Moraine Lake, the starting point, is closed to personal vehicles. You’d have to take a bus. More info here: parks.canada.ca/pn-np/ab/banff/visit/parkbus/louise

It really is a magical place. Happy we can inspire you!

Total time was 5:42 including breaks, video recording and capturing drone footage. Our recorded moving time was 3:35.

@@peak_pursuits Thank you so much! That's not bad at all. Appreciate it.

Thanks Tim & Kristine! Glad our video was useful to you and your comment encourages us to continue making content like this. 😊 Happy scrambling!

Wonderful to hear our plan is working. 🥾

Thank you 🙏. You bet. And, it has such a diversity of terrain.

The Onion is definitely one of our faves and we think it has the best return on effort ratio of the Banff hikes we’ve done. As to what to choose, it depends on the level of experience, fitness, available time and weather. Which hike were you thinking of doing?

@@peak_pursuits I am thinking the Onion and Big beehive + devil's thumb uhless you tell me there is better one. The diversity of landscape is the priority when I make choices

@@peak_pursuits and have you seen the ice cave during the onion trail ？ I saw it in other people's video, but it was shot 2 years ago

> The diversity of landscape is the priority when I make choices If that is a priority, The Onion is an excellent choice. It was one of the most diverse hikes we have completed. Have you seen our Cirque Peak video (kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHPSm3qhnrOjedksi=iW6glJ67oYqg9K3k)? It's on the other side of the road from The Onion, has similar difficulty, and the terrain is diverse, but not as much. Past the ~60% mark, the terrain almost looks like it belongs to another planet having very interesting and colorful geology. > Big beehive + devil's thumb We almost did once, but only had to time partially complete it. It was lovely, but one important consideration is that this hike is in a tourist hot spot and it will be much busier. > and have you seen the ice cave during the onion trail Ah! We missed it. We'll have to look for it once we repeat this hike if it still exists.

@@peak_pursuits got it. Did you feel it's easy to keep the right direction in the Onion? I've been total wildness place several time, I know how easy to get lost even with Alltrails maps ... If you didn't see the ice cave , maybe it disappeared just like the huge ice chamber in the Saskatchewan Glacier, it collapsed this Feb. what a pity ...

The best path is the one recommended by Parks Canada - link here: parks.canada.ca/pn-np/ab/banff/activ/escalade-scrambling/temple. Unfortunately we don’t have a footage of the correct path. At 4:05, you can see us scrambling up a potentially dangerous gully (in the Parks Canada Guide, it’s Gully 2 of Section 5). The correct path is to the right of that, although it may not be obvious. Look for yellow and blue painted squares and make sure to follow the markers along the trail. Happy hiking! 🥾✌️

Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Haha anytime! 😄 Thanks for watching!

Thanks! Happy you’re enjoying it. ❤️

Definitely a must if you’re into scrambling. Hope you enjoy as much as we did! Let us know how it goes. 🙂 We plan on doing this again next month.

Enjoy the hike when you get the chance. Hope our video gave you a good preview!

Did you watch until the end? 🔭🐻

We did with 30 minutes to spare. It took a lot of huffing and puffing 😮‍💨

Thanks Harlan! We've only used our iPhones to film so it's great to hear your positive feedback. We had an older version of GoPro and found that the stabilization was practically non-existent and the shots were very difficult to colour correct. So we ditched the GoPro and have since only used the cameras on our phones. 😄

Glad you like our video! Coming from someone which such a lovely channel, it means a lot.

Aww, thanks! ❤️ We’re glad we could inspire you. Your feedback motivates us to keep making these!

@@peak_pursuits Yes of course. Your videos are short sweet and to the point. It's a nice content creating style. I know everyone has their own style of making outdoor videos and each style is unique and interesting. I like your videos because they reveal just enough footage and info to spark someone's interest to go there also. For example the Jade Pass video. Never heard of it before watching your video, so now I know that if I'm in that area I will defenetly try to include it in my schedule. So yeah I would definitely say to keep doing more videos. There are so many hikes and backpacking trips in BC alone that we won't be able to get bored of the outdoors. So blessed to live in literally Beautiful British Columbia :)

We appreciate your input and are very happy to hear that you enjoy our content. 😊 Totally agree with you on discovering new places. We used to live in Vancouver and would only hike in the Lower Mainland. After moving to the Interior we started exploring more, not just popular/iconic hikes in the Rockies, but also those that are less trafficked and/or underrated. The trails in Revelstoke and Glacier National Park are just some of them, and we feel extremely lucky to be able to explore these places and share our experience while we're at it. We're currently working through a backlog of videos from our hikes this season, so stay tuned! Hope we can keep inspiring you and your wife with all that beautiful BC and surroundings have to offer. 🏔️❤️

Thanks, @HarlanFox! We’ve actually watched your videos many times when researching hikes in the area. We appreciate the work you put out there. 🤝

Thanks! Keep up the great videos!@@peak_pursuits

Thanks! Happy you enjoyed it 😄

I ended up doing that hike alone last fall. Due to several compounding reasons I wasn't quite able to get to the top, but close. Amazing spectacular hike. But I really found it tough - all that boulder hopping that just goes on and on really gets old, and the "trail", where it exists, is constantly so hard to find and stay on when you're a ways past the lake. I can't wait to go back!

Really glad you like it! Hopefully, it gave you a good idea of what the hike is like.

@@peak_pursuits I have a followup question regarding use of drone.. I am considering getting 1 and live in Vancouver. Are there "geo-zones" or other areas that make it simply not usable either by law or otherwise?

For hikers with drones, the zones to be concerned about are provincial and national parks which never allow drone flight. Luckily, the Vancouver area still has a lot of mountains and hikes that are outside these protected area. Some examples include Mount Harvey and Brunswick Mountain (which we recently published a video about kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJuwc5enad1pfLM). You can find more information about the restricted zones at nrc.canada.ca/en/drone-tool/, but the tool strangely does not include provincial parks. Be mindful that any drone heavier than 150g requires it to be registered and that the pilot gets a license. Sorry about the super late reply. It took us a while to get used to the comment UI in KZbin Studio.

Firstly, one should not be looking at a phone while walking… never mind hiking 😆

LOL truth

I’m happy we managed to convey our suffering 🥵