Eb's Adventure Blog

Have you cross country skied in the dark? If you live above the 52nd parallel like we do, you may find yourself skiing more often in darkness than you do in daylight hours, especially in December and January. But even if...

 We are on the verge of snow again - time to get updated on the latest innovations in the nordic ski industry. Here are the hot topics this season. Liquid waxes There is more and more of a buzz growing...

Have you heard of the Saskatchewan Breeding Bird Atlas? It's a project to map the distribution and relative abundance of breeding birds in our province. The idea is to get a long term view of the status of our bird...

There is a lot to know about reading clouds and predicting weather, but for the layman (laypaddler?) a little knowledge can go a long way to keeping you safe and comfortable on the water.  Very simply, weather is created by areas...

Overview: This short overnight trip is great for a weekend and requires no shuttling. The paddling is generally easy but be prepared to get out and pull your canoe over numerous beaver dams. Some sections of the creeks are very twisty and...

Tandem boats, such as canoes and 2-person kayaks, are often referred to as "bicker boats".  There are two camps on this topic: the "couples that paddle together stay together" camp and the "sleep tandem, paddle solo" camp. One thing we've...

We see this all the time.  Someone buys a new canoe/kayak/SUP, then chooses the least expensive paddle because there isn't anything left in the budget. Consider this: if you paddle at a leisurely stroke rate, you will be lifting the paddle over...

This is Martin Bernardin. He's the owner of Montreal River Outfitters in Air Ronge, and he builds canoes in his shop there. In a few weeks we'll be receiving our first shipment of Kisseynew Canoes made by Martin. It's always...

“…Many strokes, though with a little axe, Hew down and fell the hardest-timbered oak.” -Shakespeare, King Henry VI This is the story of how Eb's Trails came to be, written by Eb himself. It was first published in 1983 in...

Why do you have to work so hard to ski when it's cold out? We've all felt it, especially living here in Saskatchewan where the polar vortex dips down to give us a taste of arctic frigidity every so often....