Daily Miles: 6 Total Miles: 543 We had a relaxing morning sleeping in and slowly packing up. We figured there was no rush to get down to the trailhead...as long as we were there by lunchtime we would be happy. The trail continued to be very … [Read more...]

Daily Miles: 19 Total Miles: 537 Even though we didn’t need to do a lot of miles today, we still woke up early, since we had a glacial ford about eight miles away. With these types of fords, it is best to do them early in the morning when the … [Read more...]

Daily Miles: 20 Total Miles: 518 It was the usual damp cold as we got going this morning. With all our layers on, we headed up the trail. Within a few miles, we came to a horse camp which was currently occupied by a very large group of people … [Read more...]

Daily Distance: 2 + 20 Total Distance: 498 We had sort of a zero in Jasper yesterday. We slept in, enjoyed the really great buffet breakfast in the hotel, did some work tasks, sorted out food and finally walked out of our room one minute before … [Read more...]

Daily Miles: 23 Total Miles: 476 We got packed up quickly this morning and started back up the side trail to get onto the GDT again. We were pretty motivated to get going since we knew we had a lot of miles into Jasper today. The morning started … [Read more...]

Daily Miles: 18 Total Miles: 453 We were totally wrong about it being a warm night last night. It turned out to be quite cold by morning. Most likely, the fact that our campsite was sandwiched between two small streams made it colder. When we woke … [Read more...]

Daily Miles: 20 Total Miles: 435 It was a pretty cold night and when our alarms went off, we stayed in our hammocks an extra 15 minutes because we didn’t want to get out into the cold. We started out with all of our layers, but within a mile we … [Read more...]