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Satellite map of Vancouver Island and the BC coast with the TCAT 2026 adventure motorcycle route traced in blue

TCAT 2026

TCAT 2026: The Full Story: Plan, Ride, Budget, Route, and Community $50/Day?! My budget trip along the TCAT is going to be a challenge! As I’ve just recently announced, I’ll...

TCAT 2026

TCAT 2026: The Full Story: Plan, Ride, Budget, Route, and Community $50/Day?! My budget trip along the TCAT is going to be a challenge! As I’ve just recently announced, I’ll...

Baofeng K5 Plus handheld radio front view showing dual frequency color display and keypad

Baofeng K5 Plus

Baofeng K5 Plus Communication is key! Tired of line-of-sight helmet com systems? Lets talk about a true backcountry solution that won’t leave you cut off. The Baofeng K5 Plus is...

Baofeng K5 Plus

Baofeng K5 Plus Communication is key! Tired of line-of-sight helmet com systems? Lets talk about a true backcountry solution that won’t leave you cut off. The Baofeng K5 Plus is...

Group of adventure and dual sport riders parked by a public washroom building below mountains at a 2025 dualsport rally

2025 Dualsport Rally Events

Let’s get ready to Rally!!! There’s sooooo many amazing events available to riders here on the Left Coast. Some are right here in BC and Alberta others are just across...

2025 Dualsport Rally Events

Let’s get ready to Rally!!! There’s sooooo many amazing events available to riders here on the Left Coast. Some are right here in BC and Alberta others are just across...

KTM 1190 Adventure motorcycle loaded with Titan Strap secured luggage parked on red desert dirt below mesa cliffs

Titan Straps are Here!

Titan Straps are the incredible do everything strap you didn’t know you needed! Nothing new here, right? Haven’t there been things like these around for years? Well, sort of? Me,...

Titan Straps are Here!

Titan Straps are the incredible do everything strap you didn’t know you needed! Nothing new here, right? Haven’t there been things like these around for years? Well, sort of? Me,...

Green ultralight outdoor water filter with hose attached, coiled on a wood surface for moto camping

Gear Review: Ultralight Water Filter

Ultralight Water Filter. Gotta stay hydrated, right?! No need to carry all the water you need for a trip, you can create fresh, cold water anytime you want! Fortunately we...

Gear Review: Ultralight Water Filter

Ultralight Water Filter. Gotta stay hydrated, right?! No need to carry all the water you need for a trip, you can create fresh, cold water anytime you want! Fortunately we...

Adventure riders kneeling in a paved parking lot for a rider meeting at a 2024 BC dualsport rally

2024 Dualsport Rally Events

Let’s get ready to Rally!!! There’s sooooo many amazing events available to riders here on the Left Coast. Some are right here in BC, and some are just across the...

2024 Dualsport Rally Events

Let’s get ready to Rally!!! There’s sooooo many amazing events available to riders here on the Left Coast. Some are right here in BC, and some are just across the...

Backroad Mapbooks app screenshot showing a dense network of BC backroads around Nelson, Castlegar and Rossland

Backroad Mapbooks App

If you have spent any time in the outdoors in Canada in the last 20 years, you’ve likely spend a good chunk of time staring at a map or book...

Backroad Mapbooks App

If you have spent any time in the outdoors in Canada in the last 20 years, you’ve likely spend a good chunk of time staring at a map or book...

Three adventure riders standing with their loaded bikes on a wood deck bridge under a blue sky

2023 BC Rally Events

Let’s get ready to Rally!!! There’s sooooo many amazing events available to riders here on the Left Coast. Some are right here in BC, and some are just across the...

2023 BC Rally Events

Let’s get ready to Rally!!! There’s sooooo many amazing events available to riders here on the Left Coast. Some are right here in BC, and some are just across the...

Rider on a black BMW R 1200 GS adventure motorcycle leaning through a corner on a tree lined road

Cycle BC: Motorcycle Rentals

Sometime you just NEED a bike. Flying into Vancouver and want to take an epic trip around BC? Looking at upgrading and want to try a few things out before...

Cycle BC: Motorcycle Rentals

Sometime you just NEED a bike. Flying into Vancouver and want to take an epic trip around BC? Looking at upgrading and want to try a few things out before...

Map of southern BC marked with green motorcycle icons showing motorcycle shop locations from Vancouver Island to Kelowna

Motorcycle Shops

Looking for a new-to-you motorcycle to take out there and explore the Province and beyond? Maybe it’s time to deal with that thing-that-it-does-that-isn’t-quite-right. You may be just starting out and...

Motorcycle Shops

Looking for a new-to-you motorcycle to take out there and explore the Province and beyond? Maybe it’s time to deal with that thing-that-it-does-that-isn’t-quite-right. You may be just starting out and...

