Popular Day Hikes in the Canadian Rockies – Book
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by Tony Daffern
Popular Day Hikes in the Canadian Rockies is the ideal hiking guide for the visitor to the Canadian Rockies as it offers a selection of the best day hikes from Banff to Jasper including stunning hikes around Lake Louise and Yoho National Park, the mecca of Canadian Rockies hiking. Driving from Lake Louise to Jasper? There is a selection of short hikes you can do to break the journey.
There is something for everyone from short hikes for families to challenging and spectacular high-mountain excursions plus a few easy scrambles. Each hike is accompanied by colour photographs and usable maps. There are 240 colour photos to whet your appetite for hiking the Canadian Rockies.
Tony Daffern is a climber, hiker and ski mountaineer with over 40 years of experience in mountain ranges in many parts of the world. A civil engineer by training, Tony has spent vast amounts of time hiking, skiing and travelling throughout the Canadian Rockies.
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I’ve heard you’ve made an app of that book. I heard about it in the Cochrane Times. I cannot find it though. Can you please post a link or the exact name of it? Thank you
Hi KB, Best Hikes is not an app, it’s an eBook in PDF format that can be read by any eBook reader that supports bookmarks and hyperlinks – iBooks for iOS and ezPDF Reader for Android.
There are 2 editions: one for tablet sized devices , the other for smartphones. Here is a link to more information. http://kananaskisblog.com/best-hikes-rockies/
Download the interactive sample and try it on your device to see if it works properly.
While I wholly endorse its inclusion in the book, having done it several times both ways, I recommend reversing the direction on the Emerald Triangle versus that which is described in the book. The descent is easier down the steep section of the Burgess Pass Trail, and the rise to the summit at the Wapta Highline from the Yoho Pass trail more reasonable in the clockwise direction. I have run across several folks who have given up at or before the Burgess pass attempting to do it counter clockwise because of the disenchanted forest grunt up the Burgess Pass trail. Perhaps you can change it in the 2nd Edition…
The hiking direction for the Emerald Triangle is very much a matter of personal preference. On a hot day the Burgess Pass trail gets you high entirely in the shade, whereas the hike up the Yoho Pass trail with its light-colored rocks can be baking hot. I also like the views of the President Range you get on the long traverse of the Wapta Highline. Also the sun will be on your back unless you are up there very early. I agree the Burgess Pass trail is smoother, but descending it is probably just as hard on the knees.