Pure Outside

If you’re in the Nanaimo area January 6th, make sure you make it out to the Outdoor Meetup at Longwood. A bunch of us have been throwing around the idea of a monthly meetup, just an informal get together at a pub to enjoy the company of like minded individuals and good beer. The idea [...]

If you want to see this place for yourself, read our directions for Ammonite Falls from Doumont or Jameson.  If not, check out these awesome photos and pretend you’re there! If you have an awesome photo to add, please let us know! * Photo Credit Lorne Collicutt * Photo Credit Lorne Collicutt * Photo Credit Windrock Images

Ammonite falls is a beautiful decent-sized waterfall right very close to the heart of Nanaimo. This route from Doumont is slightly more difficult than the route from Jameson Road. This route to Ammonite Falls is a bit hard to explain. Driving up to Doumont stop at the first yellow gate on your left. There will [...]

For us here in Nanaimo, Mount Benson is right in our backyard. It’s a solid hike up, provides interesting views along the way and, if the weather cooperates, a stellar view of Nanaimo at the top. If you haven’t been to the top yet, I highly recommend it. Best to go with someone that’s been [...]

I’ve been working hard lately and was looking for an excuse to get outside and run around. Enter geocaching! I had never done it before and it sounded like the perfect thing to give my girlfriend and I one more reason to stay outside. I didn’t really know where to start when it came to [...]

“But I don’t even know where Green Mountain is?!?” That’s exactly what I said when I first heard about it. I thought I knew the area around Nanaimo fairly well. Mount Benson is right there. Blackjack ridge is right behind it. There’s a bit of a hill that some call Rutherford ridge, or rutherford flats, [...]