Starting in September was fine for enjoying the fall colours and cool bugfree travelling. But by the time Bob Saunders and I were making our way through the snow-covered Kwadacha wilderness in mid-October, such a late start seemed to be not such an inspired choice! But the challenge was accepted nonetheless.
The parallel mountain ranges of the Canadian Cordillera are part of the western backbone of North America. The Rockies are just one part of the Cordillera: rising to the east of the great Rocky Mountain trench. The latter was a natural halfway point for the “Cordillera Crossing” expedition.
