Fisch on Tour 2024 Summer

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June 17, 2024
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Day 2
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
☀️ 20 °C
Altitude: 16 m
Canada Fort Langley National Historic Site of Canada 49.167992, -122.57153849°10’5” N 122°34’18” W
Back to Vancouver
June 18, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
As I’m unexpected free for the summer, why not spend it here? I’m back with my friends Rob & Sandy in Langley. A visit to Fort Langley, the earliest British settlement in mainland BC.
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Day 3
Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 11:13 AM
☀️ 18 °C
Altitude: 47 m
Canada Shannon Creek 49.671587, -123.15899749°40’18” N 123°9’32” W
Motto for this trip
June 19, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
"How we spend our days," author Annie Dillard once famously said, "is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour, and that one, is what we are doing." So yeah, every day is a golden opportunity to get out and do something awesome that will culminate into the lives we've been looking for.

.., the opening words in Mountain Life MagazineRead more
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Day 4
Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 4:31 PM
☁️ 18 °C
Altitude: 667 m
Canada Blackcomb Creek 50.118422, -122.95516250°7’6” N 122°57’19” W
Whistler
June 20, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Walking around Whistler Village and out to Lost Lake this afternoon. The Village is a planned resort town with a nice pedestrian zone. Great for people watching and observing the many downhill bikers on the final stretch down Blackburn Mountain. It was 27 degrees this afternoon at Lost Lake - finally feels like summer!Read more
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Day 5
Friday, June 21, 2024 at 3:22 PM
☁️ 26 °C
Altitude: 252 m
Canada Pemberton 50.323947, -122.80747250°19’26” N 122°48’27” W
Pemberton & Green Lake
June 21, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
Another beautiful summer day! We drove up to the village of Pemberton for coffee, walked around and stopped by the small historical museum of the farming community nicknamed Spud Valley for the seed potatoes grown there. Afternoon at Green Lake with a sundowner at a golf course with the best terrace in Whistler.Read more
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Day 8
Monday, June 24, 2024 at 2:14 PM
☀️ 21 °C
Altitude: 9 m
Canada Bedford Channel 49.171917, -122.5779249°10’19” N 122°34’41” W
Fort Langley
June 24, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Saturday and Sunday were spent driving back from Whistler, hanging out, admin and doing grocery shopping. I had meant to get on the road today, but as I got a short-term appointment for new tires for the Camper, I stay in Langley one more day. After dropping off the car, Sandy, granddaughter Everly and I went to the old part of town, Fort Langley, for a girls shopping and sightseeing day.Read more
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Day 9
Tuesday, June 25, 2024 at 2:40 PM
☁️ 21 °C
Altitude: Sea level
Canada White Cliff Point 49.372307, -123.29241249°22’20” N 123°17’33” W
West Vancouver to Whistler
June 25, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
I leave Langley today, making my way back the same road Rob, Sandy and I took last week: highway 99 up to Whistler. There is a ton more to do and see! First stops are in two parks that are still in Vancouver: Lighthouse and Whytecliff. Driving up the Sea to Sky Highway, stopping in Porteau Cove, Shannon Falls (again) and Brandywine Falls.Read more
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Day 10
Wednesday, June 26, 2024 at 11:25 AM
☁️ 13 °C
Altitude: 1,214 m
Canada Lower Joffre Lake 50.367737, -122.49797850°22’4” N 122°29’53” W
Joffre Lakes PP / Nairn Falls
June 26, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
The hike in Joffre Lakes Provincial Park it’s so popular that day passes are needed and today was the only day I could get one for. So I drive up 60 km north of Whistler for this steep hike up a mountain stream and its three lakes to a glacier valley. The second and third lake are standing in every way, as is the waterfall between the two. The forecasted rain sets in as reach Lake 3. It’s a lazy rest of the day on my campsite at Nairn Falls PP. At least I managed to do the 30 minute hike to the actual falls, quite impressive.!Read more
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Day 11
Thursday, June 27, 2024 at 2:07 PM
☁️ 14 °C
Altitude: 23 m
Canada Britannia Creek 49.623272, -123.20236249°37’24” N 123°12’9” W
Britannia Mine Museum
June 27, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
It rained all day, so I make my way 100 kms back down the Sea to Sky Highway to the Britannia Mine Site south of Squamish. Once the largest copper mine in the Commonwealth, it operated from 1911 to 1974. The visit includes an underground tour, where mining techniques are demonstrated, and a visit to the Mill house. Not a lot of equipment remains, but an interactive show explained how copper was extracted from the ore. Several buildings in the open air Museum contain further exhibits. The mining towns of Britannia Beach and Townsite all but disappeared.Read more
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Day 12
