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K-Country Info

Where to find the KC trail guide

by Gillean Daffern on July 12, 2010

Where to find Kananaskis Country Trail Guide Volume 1, and some comments about the sad state of MEC’s book department.

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Gorge Creek Trail the road in 2010

by Gillean Daffern on July 7, 2010

A visit to the northeast end of Gorge Creek Trail the road to check on Link Trail and the state of the Ware Creek trailhead.

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Kananaskis Country Trail Guide

by Tony D on May 18, 2010

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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Rocky Mountain Books Outdoors Forum

by Tony D on May 1, 2010

The Outdoors Forum from the old RMB site has been resurrected and is being hosted on the new RMB site using a new server and modern forum software. The most popular forums: Scrambling, Alpine Climbing and Backcountry Skiing, have been retained and a number of other more general forums added. You can access the forum by by clicking here

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Try our New Kananaskis Outdoor Forum

by Tony Daffern on April 11, 2010

We have added a Forum page, Kananaskis Outdoor Forum, to our website to build a community of Kananaskis trail users, hikers, backcountry skiers, and snowshoers, and to allow better discussion of our blog topics than the blog “comments” currently does.

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Your Chance to Comment on Proposed West Bragg Trails

by Tony Daffern on March 20, 2010

Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation is seeking input on the West Bragg Creek All-Season Trail Plan, a plan to upgrade and enhance the trail system within the West Bragg Creek area.

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Hike Moose Mountain Access Road

by Brenda Everitt on March 11, 2010

I had not hiked up the access road before and it’s been years since I’d even driven the road.  So, I was pleasantly surprised at how enjoyable it was.  At this time of year, the road is in the sunshine almost the whole way.  And  the views along the way were pretty impressive.

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February’s K Country Trail Users Group Meeting

by Gillean Daffern on February 12, 2010

A report of the Kananaskis Country Trail User’s Group Meeting, February 10th, 2010.

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Cougar encounter in Evan-Thomas Creek

by Tony Daffern on January 7, 2010

An account of an encounter with a cougar in Evan-Thomas Creek. Alpine Guide says “I think in the future if I see cougar tracks I will reconsider my days plan a bit more.”

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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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