At most points in time, I’ve probably got a list of 10-15 trips that I am super excited to go on. Some of these are day hikes, and other are more epic journeys, but sometimes half the excitement is in the anticipation and planning that goes into any outdoor adventure.
Here is a non-comprehensive list of all the outdoor adventures I have been dreaming of … I am very open to suggestions and additions to this list so please feel free to contact me if you think there is something I should seriously consider adding to this list.
Canada
Local – Southwestern BC
- Mount Burwell & Coliseum Mountain – North Vancouver/North Shore Mountains
- Tricouni Mountain – Sea to Sky Corridor
- Sigurd Peak – Sea to Sky Corridor
- Seed Peak – Sea to Sky Corridor
- Blanca Lake – Sea to Sky Corridor
- Mamquam Lake – Garibaldi Provincial Park
- Mount Price – Garibaldi Provincial Park
- Screaming Cat & Iceberg Lake – Whistler
- Mount Rohr – Pemberton & Duffy
- Twin Lakes – Pemberton & Duffy
Sunshine Coast & Vancouver Island
- (Finishing) the Sunshine Coast Trail – Powell River, BC
- We did make an attempt at this one in Summer 2021, but the heat dome had other plans for us …
- The North Coast Trail & Cape Scott – Cape Scott Provincial Park
- Mount Albert Edward – Strathcona Provincial Park
- Elk River Trail to Landslide Lake – Strathcona Provincial Park
Eastern BC, the Kootenays, and the Rockies
- Gwillim Lakes – Valhalla Provincial Park
- Earl Gray Pass – Purcell Wilderness Conservatory Provincial Park
- Rockwall Trail – Kootenay National Park
- Mount Assiniboine via Wonder Pass – Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park
- Moose River Route – Mount Robson Provincial Park/Jasper National Park
- Nigel, Cataract, and Cline Pass – Jasper National Park
I am woefully uninformed about where to even start when I consider hiking in the Rockies, so am EXTREMELY open to suggestions here!
Yukon
- Grizzly Lake, Divide Lake, and Talus Lake – Tombstone Territorial Park
- Hiking in Kluane National Park
International
New Zealand
Unfortunately, due to COVID-19, my time in New Zealand was cut short … until a return is possible, I can dream of these trips!
- Pouakai Circuit, Fanshawe Peak, & Syme Hut – Egmont National Park
- Heaphy Track (via mountain bike) – Kahurangi National Park
- Queen Charlotte Track (via mountain bike) – Marlborough Sound
- Travers-Sabine Circuit – Nelson Lakes National Park
- Mueller Hut – Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park
- French Ridge Hut – Mount Aspiring National Park
- Gillespie Pass, Crucible Lake, and the Upper Forks – Mount Aspiring National Park
- Earnslaw Burn – Mount Aspiring National Park
- Lake Harris and Lake Nerine (via the Routeburn) – Mount Aspiring National Park
- Rees-Dart Track – Mount Aspiring National Park
- Cascade Saddle – Mount Aspiring National Park
- Mt. Brown Hut – West Coast
- Copland Valley Track to Douglas Rock Hut – West Coast
- I completed part of this trip and stopped for the night at Welcome Flat Hut, but would like to explore farther up the valley next time
- Dusky Track – Fiordland National Park
- Northwest Circuit – Stewart Island
Nepal
- Annapurna Circuit or the Manaslu Circuit
Peru
- Hiking in the Cordillera Blanca Region
Chile
- ‘W’ trek/’O’ Circuit – Torres del Paine National Park
France
- Tour de Mont Blanc – Chamonix
- GR20 – Corsica
Have you done any of the hikes on my bucket list? Are there any more that you would recommend?