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Wow, things have been busy around here! It’s already time for the next edition of the Outdoor Blog Carnival.  Tim and Robin from Appalachia and Beyond have graciously accepted hosting duties for this edition. If you’d like to host an edition of the Outdoor Blog Carnival, submit a post for the next carnival (coming soon) [...]

Finally we’ve reached the end of the June and it’s time for the Outdoor Blog Carnival! It’s been a long wait since April but well worth it. We’ve got an excellent Carnival for you this month. Karl at OutdoorVancouver.ca is the host this month so wander over to his Outdoor Carnival Round-Up page to see [...]

Back in April we had the first Outdoor Blog Carnival here on PureOutside. We had a great turnout but hope to ramp it up a bit for the next out. Outdoor Vancouver has graciously accepted the position of host this month. What’s this months Outdoor Blog Carnival going to be about? A great question! Here [...]

Welcome to the first monthly Outdoor Blog Carnival on PureOutside! We were looking for a way to present some awesome hiking and outdoor blog posts from around the blogosphere. Linking to them on Twitter is fun but doesn’t last very long. The Blog Carnival posts last forever and brings together a great group of people [...]

Why we hike eh? (Yes, I am Canadian. It’s not obvious right?) Tom Mangan at Two Heel Drive posed the deep question earlier this week. Why do we hike? There are so many different answers. I loved reading through all the different posts. Tom has them all linked up at Two Heel Drive if you [...]

  Hiking day trips are very easy to get into. You don’t need to take a lot of stuff on each trip to have a great time. Longer day trips might need a little bit more so here’s a checklist so you don’t forget to bring everything you need. This list is really only just [...]

Welcome to PureOutside! This post used to be on Island Adventurer. To better organize the outdoor information it will now be hosted here. When people think of winter skiing and snowshoeing on Vancouver Island, Mount Washington Alpine Resort frequently comes to mind.  While the resort is very popular and has plenty to offer the winter [...]

Elk River Trail to Landslide Lake – beautiful water, beautiful trail and wretched bees We did this trail at the end of September last year as a last hike while the sunshine was hanging around from the summer. We planned to do the hike in 2 days, hiking to our campsite the first day and [...]

Hiking is a huge outdoor activity on Vancouver Island. It should be. There are so many beautiful places, many within an hour of where you’re staying. Check back on this page as it will be continously updated with the best hikes on Vancouver Island. Check out a crashed plane near Tofino. Relax beside some long [...]

Just stumbed upon a new outdoor site, http://www.hike101.com/ , on another outdoor blog, http://www.outdoorvancouver.ca/2009/04/bcs-hiking-trail-conditions/ . The site is split up into two main sections. The first is their money maker and it’s for their basic up to advanced outdoor classes. The starter course if free but the range from $40 to $80 after that. The courses mainly [...]