Category: GDT
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GDT 2026 Day 12 Pinto 2 to Cataract tributary
My fellow campers set out before I did, the hikers at least were planning to go further than me so I didn’t rush. I set off down to Pinto lake and passed some campers there. Then it was down a path next to the Cline river until Cataract creek, which I followed for the rest…
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GDT 2026 Day 9 Yoho Lake to Saskatchewan River Crossing
After a relaxed morning, I headed toward the Emerald lake parking lot. It wasn’t my original plan, which was to head to the Takakkaw falls parking lot. However, a Mother and daughter from the campsite were willing to drive me to the Icefields Parkway junction with the T-can from where they were parked at Emerald…
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GDT 2026 Day 8 Twin falls to Yoho lake
I had my best sleep so far on trail and didn’t rush through the morning routine before heading off. I had a nice amble down to Laughing falls but the main highlight of the day was seeing Takakkaw falls from the base. There’s a road that goes up to the falls and there were tons…
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GDT 2026 Day 7 Little Yoho to Twin falls
I took my time getting up and ready this morning since it was only a 2 hour hike to the next campsite. It had also rained overnight so I was happy to let the tent dry off. I got going around 10:30 and was happy that the air seemed clearer. The trail went down gently…
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GDT 2026 Day 6 Field to Little Yoho
The morning started off great with a flat white and a breakfast sandwich from the cafe. Fully fueled, it was time to tackle my biggest climb yet of 1000m. It was overcast but the air quality was also noticeably poor, poorer than I had expected based on the information I had looked up. I finally…
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GDT 2026 Day 5 MacArthur to Field
I had a dry tent this morning, hoorah! It was cold though, despite it being a warmer evening the previous night. I managed to hit the trail in 1h15min after getting up, which believe or not was a record for me on this trip so far. Hopefully I can get it down to an hour.…
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GDT 2026 Day 4 Tumbling Creek to McArthur Creek
The tent was soaked again from the rain last night and it was so gross packing it up covered in dirt that got all over me and my hands. Yuck! Then during breakfast a fly flew into my mouth and stung my tongue, ouch! It smarted but thankfully didn’t last long and didn’t swell or…
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GDT 2026 Day 3 Floe Lake to Tumbling Creek
In the morning, I had a nice breakfast down by the lake before packing up and heading off. It was sunny and warming up fast, but my tent was soaked again, from the rain sprinkles last night and condensation inside. So day 2 of packing up a wet tent, yuck. The first part of the…
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GDT 2026 Day 2 Ball Pass Junction to Floe lake
It rained a bit this morning and my weather forecast said it was 5 degrees outside but feeling like 2, plus I only had 11km to do today so it was an easy call to stay cosy in my quilt this morning. Nature called eventually and then my hunger. After packing up a wet tent,…
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GDT 2026 Day 1 Sunshine Village to Ball Pass Junction
I set off from Sunshine village all togged up in my rain gear but the rain soon stopped and with the climbing it got too hot, even though it was a chilly day. I stripped it off and continued on up through meadows strewn with wildflowers until I reached Healy Pass. There were a few…
