Tag: whiteshell

  • Mantario in Winter

    I’ve started referring to adventures into the unknown as “experiments”, because it can turn a failure into a success, because learning is the goal. And if learning was the goal, our winter trip to Mantario was a big success. (Seems like adventure and challenge are common themes on Mantario trails, regardless of the season.) This…

  • Suffer 25K Poster

    Here’s a poster for everyone who has conquered the Suffer on Centennial 25K, or is gearing up for the challenge in spring! Available at a Big Sky Run Co near you soon. Note: some of you have asked about a Suffer 50K poster. With the course changing for 2026, we’re going do some some R&D…

  • Whiteshell River Trail

    Off the east side of the Mantario trail parking lot lies the trailhead of the Whiteshell River Trail. Much less intimidating at only 2.7km, I thought this would be a great taste of the area for my family. And it was. Indeed, with toddlers in tow we experienced all the euphoric highs, as well as…

  • Puddle Rating System

    On the weekend participants of Suffer on Centennial, trail race in Manitoba’s Whiteshell Provincial Park, learned that while the English language has only one word for “puddle”, it can mean oh so many things. I have compiled the extensive research and data contributions to devise an initial proposal for a Puddle Rating System. My hope…

  • Suffer on Centennial Map Poster

    Friends, here it is! Poster of the Suffer on Centennial 100km route for your very own wall.  Based on the 2024 100KM route of Trails of ‘Toba’s Suffer on Centennial in Whiteshell Provincial Park in Manitoba, on Treaty 3 land, this map is not to scale, and may not be accurate to your experience, but hopefully gives…

  • Suffer on Centennial

    Last weekend I had the privilege of running 50km across rugged Canadian Shield on the Centennial Trail with a bunch of other crazy and wonderful people! Over the past 48 hours, we’ve been working with the latest Big Data and AI-powered technology to crunch the numbers of this spectacular day, and compiled all our findings…

  • Wolves Don’t Want to Eat You

    Last week we went on a Wolf Howl Hike in the Whiteshell and learned a bunch of things about wolves, including how they can’t huff or puff, nor can they blow your house down. I also wrote about our experience on the same hike last year (and made a zine about it, we didn’t actually…

  • Zine: Where the Wolves Hooowl

    Here’s an 8-page zine I made about our Wolf Howl Hike back when the snow was deep and the nights were cold (ok, they’re still a little cold). It’s interesting how we share the stories happening in our lives, isn’t it? These days we can snap a photo of something we did, and share it…

  • Howling at Wolves

    I didn’t really think it through when we signed up for the Wolf Howl Hike at Alfred Hole Goose Sanctuary last week. After work and school we drove out into the growing darkness in the Whiteshell, met up with a small group of fellow headlamp-wearing families, strapped on snowshoes, and trekked out into the unknown.…

  • What the Trail Requires: The Mantario

    For the past couple years I’ve heard stories about the Mantario Hiking Trail from friends who’d hiked and run it. At about 63km (40 miles) long, it’s not to be taken lightly. The trail was created in 1970s (though I wonder at its prior history), and traces a north-south path through the Mantario Wilderness Zone,…