Trip Reports

Below are trip reports (in order last published) which can hopefully serve as inspiration and/or guide! There are quite a few trips over the years so it may be easier to take a look at the table of trip reports and narrow down what you’re looking for!

To access the list of all trip reports (Table format) click here.

Trip Report – Nov 2011 – Adirondacks – PantherDecember 15, 2022
A quick overnight trip to climb a few mountains in the Santanoni range of the Adirondacks. It being November, the weather had a different idea than we did! Day 1 – Getting there and Weather We set off from Ottawa in a few vehicles planning to meet up some friends at the lean-to at the […]
Trip Report – Mar 2016 – Adirondacks – Couchsachraga and PantherDecember 14, 2022
This was a quick overnight trip in the Adirondacks with objective to conquer Couchsachraga and Panther on the way. This was late February so it does not technically count as Winter summits, we did not need snowshoes, microspikes were required and there was still a good amount of snow all around. Day 1 – Getting […]
Trip Report – 19-23 Feb 2014 – Allen & SantanoniDecember 6, 2022
This trip was our push to summit Mt. Allen in the Adirondacks in winter. Mt. Allen is one of the longest hikes (almost 30km) but we needed it to be ADK46ers! We planned to climb Santanoni, Couchsachraga the next day and Seymour the day after. Day 1 – Getting There Since Allen is quite the […]
Trip Report – Lower Petawawa – 16-18 Sept 2022December 1, 2022
While the original plan was to re-do the Upper Petawawa only two weeks after doing it the first time with a different group, our experience made us change plans and run the Lower section instead. It was also a good opportunity for me to run both sections of the river! The water was once again […]
Trip Report – Upper Petawawa 3-5 Sept 2022November 7, 2022
In preparation for our planned Nahanni trip next summer, my father needed a bit of a refresher whitewater trip! The objective was the Upper Petawawa from Cedar Lake to Lake Travers, about 40km of river. We had been planning a trip later in September but my father was unavailable then and as another group of […]