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The Trail Journal
Gear that earns its weight. Routes worth the fuel. Camp cooking, fishing, recovery, and the honest side of living out of a rig. No sponsored fluff — if we say it works, it works.
JUL 24 2026 · ROUTES
The Towns Alberta Left Behind
Southern Alberta is one of North America’s great ghost-town landscapes — coal camps, prairie elevators and abandoned main streets, most of them a photograph’s distance from a public road. Where to find them, and how to visit without wrecking them.
Read →JUL 23 2026 · THE RIG
The Two-Storey Overlander
China’s SAIC Maxus “Mt. Everest” expands into a two-storey RV — a projection theatre upstairs, a mud-room bath down. What it is, what it costs, and whether it can ever reach North America.
Read →JUL 22 2026 · THE SITE
This Is Trekkr.
Field guides that tell it straight, a builder that plans honest trips, and a passport that unlocks the lot — what this site is, who it’s for, and why it exists.
Read →JUL 16 2026 · ROUTES
Jasper Is Full. Go North.
150 km north of the lineups sits the biggest roadless wilderness in the Alberta Rockies — no entry fee, half-empty campgrounds, canyon platforms minutes from the lot. The honest escape plan.
Read →JUL 15 2026 · GEAR
How Far Have Camping Chairs Come?
A 3.5-lb chair rated for 400 lb that folds to the size of a water bottle. The CLIQ ClassiQ 2.0, the honest trade-offs, and who the $150 price actually makes sense for.
Read →JUL 14 2026 · CAMP
Bear-Country Food Storage That Actually Works
A fed bear is a dead bear. The 4-metre hang, the certified canister, and exactly what Parks Canada requires — so a bear never learns your camp is a buffet.
Read →JUL 13 2026 · ROUTES
Icefields Parkway Side Roads Worth the Detour
Everyone drives the Parkway; few actually pull off it. The quiet detours worth the stop — plus the fuel, pass, and no-signal realities of Highway 93N.
Read →JUL 12 2026 · GEAR
Recovery Boards: What Actually Matters
Skip the brand wars. Here's what separates boards that save your trip from boards that snap in -20° — and why the teeth matter more than the plastic.
Read →JUL 11 2026 · ROUTES
Three FSR Loops Within Two Hours of Edmonton
Weekend-sized routes with dispersed camping, water crossings you can actually judge from the driver's seat, and where the cell coverage really dies.
Read →JUL 10 2026 · CAMP
The $200 Camp Kitchen That Outcooks Your $2,000 One
After five seasons of testing, the setup we keep coming back to fits in one action packer and cleans up in ten minutes.
Read →JUL 09 2026 · FISHING
Alpine Lake Fishing From Your Rig: A Starter Kit
You don't need a drift boat. A packable rod, the right handful of lures, and a rig that gets you to the trailhead is 90% of it.
Read →JUL 08 2026 · BUILDS
Dual Battery Setups Explained Like You're Not an Electrician
DC-DC chargers, isolators, and lithium vs AGM — what each choice actually costs you in weight, dollars, and cold-morning starts.
Read →JUL 07 2026 · HIKING
Day Hikes Off the David Thompson Highway Nobody Posts About
The famous ones are famous for a reason — but these four trailheads within a stone's throw of great camping stay quiet all summer.
Read →JUL 05 2026 · ROUTES
The Ultimate Canadian Rockies Overlanding Bucket List
25 legal, drivable backcountry routes across the Alberta front ranges and BC valleys — grouped by region, graded by difficulty, so you can build a whole season out of one list.
Read →JUL 04 2026 · BUILDS
Build the Perfect Overland Solar Power System
Watt-hour budgets, the four-part chain, and real Alberta sun numbers — how to make power faster than you burn it for truly unlimited off-grid camping.
Read →JUL 03 2026 · GEAR
12 Overlanding Upgrades Worth the Money (And 8 to Skip)
The honest split from people who actually sleep on trails: which bolt-ons transform your capability and which just transform your bank balance.
Read →JUL 02 2026 · CAMP
Off-Grid Cooking: 15 Campfire & Skillet Recipes
Cook over coals, not flames. Master the three-zone fire and these 15 recipes get easy — all of them fire-ban-legal on a propane stove.
Read →JUL 01 2026 · GEAR
The Overland Recovery Gear Guide: What Actually Gets You Unstuck
Boards, a shovel, and airing down solve most stucks in ten minutes. The gear that earns its place in the rig — and what to skip until the trail demands it.
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