Yoho Signature Hike – Iceline

Yoho National Park

Dense woods, steep slopes, wide alpine scenery, deep blue glacier water lake, green forest lakes, many waterfalls and an easy riverside stroll. All in a fantastic 20 km signature hike called “Iceline”. Stunning. Read More

Dangers of Canada

Save country – just bears, bombs and the risk of running out of fuel as the next gas station is 150km away… Read More

Hike to Abbott Ridge and Marion Lake

Glacier National Park

Read slowly – Illecillewaet. Yup. We stayed at the Illecillewaet Campground next to the Illecillewaet river bringing water down to the Illecillewaet valley from Illecillewaet glacier. 3 days and we still could not remember, left alone pronounce that name. Read More

Illecillewaet Campground meeting of the waters

From our Illecillewaet campground, we followed a path to the historical Glacier House, once an elegant hotel with snow-capped mountains as a back-drop and now only in ruins. This path leads to a beautiful site where two gushing rivers meet. The water was so strong that Philippe’s sunglasses were accidentally gulped in. Read More

Giant Cedars Boadwalk, Revelstoke National Park

A walk through the deep temperate rainforest with thousands of giant cedar trees. Some of them are said to have over 500 years old. It reminded us of another beautiful forest of Yakushima, Japan, one of our favorite places. Read More

Nikkei Internment Memorial Center 日系メモリアルセンター

After we met by chance on a mountain top and talked to Tomo Fujimura, a Japanese resident in Revelstoke and a mountain guide as well as an avalanche specialist, I got really interested in visiting the Nikkei Internment Memorial Center to find out more about the history of Japanese-Canadians. Fujimura-san told us passionately about the history of Japanese-Canadians and how important it is to communicate this part of the history to other Japanese. Read More

Zen @ Columbia River

Ferry or Nothing – Halcyon Hot Springs

On Mount Revelstoke at the start of our hike to Eva Lake, we met the Japanese mountain tour guide and avalanche specialist Tomo Fujimura who in no time gave us lots of info and advice. One was to visit the Nikkei Internment Memorial Center in a small town called New Denver and to stop at one of the hot springs on the way. Read More

Magnificent Blanket Creek

Waking up to the magnificent view of the Columbia River Blanket Creek campground, Revelstoke. Read More

Wonders of Nature