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February 2017

1st Cold Camping Trip! – Solo Backcountry on St. Nora Lake

By Christina|2017-02-14T15:16:15-05:00February 14th, 2017|Categories: Adventure, Algonquin, algonquin highlands, alone, backcountry, backcountry camping, camp, camping, campsite, Canada, cold, cold camp, cold camping, Exploring, falls, frozen waterfalls, gloves, hike, Hiking, hiking trails, ice, icefalls, inspiration, learning, Nature, Ontario, ontario parks, Ontario Trails, ontarios highlands, outdoor products, Outdoors, Parks, portage, portaging, pull in, sledding, solo trip, summer tent, tent, tentcamping, texting gloves, toboggan, Uncategorized, walking, water, waterfalls, waterways, winter, winter camping, yolo|Tags: @AHParkRecTrails, @campingontario, @keencanada, @Onhighlands, @ontariobackcountry.ca, @ontarionature, @ontariosnowshoetrails, #algonquin, #algonquinhighlands, #backcountry, #camper, #camperchristina, #coldcamp, #coldcamping, #coldtent, #coldtenting, #comewander, #followyourfeet, #keen, #marmot, #ontariohighlands, #ontariotourism, #solotrip, algonquin highlands, camp|

It was Thanksgiving weekend, 2001 and I did a backcountry trip backpacking in to Bucholtz Lake on the Eastern Pines Backpacking Trail in Algonquin Park. I had a -5 sleeping bag and I remember I was laying there wearing all the clothes I had brought in, including my jacket, in my sleeping bag and I was frozen solid. All I wanted to do was be warm but there was no way I was walking out [...]

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March 2016

CLIMBING AN ICE WALL – An Epic Adventure!

By Christina|2016-03-07T20:08:42-05:00March 7th, 2016|Categories: Adventure, Algonquin, axe, blog, Canada, Climb, Climbing, cold, crampons, Exploring, frozen waterfalls, Fun, girls, gloves, ice, ice wall, iceclimbing, icefalls, icewall, inspiration, learning, medeba, Ontario, Outdoors, teepee, tipi, Uncategorized, water, waterfalls, winter|Tags: @ibbtravel, @medebaConnect, @Onhighlands, @yoursoutdoors, #barrie, #camperchristina, #haliburton, #haliburtonhighlands, #iceaxe, #iceclimb, #minden, #ontariohighlands, #pick, #southwind, #waterfall, #winterWander, axe, Climb, Climbing, crampons, ice, medeba, Yoursoutdoors.ca|

Have you ever wanted to climb a wall of ice? For me the answer is "ABSOLUTELY!" A few months ago I went on a waterfall trip to see some frozen waterfalls in the Hamilton area. Tiffany Falls, a gorgeous sight frozen was my favourite of the three I visited that day. Upon doing research for the blog post, I discovered that people actually climb it in the winter. WHAT? For real? How cool is [...]

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