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| Date | Activity | Destination | Comment (click the "more" links for full reports) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28-Jul-2010 | Off-Trail Hike | Mount James Walker | With fifteen independent & strong-minded Ramblers on today's trip, I had lots of good advice on route finding. Bill's suggestion to go around the ... [more, photo] |
| 27-Jul-2010 | Off-trail hike | Healy Pass and the ridge to the east | An excellent day in the flowers, and a nice horseshoe shaped ridge walk around Healy meadows. Lots of mosquitos down out of the wind. We started ... [more, photo] |
| 26-Jul-2010 | Scramble | Mt. Turret | This turned out to be an expensive day since I got a speeding ticket just past COP and I lost my camera as we left Blueberry Trial and headed up ... [more, photo] |
| 25-Jul-2010 | Scramble | L Highwood PL 383118 to Opal Creek loop | Real summer weather brought out a good crowd to try this loop. They were not deterred by the steep grunt that is the initial phase of the trip as we ... [more, photo] |
| 25-Jul-2010 | Trail Hike | Rawson Lake 312062 | It was a great day to be hiking in the mountains. Many other people also thought that the place to be was the trail to Rawson Lake as there was heavy ... [more, photo] |
| 25-Jul-2010 | Scramble | Protection ridge / TV / Rockbound lake | I had read Arnold's trip report of this trip in 2005 and had wanted to try it ever since - it sounded a good one - but long! I got further ... [more, photo] |
| 24-Jul-2010 | Scramble | The Fortress Mt. | We had fantastic day, excellent and strong group ascending The Fortress from Headwall Lakes side. Col looked very snowy with huge cornice hanging ... [more, photo] |
| 24-Jul-2010 | Off-Trail Hike | Old Goat Glacier 140460 | Wonderful day with a great group. The glacier covers more ground this year than anyone could remember from previous years. We were about 2 hours from ... [more, photo] |
| 24-Jul-2010 | Scramble | Mt Allan from Ribbon Creek | Those blue sky days hold so much for you. Revelling in the warm sunshine, six Ramblers hiked the scenic trail up Mount Allan. Wildlife viewing was ... [more, photo] |
| 24-Jul-2010 | Trail Hike | Jumpingpound Mtn from Lusk Pass PL | Another sun-filled day in the mountains. We started off from the roadside pullout opposite the trailhead at 10:15 with a temperature of about 17. ... [more, photo] |
| Date | Activity | Destination | Comment (click the "more" links for full reports) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21-Jul-2010 | Trail Hike | Piper Creek and Pass | An excellent hike to a beautiful alpine meadow, minimal rain on the return. We set out a little before 10 with a short grunt climb up to Elbow ... [more, photo] |
| 18-Jul-2010 | Off-Trail Hike | Burstall Passes, south to north | The weather was forecast at 60% showers with chance of thunderstorms and it delivered, but only for about 20 minutes when we were getting back near ... [more, photo] |
| 17-Jul-2010 | Mountaineering | Wenkchemna-Opabin Passes to Lake Ohara | It was a beautiful day with great views and minimal wind which made for a very enjoyable trip. It took us a little longer than last year as we had ... [more, photo] |
| 17-Jul-2010 | Trail Hike | Yamnuska East Ridge 327658 | Our day started on a promising note as we drove towards the mountains with not a cloud in the sky. Nor were we disappointed with our findings along ... [more] |
| 17-Jul-2010 | Trail Hike | Tower Lake, Rockbound Lake | Leaving the city at 7:30 am meant that we were on our trail by 9:15. A cool 8 degrees but cloudless and amazingly clear sky were ours for the ... [more, photo] |
| 17-Jul-2010 | Scramble | Mt. Remus East Ridge | It was a perfect blue sky day for a 12 hour adventure in the Rockies, as we made a challenging loop to the summit of Mount Remus, the rugged massif ... [more, photo] |
| Date | Activity | Destination | Comment (click the "more" links for full reports) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14-Jul-2010 | Road Bike | Road bike on 1A highway from near Banff to Louise | We had an excellent ride in perfect conditions other than having to maneuver through quite a few tourist/wildlife jams. I had reports that there ... [more, photo] |
| 12-Jul-2010 | Scramble | Rimwall Summit - Attempt | We got about 70% of the way up before wind & rain & thunderstorms made a retreat advisable. At least we weren't hit by the massive hail that fell in ... [more, photo] |
| 11-Jul-2010 | Scramble | Nihahi Ridge (south summit 482303) | We left the foggy and cool city to arrive in the mountains on a lovely warm day, after passing through the cloud on Rainy Pass. We saw four deer ... [more, photo] |
| 11-Jul-2010 | Trail Hike | Powderface Ridge 515344 | We set off up the trail - and I do mean UP - around 9:15, sunny but with some cloud. For the first hour it is a relentless up-climb. It must have ... [more, photo] |
