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The Great Outdoorz
by Matt & Darci
Travelling across Western Canada in a 1989 VW Westfalia - Darci, Matt, Bentley the Beagle & Luna the Mexican Rescue are rating/reviewing the campsites, day hikes, hot springs and waterfalls...tales from the road!
Episodes
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Season 4 Finale | Darci is Back!! (with her Road Trip Chronicles, Rating Tunnel Mountain Resorts, Wabamun Lake - fall camping...and much more!)
Season 4 comes to an end. Darci is back for the finale :) She brings her tales from the road over these past 6 months that she has been intermittently travelling all around Western Canada. We also talk about our final 2 camping trips of the season (Wabamun in Sept, 3 Sisters in Aug). Finally, we...
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Jasper on the Last Day of Summer
I had to share this part of the drive - I was driving down the Main Street of Jasper, a beautiful blue sky, so much activity and energy..As you know - we LOVE Jasper on this show. Such a great final leg of the drive. So many noteworthy stops along the way.
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Mount Robson (Highway 5 & 16 Junction)
This spot of the drive definitely hits me in the feels. There are so many memories over the years that take place in this region (Robson Valley into Jasper National Park). I had to share the Roadtrip Chronicles for this leg of the trip!! You will hear live, as it happened, me driving up to the...
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Okanagan Connector & The Last Day of Summer
Due to the lengthy detour on the Banff way home, I decided to head north on Highway 5 - via Kamloops to Valemount, ending up in Jasper. It has been a good 6 years since I have done this drive. Before I can get there, though, I must hop on the Connector one more time! Definitely a rad little drive!
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Farewell to Summer, Farewell to the Okanagan!
We had a fantastic trip down in Osoyoos for the week - now I am heading home. It is a bright, sunny day - clear blue sky and it is the last day of Summer. What a great way to bid farewell to Summer, as well as say my farewell to the Okanagan region for the season!
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Crows Nest Pass (Highway 3)
Crows Nest Pass is one of the more famous, well-used highways in Western Canada. It is very unique as it often finds itself very close to the Canada/USA border. There are a lot of small towns to travel through..Cranbrook, Creston, Christina Lake and Grand Forks. It is a bit of a grind due to the…
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Radium Hot Springs
Another edition of The Roadtrip Chronicles : I had a "happy little detour" (a la Bob Ross) on my way from Banff to BC...the detour sent my down the remaining leg of Highway 93 - towards Radium Hot Springs! I then had the option of driving north to Golden or continuing on through Cranbrook…
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Coquihalla Canyon
Road-trippin' through the location where 'Rambo : First Blood' had been filmed. This area is just gorgeous. It gets a lot of rain so there is nothing but green throughout the drive; I was blessed with a cloudless blue sky, too. This area is great to drive full of lush green forest, mountains,...
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Okanagan Connector (Highway 97C)
I recorded this on a beautiful morning, as I drove from Penticton to Vancouver - via the 97C. Definitely seeing some smoke coming out of the Kamloops / Merritt area - but otherwise, completely ideal road trip conditions! The Connector was built in 1990 and has really helped bridge the gap between...
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Illecillewaet Campground & Glacier House
I stayed a night in Rogers Pass, at Illecillewaet Campground - which is just a few minutes away from Loop Brook Trail Campground (which happens to be closed this season). This campground is awesome! Highly recommend it. It has a great series of trails right off the campground itself, including a…
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July 1, 2021. #everychildmatters
"I think, like many, we should use this as national time of reflection. We need to acknowledge moving forward that we need to do better. As a nation, as individuals, we need to do better. I am appalled and offended by the actions of those who came before us, that they could commit such...
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Glacier National Park of Canada
We are into full-blown camping, bbq and road trip season. Here is the road-trip-podcast of my journey back from BC - I am heading through Revelstoke to Golden, back to Alberta from there. I wanted to capture this area - it is a very mysterious area..has that untamed vibe to it. Basically the…
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Peachland to Summerland (Highway 97)
HAPPY 1st DAY OF SUMMER! As I mention in the previous episode - this is one of the top drives in BC ! Highway 97 connects a lot of the main Okanagan town and cities...I love getting to do this drive, at least once a year. You never get sick of the views! A lot of the time you are driving right...
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Lake Country
Have you ever had an accident, or had a vehicle breakdown - and when you drive by the scene of where it happened you get that strange feeling come over you? I am driving by the scene of last years Camper Van breakdown, just outside of Lake Country - this is my redemption episode!! Such a…
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Vernon, BC
Tuesday, May 25th : the day after May Longweekend! I stayed in Banff the previous night and, as of time of driving, the restrictions for crossing the Alberta to BC borders had been lifted...or so we thought. Curiously the BC Govt decided to hold a press conference on Tuesday AM extending the…
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Tunnel Mountain
The final episode, the final stop on my Highway 93 quest...I stayed the night on Tunnel Mountain at Buffalo Mountain Lodge (definitely worth staying at btw). After 2 days in a row of blue sky and +15, it dropped to -5 overnight and snowed around 5cm! A bit of a sketchy drive home at times, but…
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Lake Louise
Highway 1A is closed for vehicle traffic, but still open for cyclists - which is a cool idea! It was getting fairly late in the day but..any time you drive by Lake Louise - you have to go check out the scenery! I got to walk across the frozen Lake Louise - which is an amazing experience.
