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More on West Bragg Creek Logging

by Tony Daffern on January 21, 2012

Apparently, Sustainable Resources (SRD) requires approved stakeholders to consult with each other before they will give approval to any activity in an area. The Greater Bragg Creek Trails Association (GBCTA) as an approved stakeholder was required to consult extensively with other stakeholders including Spray Lakes Sawmills in order to get permission to build the new trails. I am told they went over the alignment of every trail in great detail before final approval was given. In a similar vein, Spray Lakes Sawmills is required to consult with the stakeholders, including GBCTA, before logging plans are approved. This consultation only started in November and is likely to take several months as the impact of every cut block on the trails, and ways to mitigate that impact, need to be agreed upon. If this process is followed by SRD, it seem unlikely that much logging will be done this summer.

We have been asked to circulate an open letter from Troy Delfs, one of the key trail builders with GRCTA & CMBA and also a member of Sustain Kananaskis Country. Here it is: [click to continue…]

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West Bragg Logging Open House

by Tony Daffern on January 18, 2012

Open House notice
I am having difficulty deciphering the relationship between the Greater Bragg Creek Trails Association (GBCTA) and Sustain Kananaskis, a “grass roots initiative” that is drawing media attention to logging in West Bragg. When the GBCTA drafted the trails plan in early 2010 they recognized that the area was slated for logging and undertook to collaborate with Spray Lakes Sawmills and SRD to minimizing the impact on trails and trail user experience. [click to continue…]

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New ski trails maps

January 17, 2012

Introduces new ski trail maps by gotrekkers of  Kanananskis Country

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Chester–Sawmill Trails re-signed

January 9, 2012

Here is a new map of the trails in the Chester-Sawmill area. The trails between Chester and Sawmill, shown in purple, have been signed, and although they are marked as snowshoe trails they can still be used by skiers, though they will not be groomed. The signing was done by James Cieslak who grooms the [...]

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New West Bragg–Elbow Valley Maps

December 25, 2011

The Greater Bragg Creek Trails Association has released two maps showing the conglomeration of trails around West Bragg including the new trails constructed over the past couple of years. The new trails, some of which are still under construction, are “multi-use” trails intended for walking, biking, snowshoeing and equestrian.

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The Avalanche Site

December 17, 2011

Mountain Guide Doug Latimer has developed The Avalanche Site, a Canadian website providing public avalanche education. He has gathered together many of the pieces of avalanche safety information scattered around the web into a cohesive resource for anyone going into avalanche terrain. Although still a work in progress (Planning and Terrain are not done yet), there is already lots of content for you to browse.

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Snowshoeing Guide is here

December 13, 2011

An attractive looking book with excellent writing and colour photos, some with the routes marked on, and good topo maps at the back of book with routes marked on in red. There is a section at the beginning on equipment, technique, etiquette  and avalanche hazard and an appendix on snowshoeing on the Wapta and Columbia Icefields. Routes are described by highway starting in Waterton National Park and range up through the Rockies to the north edge of Banff National Park.

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New trail classification system in the works

December 7, 2011

A new trail classification system is in the works for Kananaskis Country.

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KTAG November Meeting News

November 29, 2011

Smith-Dorrien Trail system. The parking lot will be plowed this winter and coloured markers of the same colour will go back on some trails, like Blue loop and some of orange, and yellow. There is not enough money in the kitty this year to clear deadfall from trails, so because of the liability issue  they [...]

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New book on Canyon Creek

November 14, 2011

A book about the palaeontology of Canyon Creek extending from Hwy. 66 to the ice cave area and a little way up Moosedome Creek with excellent photos and with diagrams showing where to find the sites.

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