you going [...]
There are plenty of day hiking opportunities within an hour or two or most cities There are some advantages to day hiking: You are more likely to meet fellow hikers along the trail making it a very social outdoor activity the opportunity for exercise and fresh air seeing some great scenery close to home maybe also [...]
The Trans Canada Trail is the world’s longest recreational trail at a length of 21,500 kilometers. The trail visits all ten Canadian provinces and all three territories and is used for hiking and other recreational activities such as cycling, skiing, horseback riding, canoeing or on some sections. The Trans Canada is made up of more [...]
As parents you want to introduce and help your children to love the outdoors. It’s inexpensive, healthy activity and can be great family fun for you and the kids. When on a family hike consider the following advice: Your Hiking Distances – You will want to hike at slower pace and for a much [...]