Hiking, Skiing and Snowshoeing
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 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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Gillean’s Kananaskis Country Trail Guide Vol 2 is finally making its way into the stores, at least into the independent book stores. In Calgary it is available from Pages and Owl’s Nest and in Canmore at Café Books.
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Information about new books with Kanananskis content, including Ruthie’s Trails, The Canadian Rockies Trail Guide and Classic Day Hikes in the Canadian Rockies.
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Although not a Kananaskis Country book, the amazing wildlife book The Will of the Land by Peter Dettling of Canmore is worthy of your attention and will make a fine Christmas present for wildlife enthusiasts.
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Gillean’s Kananaskis Country Trail Guide, Volume 1, Kananaskis Valley, Smith Dorrien, Peter Lougheed Provincial Park and Elk Lakes, is now shipping and should be available in local stores. More on a formal (informal) book launch sometime in June later. Anyone whose photos we used will receive a free copy. Posted from Crete using my iPhone [...]
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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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Roadside Geology book covering main highways in the Canadian Rockies including Kananaskis Country.
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