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Hiking in Canada — Real Trails, Routes & Tips

Every trip here is one we took ourselves. Real distances, real costs, real stops — and honest notes on what was worth it.

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Turquoise alpine lake surrounded by coniferous forest, rocky peaks, and a waterfall cascading down the mountainside under a cloudy sky

Winnipeg to Banff: An Honest 4-Day Rocky Mountains Road Trip

A 2 a.m. start, a long prairie haul, and then the impossibly blue lakes of the Rockies. Here's our honest 4-day Winnipeg-to-Banff road trip — and everything you need to do it yourself.
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Black dog wading in a shallow river surrounded by rocky shores, coniferous forest, and a suspension bridge spanning the water under a clear blue sky

Pinawa: The Bridge, the Channel and a Wrong Turn at Seven Sisters

We finally caught one dry, sunny day between weeks of rain and drove out to Pinawa: a bridge, a channel loop, a few too many ticks, and a hydro station where we'd expected a waterfall.
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Entrance to Friendship Trail, a forest path lined with wooden carved sculptures and a yellow sign on a fallen log overhead, surrounded by dense green trees

St. Adolphe Friendship Trail: A Half-Hour Drive From Winnipeg

We thought rain killed our Sunday plan. It stopped before noon — and we ended up on a tiny trail that felt like a movie set.
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Pebble beach at sunset with dramatic storm clouds and golden light breaking through over calm water

Big Tree Park: A Friday Evening That Became Our Sunset Spot

We didn't plan it. We just chased a red sunset to the nearest west-facing shore — and found a place we keep coming back to.
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Straight road cutting through a rocky canyon with steep grey stone cliffs on both sides, coniferous forest, and clear blue sky

A Day Trip to Kenora and Rushing River: Crossing Into Ontario for One Perfect Saturday

A summer day trip from Winnipeg to Kenora, Ontario and Rushing River Provincial Park — where the prairie ends, the rock and pine begin, and one Saturday holds a town and three rivers
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