Road Trip 2017: Sunset, Sunrise

Originally published: August 18, 2017 In Alberta You Don’t Pay the Ferryman Slicing almost due west from the strange tower, we kept to back roads, making our way towards the Red Deer River. All along the way the land teased of something different, just over the horizon.  The GPS, iPhone and Alberta Atlas (that’s an actual paper …

Awakening the Mountain with Stevie Rachel Lawrence

One day there was a heatwave. And also, admission to the parks was free, and it was Saturday. So I piled all my gear into my FJ, picked up three brave (and slightly crazy) models, and headed into the madness that was Jasper National Park. Stevie Rachel Lawrence answered my casting call first. She’s one of …

One Day in Jasper: Hanging with Hannah

August 25, 2017 Hannah Dillon is one of those people who can transform from skater-girl to runway ready on a moment’s notice. She arrived on the day with one of those bottomless suitcases – the kind that seems to hold enough clothing for an old school trip to the continent, yet fits in the space beneath an …

One Day in Jasper: Allisson Lights a Fire at Medicine Lake

Allisson is a scientist. She doesn’t talk much about it, but I’m pretty sure she’s up to some full on breaking bad type stuff. She is quiet, smart, determined, and a pretty good hiker too, While the rest of us gasped in the heat, each juggling their own particular sherpa-load of equipment and clothes and whatever other …