The Wedge is one of my favorite scrambles when you want a shorter trip and shorter drive - like today when we were having another "heat event" (a s more...
After a brief walk on the Helen lake trail we took off into the forest towards the col at the northern end of Crystal ridge. Somehow the group got more...
After a fresh start on a sunny, clear morning we walked beside the river until we reached the base of the ridge. We climbed up through the trees an more...
It was a perfect day to be hiking in the Highwood Pass area - clear blue skies, almost no wind and not too hot. Our group of six headed up the trai more...
A spectacular day for a fantastic hike. Not sure why this hasn't been done by the Ramblers for almost 8 years.
After picking Evan up at Mosquito more...
We started out at 10 degrees, jackets on and maintaining a good pace to keep our blood warm and flowing.
After about 20 minutes our first sto more...
Participants: Simon, Maryse, Stephanie
Total Time: 9h, Total Distance: 13.43km, Total Elevation Gain: 1257m
With the more...
Participants: Tatyana, Stephanie, Matthew
Total time: 9h 50min, Distance: 20.29km, Total elevation gain: 1639m
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We had a lovely day.
In a repeat of my attendance last Sunday on nearby Rimwall we had five ladies and five gentlemen.
At the trailhead there more...
It was a great day to hike the Highwood Pass area - sunny skies and perfect hiking temperature. It was a pleasant hike to the meadows and up into P more...
We had a perfect hiking day to the beautiful Picklejar Lakes. Temperatures were cool, but warm enough to go without jackets for most of the day. Th more...
By combining a visit to beautiful Rummel lake and the ascent to the ridge we ended up with a very pleasant day with sunny weather and cool temeratu more...
We completed this strenuous backpack approximately as planned, but finishing late (9.30pm) on day 5. The weather was quasi-perfect with just a few more...
Approximate distance and elevation 14km and 923m. Having arrived at the first summit way before lunch time it was an easy decision to continue alon more...
Participants: Sim, Carolyn, Stephanie, Matthew
Trip Distance 14.85km, elevation gain 855m, total time (including summ more...
The loop hike on Lusk ridge starting at Sibbald pond is very pleasant. The uptrail is a gradual ascent that starts on an old road then zig-zags up more...
We had a lovely day. Up via the Open Source route, down via the west ridge.
We set off at 10.
I had previously done this ascent veering of more...
What an amazing day. The weather cooperated despite volatile forecasts all around, a great group of ramblers with lots of positive energy and plent more...
A rewarding ridgewalk enjoyed by : Arnold, Francisco, Carl, Jeannette, Marietta photos, Teresa, Ulrike, John, more...
Four of us headed up the road towards Temple Lodge at a brisk pace and reached the top just as the Skoki bus arrived. We quickly left them behind a more...
Participants: Pam, Carolyn, Jenny
Memorial Lakes is one of my favourite Kananaskis trail hikes, with its variety of ter more...
The north to south traverse of the Buller passes was new to many of the folks who came on this very enjoyable hike. The weather w more...
Participants: Sim, Pam, Simon, Maryse, Matthew
This was a new summit for me, which is always a treat. more...
Three peaks, two long ridge walks, fantastic flowers, and no one else encountered all day - not even in the parking lot. Many thanks to {421 dou da more...
Despite the heavy rain the night before the trail to the pass was surprisingly free of mud and the trail from the pass to the summit was dry. We ha more...
Participants: Pam, Carolyn, Simon, Tatyana, Maryse, Stephanie
Total Distance: 6.81km, Elevation gain: more...
Another perfect day in the mountains on a trip originally scheduled for Tuesday. Late additions to the roster were Arnold, along with Ian and Claud more...
As we started up the Sofa Mountain trail, it was clear - even lower down - that the winds were strong higher up. However, as we got higher the lent more...
The Belly River group campsite again provided a low cost ($11 per day) camping option, although Parks Canada had doubled the fee from last year. We more...
We had a lovely modest hike before the drive home from Waterton.
The marked trailhead (with parking) for the route we took is actually a km past more...
About 100 m before we reached the parking lot we came across a contented black bear happily munching berries at the side of the road. We started hi more...
