While it's not the most exciting hike, this met my criteria of being easy, short, close to the city, and full of aspens. The colours weren't as bri more...
What a fun group to hike with!
We enjoyed a cooler, cloudier day in the foothills. We started along Long Prairie Ridge which provided the bes more...
Participants: Jack, Stephanie, Jenny, Serena
Trip Stats: Distance – 27.3km, total time – 9h 35min, elevation gain – 15 more...
Upon learning that the new Pocaterra Cirque trail was finally open after the extended summer closure of the area, we had to take advantage of that, more...
We set off from the Burstall Pass parking lot at 8:30 am under cloudy skies and a balmy 5C. After an uneventful climb we reached the summit for a v more...
A beautiful day to be out enjoying the fall colors in the company of : Jim, Francisco, Jeannette, Sonja, Cathy Photos, {182 more...
It was cloudy and coolish at the start where some took advantage of the brand new biffy in the parking lot. At the first fence gate the border guar more...
What a beautiful day in the autumn colors.
We started up the Taylor Lake trail at about 09:15 in the rather cool air but bright blue skies. T more...
What a fabulous day in the mountains! Clear skies, mild temperature, great colours, lake and mountain views on a good trail with excellent company! more...
Participants: Scott, Stephanie, Mark
Trip Stats: Distance – 13.4km, total time – 9h 25min, elevation gain – 1425m
Participants: Christine, Terry, Susan, Ivan, Bill, Jeannette, Yoko, PatrickGreat ride on West Spray Road with e more...
A glorious last day of summer in the mountains, with temperatures to match! After an uneventful walk up to Chester Lake on a fairly busy trail, we more...
We had a fine day on what has become an annual larch season hike. Some of the larches still have a tint of green. But the weather cooperated magnif more...
Participants: Scott, Stephanie, Serena
Trip Stats:
Distance: 17.8km, time: 12h 40min, elevation gain 1590m
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We left the parking lot at a brisk pace trying to get warm in a frosty morning. No delayering stops , only to add layers. We made good time to the more...
Our reward for a hard and intense slog up the trail was the fabulous and dramatic view, of the peaks off the ridge.
While trying to recruit p more...
Great weather to be out in the mountains. We hiked up about 100 m NW of the far end of the lake to enjoy lunch in the sun. Surprising amount of sno 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 leisur more...
A beautiful fall day to do the Garriochmill Peak loop. We left the parking lot at 9:00 am, arrived at the northeast outlier of Glasgow at 12:00 noo more...
A wonderful early fall day to do this classic ridgewalk. There were a few other groups but it never felt overcrowded. Larch report: mostly a health more...
The temperature was +3 at the trailhead but in the sun it felt much warmer. We descended the usual muddy old road to the bridge and successfully cr more...
The original trip for this date was to be Opal Ridge, but Indian Ridge was rescheduled for this new date since the weather was supposed to be sunny more...
A last-minute posting attracted 6 of us eager to get out before the forecast rain. Sun and strong winds on the way up, less wind and pleasant condi more...
This trip was new to all of us and also the Ramblers, I believe The information about it was taken from Sonny Bou's website but it also appears in more...
It was raining solidly for the whole drive to the Takakkaw Falls trailhead, so we all donned our raingear and pack covers and set off at 11am, prep more...
As we drove out through intermittent rain, we were concerned about the weather for a trip into the tarns. Once there, the clouds dissipated reveali more...
The weather forecast for this day was rain. Fortunately, the rain was quite light in the morning but we still went to the picnic shelter for breakf more...
We were rained out. Our trip was in coffee shop. Participants: Ivan, Agnieszka, Jacek, Bill
more...Participants: Alda, Hannah, Scott, Stephanie
Roche Miette: 11.4km, 6h23min, 1352m elevation gain
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This trip was originally going to be Indian Ridge, but as we checked the sky at the campsite, it looked doubtful. This was further reinforced as we more...
Contrary to the forecast we had a cool and overcast day. Not until the afternoon the sun made a very welcome appearance. After a break at the lake more...
A relatively short trip to match the longer drive to Jasper on this morning. This is really a bump compared to surrounding mountains but is protect more...