| 11-Jul-2010 | Trail Hike | Mt Burke | The weather looked a little ominous leaving Calgary but, as forecast, cleared somewhat by the time we arrived in our target area. En route a very ... [more, photo] |
| 11-Jul-2010 | Scramble | Mount Astley (by Lake Minnewanka) | It was a very large group for this type of scramble. Its strange how things go, last year I called this trip with just one other joining me. Last ... [more, photo] |
| 10-Jul-2010 | Pancake Breakfast | The weather cooperated for the pancake breakfast and it was pleasantly warm for a fine social gathering. It also provided a venue for celebration of ... [more, photo] | |
| 9-Jul-2010 | Off-Trail Hike | Pigeon Mtn: two peak loop | A few people decided to forego the Stampede Parade for a fine day of meadow walking. We headed up the power line road under clear skies and had fine ... [more, photo] |
| 8-Jul-2010 | Scramble | Mt Rundle- Main Peak | An early start combined with the access trail being along sheltered slopes, allowed us to avoid the heat of the day. A steady pace got us to the top ... [more, photo] |
| Date | Activity | Destination | Comment (click the "more" links for full reports) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6-Jul-2010 | Trail Hike | Chester Lake | After running the gauntlet of sheep meandering on the highway, we reached the Chester parking lot. With fingers crossed that we'd find glacier lilies ... [more, photo] |
| 6-Jul-2010 | Off-Trail Hike | Mt McDougall (SE peak) | The following picture |
| 4-Jul-2010 | Trail Hike | Baldy Pass 383500 | Rain forecast for Calgary in the afternoon, appeared to be arriving earlier on highway 40, but we did the whole trip with no more than 10 ... [more, photo] |
| 4-Jul-2010 | Scramble | Tiara Peak (via Belmore Brown) | We successfully summitted both peaks, it was a little cool and windy but we had only a few drops of rain. We set out a little after 10 on the now ... [more, photo] |
| 1-Jul-2010 | Car Camping | Radium Hot Springs | We had excellent weekend in Redstreak CG. Weather was not great but we did our best and most importantly we had a lot of fun. Thursday we hiked ... [more, photo] |
| 3-Jul-2010 | Trail Hike | Death Valley, Windy Pt, Foran Grade loop | We parked on the roadside at the winter gate. The campsite is being refurbished and that road is gated off. As well, there was yellow and red tape ... [more, photo] |
| 3-Jul-2010 | Scramble | Mt Cory | The summits were hidden in clouds as our group of nine Ramblers assembled at the base of Mt Cory. As co-ordinator I could see right off that keeping ... [more, photo] |
| 3-Jul-2010 | Off-Trail Hike | Picklejar Lake & Connector & GR546004 | Eleven of us started up the Lantern Creek trail towards Picklejar Lakes on a cloudy morning. At the top of the pass between Lantern and Picklejar, ... [more, photo] |
| Date | Activity | Destination | Comment (click the "more" links for full reports) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22-Jun-2010 | Trail Hike | Irish Walking Holiday | A great success! The highlight was the ascent of Carrantouhill by six members with renowned Mountaineering guide Con O'Muircheartaigh (Moriarty). ... [more] |
| Date | Activity | Destination | Comment (click the "more" links for full reports) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-Jul-2010 | Trail Hike | Ha Ling Peak 124573 | report may follow. |
| 1-Jul-2010 | Trail Hike | Nihahi Ridge viewpoint 486296 | Only 10C or so when we started about 10:30, but we warmed up as we marched along. |
| 1-Jul-2010 | Trail Hike | Plain of 6 Glaciers loop with Mirror Lake | Traffic leaving Calgary was quite heavy (maybe because park entrance was free on Canada Day) and it became a problem at the Bow River Bridge near the ... [more, photo] |
| Date | Activity | Destination | Comment (click the "more" links for full reports) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-Jun-2010 | Scramble | Old Baldy Mountain | Another great day in the Rockies. Arnold, Peter and Gary joined me for this scramble. I decided to take my ... [more, photo] |
| 27-Jun-2010 | Scramble | Mt Holy Cross via Gunnery Creek | Jeannine, Ricardo, Jeanette, Peter, John and Becky joined me, John, for this trip up Holy ... [more, photo] |
| 27-Jun-2010 | Off-Trail Hike | Jewel Mountain | Seven of us left the parking lot at Barrier at 10:15 and hiked around Barrier lake to Jewel Pass where we followed the Jewel Pass Trail until we came ... [more, photo] |
| 26-Jun-2010 | Trail Hike | Mt Lipsett 470014 | It must have been the promise of summer weather that brought out such a good size group. Sixteen left Heritage and four more joined at the trailhead. ... [more, photo] |
| 26-Jun-2010 | Scramble | Wasootch Peak to Kananaskis Peak traverse | NOTE: This trip report has a correction. Our trip did not include Mt. McDougall as originally reported. The original trip was to be a ... [more, photo] |