Friday, June 28, 2024 at 1:47 PM
☁️ 12 °C
Altitude: 849 m
Canada Madeley Creek 50.137628, -123.11342550°8’15” N 123°6’48” W
Alice Lake / Whistler Olympic Park
June 28, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
The rain is over. I hike the Four Lakes Loop at Alice Lake (Squamish) before trying my luck at the Railroad Museum - they are only open on Saturdays! Bad business decisions. So I head north back towards Whistler and take the detour to the Olympic Park where the Nordic ski events took place: ski jumping, cross-country and biathlon. The cool thing: you can climb up the large jumping hill all the way to the top from where athletes start their jumps! Way cool. The sun comes out on my way further north and I finish the day with a quick loop hike around One Mile Lake in Pemberton.Read more
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Day 13
Saturday, June 29, 2024 at 11:49 AM
⛅ 21 °C
Altitude: 251 m
Canada Lillooet Indian Reserve 1 50.691567, -121.93751350°41’30” N 121°56’15” W
Lillooet to Cariboo Road
June 29, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Lillooet on the Fraser River marks the end of the Sea to Sky Highway. A much dryer climate, lots of orchards, but economically dead since the town was bypassed by the railroad. I cross over to the Cariboo Wagon Road and drive north.Read more
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Day 14
Sunday, June 30, 2024 at 10:45 AM
☁️ 16 °C
Altitude: 883 m
Canada 108 Mile Ranch 51.750683, -121.34744551°45’2” N 121°20’51” W
Cariboo Wagon Road
June 30, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
I make my way north along Highway 97, part of the famous Cariboo Wagon Road constructed during gold rush times in the 1860s to connect the Fraser River from its northernmost navigable town of Yale to the big gold fields at Barkerville (where I was last year). Every couple of miles there was a roadhouse. Towns and places still be those names: I sleep and test my limited mountain bike skills at 99 mile recreation area, get gas at the town of 100 mile house, and visit the open air museum at 108 mile house, run by murderess Agnes McVee who killed 55 miners and their gold.Read more
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Day 14
Sunday, June 30, 2024 at 5:06 PM
☁️ 20 °C
Altitude: 502 m
Canada Hat Creek 50.884144, -121.40974450°53’3” N 121°24’35” W
Thompson River
June 30, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Father south the Cariboo Wagon Road follows the Thompson River. I visit another open, am museum, old stage coach stop Hat Creek Ranch, and continue south. The area here is in the Coast Mountains’ rain shadow: arid and hot.Read more
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Day 15
Monday, July 1, 2024 at 1:04 PM
⛅ 21 °C
Altitude: 95 m
Canada Busteed Creek 49.78023, -121.44892249°46’49” N 121°26’56” W
Fraser River
July 1, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
The southernmost part of the Cariboo Road, now Trans-Canada Highway, passes through the narrow valley of the Fraser River. At its narrowest point, Hell’s Gate, it’s only 36 m wide and the rapids blocked all ships. It’s a noisy valley with river, the highway and 2 train lines with huge freight trains every 10 minutes or so…Read more
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Day 18
Thursday, July 4, 2024 at 10:34 AM
☀️ 19 °C
Altitude: 643 m
Canada Princeton Airport 49.458564, -120.50929249°27’31” N 120°30’33” W
Hope / E.C. Manning PP
July 4, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
July 2nd I spent again with Rob & Sandy in Langley as more repairs to the car were needed. Today I leave the west coast for good - the next few days I’ll travel along the Crowsnest Highway to Waterton NP. Stops in Hope and a huge provincial parkRead more
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Day 18
Thursday, July 4, 2024 at 3:41 PM
☀️ 30 °C
Altitude: 427 m
Canada Armstrong Creek 49.214725, -119.80901349°12’53” N 119°48’32” W
Princeton to Penticton
July 4, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
I continue my way on highway 3 along the Similkameen River. First stop in the small, but nice town of Princeton, the bronze statue capital of Canada. Statues of animals existing in the area are everywhere. A hike around the grassland protected area of Swan Lake gives me a glimpse into the most deserted region of Canada. Next a quick break in the tiny town of Hedley before I visit an old water mill in Keremeos. I end the day at Penticton / Okanagan Lake.Read more
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Day 19
Friday, July 5, 2024 at 8:25 AM
☀️ 19 °C
Altitude: 402 m
Canada Mount Munson 49.522762, -119.57327249°31’22” N 119°34’24” W
KVR Rail Trail Penticton
July 5, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
If this looks familiar, it is. I was already here last year cycling this fantastic trail along a former railroad track, the KVR, and I liked it so much that I really wanted to do it again. The views and the landscape of fantastic, I really don’t know any better cycling route. Cooling off in the lake, then off to lunch to one of the wineries. Sounds like vacation!Read more
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Day 19
Friday, July 5, 2024 at 6:09 PM
☀️ 28 °C
Altitude: 760 m
Canada Haas Creek 49.089924, -118.67750549°5’24” N 118°40’39” W
Osoyoos to Grand Forks
July 5, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