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Columbia Icefields & Mistaya Canyon
Happy May Longweekend! Camping season is here :) Columbia Icefields was closed for the time being, so I was set to go further south towards Sasakatchewan River Crossing, which is quickly followed up by one of my favourite spots on the whole drive : Mistaya Canyon.
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Sunwapta Falls
By this point in my drive I was feeling a degree of 'Waterfalls Snobbery'. After Athabasca Falls - Sunwapta is a little less impressive ...but still definitely worth stopping for!
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Athabasca Falls & Mount Kerkeslin
Forgive my absolute butchering of the pronouncation (or lack thereof) Mount Kerkeslin! Truly a magical area, Atha is an absolute must for anyone heading to Jasper.
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Highway 93 drive starts
930am in the parking lot of Marmot Lodge..another nice sunny, blue skied day..going to take my time heading south to Banff, making many a stop along the way. First stop on the List? Athabasca Falls!
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Pyramid Lake 4:20
All settled in my room at the Marmot Lodge, now heading up to Pyramid Lake for some hiking!
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Pocahontas
A quick layover at the Pocahontas Cabins & Mine Trail as I head for Jasper for the evening. I am doing Highway 93 (Jasper to Banff via Columbia Icefields & Lake Louise) tomorrow! Was lucky enough to get a beautiful +17 and sunny day! (recorded 4/20)
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Season 4 Premiere! - Banff National Park
We're back! ..and we return to Season 4 with our annual Spring Daylight Savings Mountain Trip. This year we stayed at the Banff Rocky Mountain Resort, located at the foot of Tunnel Mountain. Not a bad place to stay, but probably won't stay there again..showing its age a bit - but the service and...
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Pocahontas Mine Trail - Season 3 finale
Just a quick mini-episode to end off Season 3 of The Great Outdoorz! Pocahontas Mine Trail is located just off the fabled Pocahontas Cabins, located just east of Jasper. Happy Holidays and we'll see you next spring! Thanks for listening. -Matt, Darci, Bentley & Luna
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Lake Edith & Lake Annette (Jasper Part 5)
Another great day hike just outside the Jasper townsite - these lakes are found just a few minutes north east of Jasper - on the way out to the Fairmont JPL. We were lucky enough to get a sunny patch of this hike. Lake Annette is a great little walk, whereas we found the Lake Edith one a bit hard...
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Pyramid Lake (Jasper Part 4)
This area is one of the best spots to hike and explore near the Jasper townsite! There are seemingly endless kms of winding trails from the townsite itself all the way, and well beyond Pyramid Lake itself. We hit a beautiful day for the hike too!
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"Don't Let the Moose Lick the Salt on Your Vehicles" (Jasper Part 3)
The title of this episode was literally a sign we saw on the way up to Medicine Lake...not what you'd expect to read on a random sign haha Medicine Lake is a fairly creepy/impressive Lake that is around halfway up to Maligne Lake. It was believed to be a haunted lake due to the underground…
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Maligne Canyon (Jasper Part 2)
Part 2 of our Jasper trip - the iconic Maligne Canyon! It snowed a bit the night before we went so there was a degree of treacherousness to this walk..but what a beautiful, must-see area it is!
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Athabasca Falls (Jasper Part 1)
We are in Jasper for the week - and we plan on hitting up all the classic day hikes with our faithful mutts : Bentley & Luna! Athabasca Falls is about 40km south of the Jasper townsite - and well worth the drive!
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A Spooky Walk - Hermitage Dog Park
Luna, Bentley and I come up on a fairly spooky site on today's walk - down at Hermitage Dog Park. There were upwards if 50 to 60 crows all dispersed throughout a dozen or more trees all cawing at each other..I got the impression we were near a dead animal carcass or something of the sort. The…
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The WTF Camping Season
A look back at the strange camping season that was 2020. **our annual November Mountain Trip is still to come! This Nov trip will provide the Season Finale for 2020. Stay tuned :)
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Quinn Creek Campground & Highway 95
Darci does a solo BC trip! En route back to Alberta she gives the goods on Quinn Creek Campground (south of Golden, BC) as well as Highway 95!
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Elk Island National Park
A perfect summers day activity : road tripping with the dogs, hitting up an iconic National Park..doing a bunch of exploring and hiking..what could be better?