Tonik Distillery Nelson BC round logo with a brown TD monogram crest

Tonik Distillery

A Bit About Them… Our mission at Tonik is to create beverages that remedy life’s most common ailments. These “Miracle Cures” were passed down from our forefathers many moons ago....

Tonik Distillery

A Bit About Them… Our mission at Tonik is to create beverages that remedy life’s most common ailments. These “Miracle Cures” were passed down from our forefathers many moons ago....

Wild North Brewing taproom at dusk, timber building with patio umbrellas and picnic tables under string lights

Wild North Brewing

A Bit About Them Our mission is to bring an authentic craft beer culture to our hometown of Creston, BC in a way that honors local tastes while offering a...

Wild North Brewing

A Bit About Them Our mission is to bring an authentic craft beer culture to our hometown of Creston, BC in a way that honors local tastes while offering a...

Get Lost Find Yourself Vancouver Island poster with two dual sport riders on a forest trail framed by cedar trunks

Get Lost, Find Yourself: 2025

“Get Lost…Find Yourself”  Adventure and Dualsport Motorcycle camping weekend. Welcome to the Third Annual “Get Lost…Find Yourself” Adventure & Dualsport Motorcycle campout, taking place on beautiful northern Vancouver Island. This event...

Get Lost, Find Yourself: 2025

“Get Lost…Find Yourself”  Adventure and Dualsport Motorcycle camping weekend. Welcome to the Third Annual “Get Lost…Find Yourself” Adventure & Dualsport Motorcycle campout, taking place on beautiful northern Vancouver Island. This event...

Get Lost Find Yourself 2023 dual sport motorcycle camp out badge over a Vancouver Island campsite with a tent and trees

Get Lost, Find Yourself: 2024

“Get Lost…Find Yourself”  Adventure and Dualsport Motorcycle camping weekend. Welcome to the Second Annual “Get Lost…Find Yourself” Adventure & Dualsport Motorcycle campout, taking place September 5-8, 2024 on beautiful northern Vancouver...

Get Lost, Find Yourself: 2024

“Get Lost…Find Yourself”  Adventure and Dualsport Motorcycle camping weekend. Welcome to the Second Annual “Get Lost…Find Yourself” Adventure & Dualsport Motorcycle campout, taking place September 5-8, 2024 on beautiful northern Vancouver...

Map of a Kootenay riding route near Sheep Creek and West Creston BC with blue and green tracks and trail markers

Darkwoods

What is Darkwoods? Well, its 63,000 Hectares of Conservation land just outside of Nelson. It’s a MASSIVE hunk of preserved wilderness, but lucky for us, there’s still some roads that...

Darkwoods

What is Darkwoods? Well, its 63,000 Hectares of Conservation land just outside of Nelson. It’s a MASSIVE hunk of preserved wilderness, but lucky for us, there’s still some roads that...

Gaia GPS route map of a Kootenay loop through Edgewood, Renata and Castlegar BC with campsite and fuel waypoints

Bulldogish

What’s Bulldogish? Well, for lack of a better name, it’s the network of roads and trails that wander around the Bulldog Tunnel. Encompassing a loose circle that includes Castlegar, Christina...

Bulldogish

What’s Bulldogish? Well, for lack of a better name, it’s the network of roads and trails that wander around the Bulldog Tunnel. Encompassing a loose circle that includes Castlegar, Christina...

Aeropress Go coffee maker brewing on a mountaintop picnic table with an Ride the Kootenays sticker

Gear Review: Aeropress GO Coffee Maker

Aeropress GO travel coffee maker. If you know me, you know I LOVE my coffee. And I’ve tried every coffee maker under the sun over the years. And I’ve always...

Gear Review: Aeropress GO Coffee Maker

Aeropress GO travel coffee maker. If you know me, you know I LOVE my coffee. And I’ve tried every coffee maker under the sun over the years. And I’ve always...

Rockies ARC logo with the orange I Think We Missed a Turn diamond sign between green Rockies and ARC road signs

Rocky Mtn Network

What’s the Rocky Mtn Network? Well, its the corridor of awesomeness that runs North/South along and near the Canadian Rockies. And boy is it a special place! You get a...

Rocky Mtn Network

What’s the Rocky Mtn Network? Well, its the corridor of awesomeness that runs North/South along and near the Canadian Rockies. And boy is it a special place! You get a...

Get Lost Find Yourself 2023 adventure and dual sport motorcycle campout sticker over a Vancouver Island forest campsite

Get Lost, Find Yourself: 2024

“Get Lost…Find Yourself”  Adventure and Dualsport Motorcycle camping weekend. Welcome to the Second Annual “Get Lost…Find Yourself” Adventure & Dualsport Motorcycle campout, taking place September 5-8, 2024 on beautiful northern Vancouver...

