Introduces new ski trail maps by gotrekkers of Kanananskis Country
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Gillean Daffern
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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A new trail classification system is in the works for Kananaskis Country.
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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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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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We describe several new loop trails from Allen Bill Pond using Sugar Momma, Fullerton and Bobcat trails.
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Pasque Mountain lies on the southern fringe of Kanananskis Country. Because some hikers doing the horseshoe have problems getting off the east peak, here is an updated description that should help.
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Recently, Angélique and Allan Mandell were lucky enough to spot a Say’s Phoebe up the north north fork of Canyon Creek at an altitude of 2300 m (7546 ft.) just below the col between peaks 412443 and 409435. It appeared to be picking off insects from the lichen on the rocks. For a bird of [...]
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On the Canmore Nordic Centre’s summer trail map (price $1.50), one page is devoted to its one and only hiking trail AM, meaning “to alpine meadows.” (The Georgetown interpretive trail seems to have got mixed up among the bike trails.) It is touted as 2.5 km one way with a 250 m height gain from the stadium area and is closed between Dec. 2 and June 25 because of wildlife concerns.
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A map showing the canyon route, the canyon bypass and the high trail which has a steep start and even steeper finish down to a campsite. When water levels are reasonable, we prefer the canyon bypass despite a bit of stream hopping.
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