It was a good day to complete hiking in every month in 2016.  We selected Brown-Lowery Provincial Park, in the foothills on Plummer's Road west of Millarville, and found conditions still good for hiking--mostly bare ground with a dusting of snow here and there.  We walked a convoluted series of loops to hike about 8 k.m. and gain an amazing 900 feet of cumulative elevation.  This small provincial park contains all foothills forest types, from aspen to spruce to lodgepole pine. 


Poking around early 20th century homestead ruin

  We stopped at the scenic lookout at lunch time, but right on cue the Chinook wind came up and the Chinook cloud covered the sun.  It was about 3 degrees, but it was quite chilly in the wind, so we sought refuge in the trees just over the ridge. 


View of the foothills and Rockies from the lookout

Ginger, Peter, Marjorie at the chilly lookout bench

  There were several people out and about, including families with small children, and joggers.  We were back to the car by 2:15.  Coordinator and scribe Carl, participants Ginger, Peter and Marjorie.