This hike was new to 3 of us (including the coordinator), and the fourth person had never done it in snow. I think that we all agreed that "Fair"vi more...
Participants:A lovely walk, especially when the sun came out at the top Many thanks to all the wonderful hikers for the day Susan, {444 n ea more...
An easy day as we adjusted from summer conditions only three days prior. Thankfully the winds were light until we neared the first summit, but stil more...
Participants: Gary, Susan, Nardi, Lenard, Krystyna, Marcus As we travel thru time, from sunrise too sunset w more...
Participants: Gary, Susan, Janice, Nardi, Lenard, Jo, Heather, Jenny With the drive out in to K more...
Our quest for late turning larches was mostly but not entirely unsuccessful. The two creek crossings presented no problem and we didn't encounter a more...
This short (STEEP!) hike was a good choice for a windy shoulder-season day, with interesting views because they're from a different vantage point t more...
Participants: Christine, Kim, Carolyn Three of us had a very pleasant hike in the hills.
Christine Grotefeld
more...As we continue to enjoy a relatively dry and mild autumn, I wanted a simple trail hike without complications, so settled on this popular trip near more...
Kinda cold and quite a bit of snow on the OT5 portion, but mainly sunny. We had a fine day on Midnight Peak.
We set out around 9 and made our wa more...
It's a bonus and a blessing when we can still can hike in late october without making it an exercise in winter survival. Participants: {184 k k more...
Everything pointed to today being the perfect opportunity to do this beautiful ridge walk: the forecast was for sunshine and a not-too-cold tempera more...
Very good day, with sunny clear sky and a bit of wind on the ridge. More residual snow/ice than I expected made some parts, especially in the trees more...
Participants: Christine, Susan, Bill Three of us had a very pleasant hike up to Powderface Ridge to the summit. We were the only ones more...
Participants: Sim, Alda, Jeannine, Pam, Maryse, Matthew
This short, scenic scramble was new to thre more...
Three Ramblers enjoyed a very pleasant backpack to the Lake Magog area of Assiniboine Provincial Park, BC. We stayed in the rustic Naiset hut (Forg more...
A very pleasant and super relaxing shorts & t-shirt day. Participants: Francisco, Gary, Susan photos, Jeannette, Teresa p more...
The Powderface Trail having just recently been graded made for quick travel to the Lusk Pass trailhead where Arnold, Alda, Jeannette, more...
The recent snow made the final climb rather challenging and the freezing cold wind the lunch stop a short affair. On the positive side the larches more...
Participants: Sim, Jeannine and Jack
Having never been to Rae Lake, or the ridge overlooking it, I decided to copy Franc more...
We had a lovely day in a beautiful area, travelling through Picklejar Pass to the N, SE, and SW Mist Hills. Our efforts on the very steep slopes on more...
When you need a short but sweet day of scrambling, the Baldy's always deliver. Thanks to Sim, Jack and Jane for an enjoya more...
This trip was planned to visit and appreciate the colourful larches in Panorama Meadows above Taylor Lake in Banff NP. It succeeded, more or less, more...
We arrived just before 9 am and the second row of parking had already started. We set off under overcast skies. We proceeded up the climbers left o more...
Participants: Sim, Carl, Jack, Jane and John
Having enjoyed the views last year during larch season, more...
List of named Participants on the Nameless ridge hike: Jim, Francisco, Jeannette, Sonja, Teresa, John, {1990 joa gl more...
We had a lovely trip to the pretty lake and then north up to the ridge through the larches. It was cloudier than forecast, and so the larches weren more...
Summary: Four peaks, about 20 lakes and tarns, many thousands of larches. A wonderful trip, probably my favourite backpacking trip more...
We arrived at the already overflowing parking lot shortly after 9, pondered parking options, booted up and set off around 9:20. It was fairly cool more...
We had a fine hike with plenty of larches. The smoke was heavier than we've see for at least a few weeks.
We set out from the parking lot around more...
A perfect day for a walk in the mountains! The larch are not far along yet in the color change, with the most advanced being found at the upper mar more...
Participants: Ivan, Jim, Bill
The three if us met at 9 and proceeded up Rockbound Lake trail. At kp 5 left trail and st more...
This Chester Lake trip was originally posted by Jo Riggs, but was seriously over-subscribed, so we decided to post a second trip with a 30 minute d more...
Participants: Sim, Alda, Jack, Pam, Tatyana and guest Hannah White
After a few weeks of somewhat ha more...
We had a lovely larch hike today. The extension up to the ridge south of Tryst Lake should really be added to the Rambler repertoire.
The parkin more...
We came to see the larches and weren't disappointed. Not yet at their peak but yellow enough to satisfy our esthetic needs. Arriving at the col bef more...
An early morning mist hung over the river at Policeman’s Flats as we unloaded our boats in preparation for the paddle to McKinnons Flats. After com more...
Once again, my loyal participants said that THIS was the "Best Hike of the Year". Lovely weather again.
All seven from my Crowfoot North trip l more...
We set out from the parking lot just after 9:00 am on this beautiful fall day. We soon came to the first headwall with its several waterfalls, and more...
It was a nicely cool morning as we started up the road towards Temple Lodge. We kept a steady pace and soon reached Halfway Hut. After a short brea more...
We all met up individually at the Elbow Falls parking lot, which was partially taken over by a film crew. After walking east next to HWY 66 more...
Participants: Danielle, Arnold, Jeannette, Ed, Ivan, Agnieszka, Jacek, Bill
The 8 of us met at gond more...
We had a spectacular day in the mountains on this classic ridge walk. Our early start meant that we had the trail to ourselves other than passing a more...
We set off at about 9:45 am under a cloudless blue sky with not a breath of wind. Our group of 12 headed up the trail at a nice relaxed pace allowi more...
We had a great day at Snow Peak and Burstall Pass, enjoying the slightly hazy views from the top followed by soul-satisfying wandering through the more...
Starting at the civilized hour of 10 am from the brand new Highwood parking lot we soon were walking among the larches. Still summer green but a fe more...
Yet another lovely day along the Icefields Parkway. Much like a couple of weeks ago at Caldron Lake everyone seemed to be "gobsmacked" by the fabul more...
We needed to be back in Calgary by 4:30 pm on this day, so we were looking for a fairly short trip with not too long a drive, and the Garriochmill more...
Set off at 10 am under clear blue skies, sunshine and no wind. We arrived at the summit of Little Arethusa around 12 pm, and after a leisurely lunc more...
The weather cooperated for the barbeque at William Watson Lodge after a few hikes were completed earlier. Thirty Three members participated and cho more...
Good weather to be out in the mountains. We hiked up to the meadow about 100 m NW of the far end of the lake. Some of the fireweed was turning red more...
We set off from the new Highwood pass parking lot shortly after 9 AM. As usual there were a few wet sections on the trial as we ascended through th more...
Seven lady ramblers and one shy coordinator successfully completed the ridge traverse from north to south Burstall passes. Distant vistas were unfo more...
We had another lovely day. The smoke obscured the further peaks, and gave us an excuse to not go too fast.
There was certainly concern about the more...
It was a sunny and pleasantly cool morning as we headed up the trail towards Burstall Pass. The meadow soon levelled off giving us views towards th more...
The air quality index in Calgary when Pam, Sim, and I met at 6:30 am was 10+, and it was at least as bad when we picked Paul up at the Hwy 22 junct more...
Yet another lovely day in the mountains.
We set out from the trailhead around 9:40 and proceeded, keeping within sight of each other most o more...