Get Lost, Find Yourself: 2024

“Get Lost…Find Yourself”  Adventure and Dualsport Motorcycle camping weekend. Welcome to the Second Annual “Get Lost…Find Yourself” Adventure & Dualsport Motorcycle campout, taking place September 5-8, 2024 on beautiful northern Vancouver...

Sea to Sky Adventure Motorcycle Group logo with a rider and bike inside a compass and mountain emblem

S2S Gold Rush Trail 2024

Sea to Sky Adventure Motorcycle Group Presents: S2SADV proudly presents the briefing package for the 4th Annual Gold Dust Trail (GDT)Rally, which starts on Friday August 30 in Lillooet, BC.The...

S2S Gold Rush Trail 2024

Sea to Sky Adventure Motorcycle Group Presents: S2SADV proudly presents the briefing package for the 4th Annual Gold Dust Trail (GDT)Rally, which starts on Friday August 30 in Lillooet, BC.The...

Map of BC dotted with purple fire tower lookout markers from Vancouver Island to Calgary and Banff

Fire Tower Lookouts

Fire Lookouts Who doesn’t like a epic view? They put fire towers on the tops of mountains for a reason. But we get to enjoy the view! Some of these...

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Fire Tower Lookouts

Fire Lookouts Who doesn’t like a epic view? They put fire towers on the tops of mountains for a reason. But we get to enjoy the view! Some of these...

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Get Lost Find Yourself 2023 campout sticker over a Vancouver Island campsite with a tent and picnic tables in the forest

Get Lost: Find Yourself

“Get Lost…Find Yourself” Adventure and Dualsport Motorcycle camping weekend. Critter Moto is excited to announce the first annual “Get Lost…Find Yourself” Adventure & Dualsport Motorcycle campout, taking place September 15-17, 2023 on...

Get Lost: Find Yourself

“Get Lost…Find Yourself” Adventure and Dualsport Motorcycle camping weekend. Critter Moto is excited to announce the first annual “Get Lost…Find Yourself” Adventure & Dualsport Motorcycle campout, taking place September 15-17, 2023 on...

Sea to Sky Adventure Motorcycle Group logo with a rider and bike inside a compass and mountain emblem

S2S Gold Rush: Nelson

the Sea to Sky is coming to Nelson!! Thursday ride from Sunshine Coast to Osoyoos (possibly through WA), stay at Osoyoos Hotel & Suites.Friday & Saturday stay at Baker Street...

S2S Gold Rush: Nelson

the Sea to Sky is coming to Nelson!! Thursday ride from Sunshine Coast to Osoyoos (possibly through WA), stay at Osoyoos Hotel & Suites.Friday & Saturday stay at Baker Street...

Orange Naturehike Cloud Up tent pitched on a lakeshore beach with a moto helmet and mountains behind

Gear Review: Naturehike Cloud Up Tent

Naturehike Cloud Up 1, 2 & 3 Person Tent. More of a long-term review of the Cloud Up tent that I’ve had for 3 seasons now. Solo, I use the...

Gear Review: Naturehike Cloud Up Tent

Naturehike Cloud Up 1, 2 & 3 Person Tent. More of a long-term review of the Cloud Up tent that I’ve had for 3 seasons now. Solo, I use the...

Naturehike titanium mug used with a brass windscreen and stove on a mountaintop picnic table

Gear Review: Naturehike Titanium Mug

Naturehike Titanium Mug. There’s nothing quite like a little bit of titanium bling. It’s just one of those amazing materials that ticks all the boxes. Light, tough, inert, and it...

Gear Review: Naturehike Titanium Mug

Naturehike Titanium Mug. There’s nothing quite like a little bit of titanium bling. It’s just one of those amazing materials that ticks all the boxes. Light, tough, inert, and it...

Naturehike down sleeping bag wrapped around a man resting on an inflatable pad with a camp pillow

Gear Review: Naturehike Down Sleeping Bag

Naturehike Down Rectangular Sleeping Bag. If you go camping, you need a sleeping bag. Pretty simple right? But….which one do you need? There’s alot of options, down or synthetic fill....

Gear Review: Naturehike Down Sleeping Bag

Naturehike Down Rectangular Sleeping Bag. If you go camping, you need a sleeping bag. Pretty simple right? But….which one do you need? There’s alot of options, down or synthetic fill....

Man napping on a couch using a teal Naturehike inflatable camp pillow

Gear Review: Naturehike Inflatable Pillow

Naturehike inflatable Pillow. Yeah, I know what you’re thinking. It’s a pillow. Big deal. But….it actually is. I’ve been using these little things for a few seasons now and couldn’t...