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Bison Loop Road (Elk Island Park)
There was literally 80-100 visible bison on this trip! Apologies for Luna's whimpering - she wanted a piece of the bison that were but mere feet away from our camper van.
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Treeplanters Terror
HAPPY CANADA DAY!! Here is a creepy story to listen to while you are out in the woods camping!! Josh was a tree planter fo 4 years - all over BC...this is a story of 1 block he worked at in northern BC that saw his camp exposed to tornados, bears that were a little too comfortable with humans, a...
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Bird is the Wird 2.0
The 1st Day of Summer is here!! Birder Josh is back to discuss the finding and photographing of the 'white whale' of his Canadian birding : the Bobo Link!! We also discuss the usual outside stuff : balls of light, aliens, Bigfoot...you know - normal stuff.
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Monarch Campground - Field BC
Finally back!! The parks are (slowly) starting to open up...I am en route to Osoyoos BC; here I do a walkthru of one of my favourite breakpoints and campsites on the way from Alberta to BC : Monarch Campground!!
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PSA - Covid19
Well we HAD big plans for this week buuuut.... What can you do. Safe to say there will be a hold on any real content for this season of TGO (for now....)
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EP28 - Return to Deadman's Flats & 3 Sisters Campground!!
Season 3 is here! ..just days before the first day of Spring we take a road trip down to Deadman's Flats (just east of Canmore and Banff) and happen to catch a pretty substantial snow storm and cold snap! The weather doesn't keep us from having fun as we take the dogs down to the 3 Sisters...
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EP27 - Quarry Lake & Elk Run dog parks (Canmore)
Canmore has 3 renowned dog parks : - Quarry Lake - Elk Run - Cougar Creek This episode we are en route to Elk Run and we give a quick breakdown of Quarry Lake, as well! So thus concludes our Dead Man's Flats/Canmore mini-series...as well as Season 2 of 'The Great Outdoorz'! SEE YOU NEXT MARCH FOR...
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EP26 - Three Sisters Campground : 'Best Site' & 'Would Do in a Pinch' Awards
We continue our SEASON FINALE mini-series here in Deadman's Flats, Alberta : After going back during the daytime we do another walkthru and give our prestigious 'Best Site' and 'Would Do in a Pinch' Awards..along with honourable mentions. This campsite is unique as it has remained entirely...
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EP25 - Three Sisters Campground
Just a quick bonus episode - we just rolled in to Dead Man's Flats, Alberta for our Annual 'November in the Mountains Trip'. We are staying at Copperstone Resort - a VERY pro-dog resort, with a nice modern feel that provides amenities at a third the cost of what it would be to replicate such a...
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EP24 - RV Talk
A crossover episode from 'Talking Shop' on ESP... Usually TS is all about band stuff but this one took more shape of a Great Outdoorz episode!! Talkin' a little RV and Trailer , nbd... * Season 2 is winding down...but we have our annual November in the Mountains Trip planned for mid-November ..so...
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EP23 - Autumn in Osoyoos - BONUS EPI
Josh preps for his road trip to Osoyoos in this mini-epi. We also discuss our previous Mt Robson hikes, and how and why our Skyline Trail hike has become elusive.
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EP22 - Lac Des Arcs Campground
After a long drive back from BC I found that seemingly EVERY campsite was full from Kicking Horse all the way through Canmore....I have fond memories of Lac Des Arcs from a few years ago so threw once last Hail Mary pass in hopes I had a place to rest for the evening. Luckily I was admitted into...
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EP21 - Loop Brook Campground & Trail
A week after Darci drives through this area - I am on a solo mission to BC of my own! Loop Brook Campground is only open for 2 or so months of the year - and it has a very different vibe to it. Ominous, abandoned train bridge structures from over 100 years ago..a raging creek going through the...
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EP20 - Rogers Pass
Historic Rogers Pass - always an interesting, beautiful drive. This leg of BC-meets-Alberta keeps you on your toes in all seasons..one of the most treacherous trails of travel prone to landslides and snow closures. Even its campgrounds are only open for 2-2.5 months of the year. Darci makes a pit...
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EP19 - Redstreak Campground (Radium Hotsprings)
Darci is on a solo mission to BC and takes the time to give us a few new episodes from the road!! This one was recorded the morning after leaving Redstreak Campground - which is located close to Radium Hotsprings. She gives an overview of that campground, as well as paints the roadtrip picture…
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EP18 - Skyline Trail (Jasper) - Part 2
PART 2 of us planning to tackle one of the most famous hikes in the Canadian Rockies...Jasper's "Skyline Trail" !! 4600ft elevation, 44km length. There are campgrounds at 5 km, 8 km, 12 km, 19 km, 30 km, and 35 km. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyline_Trail_(Jasper_National_Park)
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