A perfect summer day in Waterton, with the usual winds up higher being present but tolerable, providing some welcome cooling on the complet more...
Most people do this trip for larches, so it was interesting to see it in summer. For some reason, the col has always been cool, cloudy, and windy f more...
We had an excellent hike up and along Akamina Ridge. The weather was sunny but with a cool wind (35kph?). It took us just over 8 hrs for a GPX meas more...
Participants: Simon, Maryse, Stephanie
Trip Distance: 11.56km, Elevation Gain: 1211m, Total time: 8h 40min
With the h more...
Participants: Ed, Patty, Ivan, Monica, Bill, Pat
Six of us met for ride up gondola and chairli more...
What a perfect day in the mountains. For some Ramblers, it was the fist time to see Table Mountain in more...
It's a short approach for Ruby Ridge. After 15 minutes on the Lineham Falls trail, our group of twelve headed up the ridge over ground that while s more...
What a change from last year! This year there were perfect temperatures and limited wind so we didn't need to worry about falling trees.
We c more...
Participants: Christine, Jim, Jeannette We started from Madden Community Centre and after a short ride on pavement cycled along the fir more...
It was raining when we met at the junction of 22 and 532 so we proceeded south and had a rather nice three hour walk in the Bob Creek Wildland with more...
The morning was cloudy, wet, and a bit smoky, but we decided to go hiking anyways... and it all worked out beautifully despite the lack of mountain more...
Once again the weather forecasts were wrong, luckily this time in our favor as we enjoyed a mostly sunny day and not a drop of rain. It took us abo more...
Participants: Scott, Stephanie, Matthew
Total stats: 7.54km, 1324m elevation gain, and time to completion 7h10min
The more...
With an uncertain forecast, a hike seemed a better plan than a scramble today and luckily three hardy Ramblers agreed to join me somewhat last minu more...
It was a day just like Goldilocks porridge, not too hot, not too cold, just right. We couldn't have asked for better when the 13 of us hiked up thr more...
A fine day for a favourite hike, with lots of time for flower id (sparser than usual this year), photography, and a leisurely lunch at the upper la more...
We started out slightly cool. In a few minutes the first stop was made for the jackets to come off. Within 90 minutes we came out of the trees to h more...
We had a great group of people and enjoyed cooler weather for our hike, which formed a scenic loop starting from the Chester Lake parking lot. We m more...
We arrived at the trailhead just to find out that the trail to Rawson lake and Sarrail ridge had been closed the day before. After a brief debate w more...
The weather gods have been kind to me this month, as we enjoyed the third scramble in a row with comfortable temperatures, no wind and recent rain more...
It was a very nice day with t more...
We started off around 10 under sunny conditions with a mild breeze. After a short bushwack we arrived at the gravel deposit which we crossed and st more...
Participants: Christine, Jim, Jeannette, Inge, Monica, Pat. We had a very successful cycle down to Canyon Creek more...
A wonderful day for a hike and a wonderful group to share it with. Participants: Aldis, Bill, Barb, Teresa, Cathy, more...
Participants: Christine, Terry, Gary, Jeannette, Inge, Christine. In spite of the poor weather report we avoided the sho more...
Another successful Stampede Breakfast was held at the Glenbrook Community Hall today with more than 50 members and guests attending. The pancake co more...
The parking lot was just filling up as we left at 9:00 am with sunshine and a slight breeze. We traveled the road about a kilometer past the signed more...
It was a crisp and clear morning when we left the empty parking lot shortly after 9. The boring walk in the old roads went fast and soon we had our more...
Perfect weather and company to enjoy some extra "unnecessary, but fun" scrambling on this ridgeline. A treat to be with others who prefer to explor more...
The weather was very good for doing this steep hike up to the Old Baldy ridge. Lots of flowers in the meadows. We found a spot fo more...
A lovely day walking in the shady woods. We passed by the old trailhead to Guinns pass and headed on to Lillian Lake (where the fish were jumping) more...
The long weekend was looking too nice to stay in the city, and I was fortunate to find two Rambler friends to join me on a last-minute backpacking more...