| 26-Jun-2010 | Off-Trail Hike | South Volcano Ridge | We set off under sunny skies shortly after 10. |
| 26-Jun-2010 | Scramble | Kiska Mnoga Iyarhe (Ram Mountain) | It was quite a nice day with only a moderate breeze at the shoulder below Ram Mountain. As a result, we extended the trip and did a circumnavigation ... [more, photo] |
| 26-Jun-2010 | Scramble | Sulphur Mtn traverse | Six other Ramblers showed for this traverse. I had done it many years ago and remember it as being a pleasant walk along an undulating ridge, with a ... [more, photo] |
| 24-Jun-2010 | Scramble | Heart Mtn (Heart Mtn Horseshoe loop) | Our mid-week crew of seven Ramblers started hiking at 9:30 AM in warm shirt sleeve weather. All but one of us had done this trip before. On the way ... [more, photo] |
| Date | Activity | Destination | Comment (click the "more" links for full reports) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21-Jun-2010 | Trail Hike | Summer Solstice evening hike on Ha Ling | We had an excellent mid-summer evening. Seven left the Goat creek parking lot at 7:30 and hiked up at a pretty steady pace with two brief rest ... [more, photo] |
| 20-Jun-2010 | Off-Trail Hike | Little Lougheed | Its funny how things go! Last year I called this trip and had 0 shows (not including myself, of course). That's right nada! This year 13 ... [more, photo] |
| 20-Jun-2010 | Off-Trail Hike | Yamnuska (Mt Laurie) west route | What a difference sunshine makes! It was pleasantly warm as we started up the climbers trail to the base of the Yamnuska cliff and there were a few ... [more, photo] |
| 20-Jun-2010 | Trail Hike | Prairie View Tr to Barrier Lookout 346567 | We started at 9:20 AM from the parking lot, which was full when we arrived, and we had to park at the smaller one facing the lake. We did this hike ... [more, photo] |
| 20-Jun-2010 | Road Bike | DeWinton road trip easy going | County roads, take me home To the carpark where I belong Southern Alberta, Cycling Mama Take me home, country roads. It was a John Denver cycle ... [more] |
| 19-Jun-2010 | Off-Trail Hike | High Noon Hills | We set off under sunny skies but with rain gear stowed in packs which proved to be a wise decision. |
| 19-Jun-2010 | Trail Hike | Cox Hill | 4 Ramblers and their canine companion started out under sunny skies in hopes of attaining the top of Cox Hill. The trail was wet in the lower parts, ... [more, photo] |
| 19-Jun-2010 | Scramble | Heart Mtn | We watched three eagles soaring over Lac des Arcs in sunny skies then set off up Heart Mountain. The ground was dry and footing good. We paused a few ... [more, photo] |
| 19-Jun-2010 | Scramble | Phantom Crag | The cooperative spirit of the club was shown to this coordinator when he received a warning that there had been significant car vandalism the ... [more, photo] |
| Date | Activity | Destination | Comment (click the "more" links for full reports) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13-Jun-2010 | Trail Hike | Eagle Hill 455604 | A warm weekend in between 2 wet weeks. We had a light breeze off and on through the walk. The early part of the trail had several boggy parts, ... [more, photo] |
| 13-Jun-2010 | Trail Hike | Cox Hill | The hint of summer weather brought out a large group who were not scared off by the potential for snow on the trail. The warm day on Saturday appears ... [more, photo] |
| 12-Jun-2010 | Trail Hike | Sanson Peak via Sulphur Mtn Road | OK Where is everybody? A beautiful day, only one Rambler trip called, and only three members show up? We headed up from the Cave & Basin ... [more, photo] |
| Date | Activity | Destination | Comment (click the "more" links for full reports) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6-Jun-2010 | Trail Hike | Yamnuska East Ridge 327658 | mostly dry trail, we did not come across any ticks |
| 6-Jun-2010 | Trail Hike | Brown-Lowrey Park on Plummers Road | Trip started at Cinnamon Spoon coffee shop in Bragg Creek. Roads very busy with cyclists. Trails in generally good semi dry condition. |
| 6-Jun-2010 | Off-Trail Hike | Coyote hills (Highwood) | After a short walk on the dusty road we started climbing up a fairly steep slope to the first easterly summit |
| 5-Jun-2010 | Trail Hike | Moose Meadows to Warden's Cabin | Not only was it a great day in the mountains, it was a two bear day! Both were spotted while driving on the 1A - one this morning and one after the ... [more, photo] |
| 5-Jun-2010 | Off-Trail Hike | Nihahi Creek (West Fork) | Contrary to forecast we had sunny day. We did west forks of Nihahi Creek with ascent to ridge attached to Mt.Cornwall. Sim went all way, rest of us ... [more, photo] |
The weeks used for the tables above are "Ramblers weeks", which run from Thursday to Wednesday. This was chosen to coincide with the weekly meetings, which are held on Wednesday nights.
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