Epic Hikes of the World ( PDFDrive )

hiking experience and comfort with different types of terrain. They weigh us – for
helicopter load balancing – and by the time we go into the dining room for lunch,
they have sorted us into groups of eight to 10 like-minded hikers.
After we eat, each group climbs into the helicopter in turn, for our first
adventures on the trail. Even though it’s the middle of July, the height of Canada’s
summer, the skies are overcast, and when the helicopter deposits us above a jadecoloured
lake, we layer fleece sweaters under our jackets. Our guide, Paul, who
tells us he’s been guiding for more than two decades, is very visible in his bright red
parka. We follow him along a shale-covered trail that descends into a valley and
climbs gently up towards the snow-capped mountains.