Description of snowshoe trip to Rummel Lake in the Smith-Dorrien area and how it compares to Chester Lake snowshoe trail.
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December 2009
Don’t want to go out into Kananaskis Country on your own? Check out several Meetup Groups in the Calgary area that participate in a variety of activities from easy hiking and snowshoeing to trail running and scrambling.
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An explanation of each level of the Avalanche Danger Scale, including the transitions between levels, signs of instability at each level and the implications of slope angle, aspect and elevation.
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George Pocaterra is best known for settling in the Highwood Valley and establishing the ranch made famous by R. M. Patterson in his book The Buffalo Head. The Diva & the Rancher tells the story of George and his opera singer wife Norma Piper.
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A climb, on snowshoes and on foot, up the long ridge to the summit of North Kent’s outlier, a superb viewpoint with Mount Chester to the north and the many peaks of the Spray Mountain to the southwest.
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Originally Alberta Parks said that the cross-country ski trails at Evan Thomas, Ribbon Creek, Skogan Pass and Sawmill in Kananaskis Country would not be groomed this winter. Now they will try to groom Ribbon Creek when resources are available.
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SPOT is a handheld satellite communication device that can determine your location using a GPS system and send messages via its own commercial satellite network. A new SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger replaces the original SPOT Personal Tracker.
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Persistent weak layers such as layers of surface hoar, cohesionless facets and old rain or sun crusts are the usual cause of avalanches that release in old snow layers.
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