After my bike tour in the morning, I eat lunch at a local winery and then continue south along the Okanagan Valley, to Osoyoos. I stopped at Vaseaux Lake to look for birds, visit viewpoints onto Osoyoos, and then continue along highway 3, the southernmost Road of Canada, skirting the US border, stopping in some of the small villages.Read more
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Day 20
Saturday, July 6, 2024 at 2:17 PM
☁️ 30 °C
Altitude: 440 m
Canada Norns Creek 49.325795, -117.6658749°19’33” N 117°39’57” W
Castlegar to Creston
July 6, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
I bike another rail trail in the morning, this time the Columbia and Western along Arrow Lake just past Castlegar. Beautiful ride, and I like trestle bridges! Then spend some time in Castlegar, generally not very interesting town that put on an annual sculpture contest. I really enjoyed looking at the sculptures last year and wanted to look at this year‘s set, too. I then drive to Creston, where I visited the wetlands last year, and took another stroll to look for birds.Read more
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Day 21
Sunday, July 7, 2024 at 1:39 PM
☀️ 26 °C
Altitude: 1,014 m
Canada Coal Creek 49.503287, -115.06128649°30’12” N 115°3’41” W
Fernie to Waterton Lakes NP
July 7, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
I have a lot of driving to do, so not not a lot of time for stops. I do stop in Fernie though, tourism, and winter sports town that I really like last year, and in the coal mining area of Crowsnest Pass for a visit to an old mine, Leitch Colliery. Then straight to Waterton!Read more
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Day 22
Monday, July 8, 2024 at 2:54 PM
☀️ 24 °C
Altitude: 2,009 m
Canada Goat Lake 49.163994, -114.0898949°9’50” N 114°5’24” W
Waterton Day 1 - Goat Lake
July 8, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Waterton Lakes National Park is in the westernmost corner of Alberta bordering the US. I was last year and really liked this place of unmatched, natural beauty and diversity. I was lucky to get a campsite for four nights. Day 1 - driving up Red Rock Parkway and bike/hike to Goat Lake. Bike the first and last 4,5 km, hike the rest but very steep!Read more
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Day 23
Tuesday, July 9, 2024 at 8:42 AM
☀️ 19 °C
Altitude: 1,657 m
Canada Akamina Lake 49.019414, -114.04393949°1’10” N 114°2’38” W
Waterton Day 2 - Carthew Alderson Trail
July 9, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
My first really long hike last year… and it was a red one, so I’m doing it again today. The weather is much nice and warmer, I shared my lunch break with a marmot (Murmeltier) and a great view on the lake rather than freezing. Landscape changes frequently on this 20 km hike, enjoy!Read more
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Day 24
Wednesday, July 10, 2024 at 11:12 AM
☀️ 25 °C
Altitude: 1,512 m
Canada Red Rock Canyon 49.130795, -114.02690949°7’51” N 114°1’37” W
Waterton Day 3 - Red Rock Canyon
July 10, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Time for a break after the exhausting hike yesterday. I drive the scenic roads and splash in Red Rock Canyon - a place you can only experience by going in the water.
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Day 24
Wednesday, July 10, 2024 at 6:13 PM
☀️ 29 °C
Altitude: 1,269 m
Canada Bosporus 49.053963, -113.90576249°3’14” N 113°54’21” W
Waterton Day 3 - Sunset Cruise
July 10, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
I spent the afternoon hanging around town, a short bike ride - and at the parking there was a bear! A big black bear was crossing a stream, then the road, then making his way up at steep slope. Pictures on my other camera. In the evening, I take the sunset cruise around Upper Waterton Lake before finishing with a nice dinner, and the restaurant has WiFi…Read more
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Day 25
Thursday, July 11, 2024 at 10:58 AM
⛅ 25 °C
Altitude: 1,780 m
Canada Bertha Lake 49.02372, -113.93885849°1’25” N 113°56’20” W
Waterton Day 4 - Bertha Lake and Bears!
July 11, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
After seeing a bear yesterday afternoon, I had the unbelievable experience to see a mother bear with her cub right in Waterton Village! It was 7 am, and I was meeting with Sylvain and Marie-Jose, a couple from Quebec I had met in Langley and as we had the same route, we met here and spent the morning hiking together to Bertha Lake. Wandering around town in the afternoon, I saw a very cute baby deer after my evening hike up to Bear’s Hump, a famous viewpoint, I saw another bear when leaving the park, he was walking along the bike path right next to the road! What an unbelievable day!Read more
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Day 26
Friday, July 12, 2024 at 1:02 PM
☁️ 21 °C
Altitude: 1,256 m
Canada Bar U Ranch National Historic Site of Canada 50.419155, -114.24465350°25’9” N 114°14’41” W
Bar U Ranch / Peter Lougheed PP
July 12, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
I make my way north along the eastern front of the Rocky Mountains. Most of the day I spend at Bar U Ranch, once one of the largest cattle and Percheron horse breeding ranches in the world, now a historic site. After that I make my way into Kananaskis Country, Calgary’s outdoor playground, for the night.Read more
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