Gear Review: Naturehike Inflatable Pillow

Naturehike inflatable Pillow. Yeah, I know what you’re thinking. It’s a pillow. Big deal. But….it actually is. I’ve been using these little things for a few seasons now and couldn’t...

Naturehike Star River tent pitched on a sandy reservoir shore below snow capped mountains

Gear Review: Naturehike Star River Tent

Naturehike Star River Tent. This is a bit more of a long-term review of the Star River tent, we’ve been using it as our primary tent for 2 seasons now....

Gear Review: Naturehike Star River Tent

Naturehike Star River Tent. This is a bit more of a long-term review of the Star River tent, we’ve been using it as our primary tent for 2 seasons now....

Naturehike collapsible camp chair set up in a forest campsite with a man tending a fire nearby

Gear Review: Naturehike Collapsible Camping Chair

Naturehike Ultralight collapsible Camping chair. Ok, so if any of you know me at all, you know how I feel about my camping chair. I take it everywhere!! I’ll cut...

Gear Review: Naturehike Collapsible Camping Chair

Naturehike Ultralight collapsible Camping chair. Ok, so if any of you know me at all, you know how I feel about my camping chair. I take it everywhere!! I’ll cut...

Blue Naturehike ultralight sleeping pad inflated inside a Naturehike tent by a lake

Gear Review: Naturehike Ultralight Sleeping Pad

Naturehike Ultralight Sleeping Pad. A comfortable night’s sleep is a big deal. It means the difference between being sore and cranky or being rested and ready to face the day!...

Gear Review: Naturehike Ultralight Sleeping Pad

Naturehike Ultralight Sleeping Pad. A comfortable night’s sleep is a big deal. It means the difference between being sore and cranky or being rested and ready to face the day!...

Map of a dual sport route from Curzon to Baynes Lake near Moyie BC with campsite waypoints along the track

Yahk to Kikomun Rd

So you say you need a route to connect between Yack and Jaffery? Well, here it is! If you’re going between Creston and Fernie, or up into the Bull River,...

Yahk to Kikomun Rd

So you say you need a route to connect between Yack and Jaffery? Well, here it is! If you’re going between Creston and Fernie, or up into the Bull River,...

Naturehike Vik tent pitched on a dirt ridge among subalpine trees at dusk

Gear Review: Naturehike Vik 1 & 2

Naturehike Vik 1 & 2 Person Ultralight tent. Looking for a simple, single-wall tent? Ultra-lightweight Sil-nylon with a bit of storage? Well, do I have the tent for you!! All...

Gear Review: Naturehike Vik 1 & 2

Naturehike Vik 1 & 2 Person Ultralight tent. Looking for a simple, single-wall tent? Ultra-lightweight Sil-nylon with a bit of storage? Well, do I have the tent for you!! All...

MSR Whisperlite International stove and titanium pot beside an orange moto helmet on a lakeside table

Gear Review: MSR Whisperlite International

Ode to the classic MSR Whisperlite International.  What’s 40 years old and runs on gasoline? This stove! It’s one of those pieces of camping gear that just never dies… A...

Gear Review: MSR Whisperlite International

Ode to the classic MSR Whisperlite International.  What’s 40 years old and runs on gasoline? This stove! It’s one of those pieces of camping gear that just never dies… A...

Solo moto camping kit with an ultralight tent and adventure bike beside a backcountry fire lookout tower

Gear Review: Solo Sleeping kit

Here’s my solo sleeping setup. So, let’s break it down. What do you really need to get a comfortable night’s sleep? A tent, a sleeping pad and a sleeping bag....

Gear Review: Solo Sleeping kit

Here’s my solo sleeping setup. So, let’s break it down. What do you really need to get a comfortable night’s sleep? A tent, a sleeping pad and a sleeping bag....

Kootenay Cider Works circular black and white logo with mountains, apples and CIDER WORKS text

Kootenay Cider Works

Farm-crafted cider the traditional way. A small, mountainside cidery located in Nelson BC. It’s a boutique cider house, if you will, making cider crafted from apples grown in the Nelson...

Kootenay Cider Works

Farm-crafted cider the traditional way. A small, mountainside cidery located in Nelson BC. It’s a boutique cider house, if you will, making cider crafted from apples grown in the Nelson...

Map of the Kid Creek and Moyie River FSR dual sport route between Creston and Cranbrook through the Purcell Mountains

Kid Creek / Moyie River FSR

A gravel shortcut from Kitchener to the North end of Moyie Lake! The Route follows the Kid Creek and Moyie River FSRs and cuts off a whole lot-0-slab! Get the...

Kid Creek / Moyie River FSR

A gravel shortcut from Kitchener to the North end of Moyie Lake! The Route follows the Kid Creek and Moyie River FSRs and cuts off a whole lot-0-slab! Get the...