Participants: Sim, Jeannine, Bruce, Pam, Tatyana, Casey
On our trip together last week with Sim, Bru more...
This was one of those days when everything was perfect. A great group, wonderful summer weather with no smoke, gorgeous views, and an interesting l more...
Finally a nice summer day with blue sky and no smoke ( lets kep our fingers crossed ) . In a little over 90 minutes having done the outlier first w more...
A gorgeous day to take in the splendor of the Kananaskis mountains. Thanks to all for joining me on a magnificent hike. Participants: Carl, { more...
Participants: Jack, Tatyana, Linda, Serena Mt Daly: 29km, 1600m, 14 hours (including stopped time.) Moderate scramble up more...
Participants: Sim, Bruce, Pam, Casey
It had been many years since either Sim or I summited this one, so was more...
Unfortunately two in the group went to the wrong parking lot so our group started without them. We had a very enjoyable hike even with increasingly more...
We headed off on the trail at 9 am with the aim of getting most of the climbing done in the cool morning air. The Elbow River was sufficien more...
A summer morning in the Highwood pass area, 500 meters north of parking area 3 grizzlies are making there way in a southeast direction. We view, th more...
Participants: Sim, Bill, Pam, Jenny
A great start to our day, as heading out of the city, we could see our be more...
A few sprinkles late in the day didn't spoil a fine hike.
All ten met at Red Deer Lake and set out in only two vehicles thanks to new Rambler Sa more...
Most of our group managed to find parking in front of the TransAlta Gate and we headed off a little before 9.30am in cool, overcast and slightly sm more...
Participants: Francisco, Jeannette, Barb, Krystyna, Dana, Cheryl, Andrew, Laura .more to come...
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Participants: Photini, Leslie, David, Jim
Towards the end of August, four Ramblers (Dave, Photini, Jim and Leslie) d more...
Jenny says I always say this, but I really mean it - great group to scramble with today! I am grateful for the folks I've been scrambling with for more...
Participants: Jack, Matthew, Serena
On August 19th we scrambled Takakkaw Peak. It was moderate-difficult scrambling with s more...
Participants: Rosanne, Arnold, Francisco, Nancy, Jeannette, John, Sonja, Teresa, Pam, Cristina more...
A trail that starts off as we enter the forest opens into meadows as we progress, flowers, greenery of abundance. The upper valley, easy going hi more...
We started out just before 9 am with pleasant temperature and tolerable smoke. Everyone scrambled over the first bump and the downclimb crux. At th more...
Participants: Christine, Ray, David, Chip and guest Lu. We had a very pleasant hike along Fullerton Loop. We managed to to more...
Our group set off from Ribbon Creek parking lot a little before 9.30am on a beautiful clear sunny Sunday, steadily climbing the steep switchbacked more...
Our group headed off at about 10 am under a moderate smoke haze and no wind. Being a Sunday, the climb to the summit was fairly busy but we saw jus more...
What a spectacular day! We left the people behind at Rockbound Lake and walked through the giant limestone playground that forms the plateau betwee more...
We had a fine trip, if a bit more arduous and tricky than we who did it a while ago remembered.
Only a few drops of rain, mixed sun and cloud. < more...
We enjoyed a very pleasant hike . This is one of those maximum reward with minimum effort hikes. Two hours to the summit for excellent views ,a bit more...
Participants: Sim, Tatyana, Stephanie, Mark, Serena
Distance: 12.2km, trip length: 8h37min, elevation gain: 14 more...
We started out as the smoke was clearing from the top of nihahi ridge. The water level at the first crossing was about 10 cm below my knee and the more...
We started off with a little smoke, hoping that it did not increase over the day. A snack stop and watching the fish jump was made at Lillian Lake, more...
Reaching trailhead was the opening of our day. staying to the right side of suspension bridge on ascent the trail steepens, opening into meadows hi more...
Sometimes plan B ends up being the better one! Having moved this trip from the day prior due to lingering wildfire smoke, and downgraded from the m more...
It was a nice moderate temperature for this foothills hike after the recent hot weather. The trail was dusty in spots reflecting the lack of precip more...
Overall, a fantastic trip filled with superb walking over passes and along ridges, abundant wildflowers, unique wildlife encounters, a peaceful cam more...
This was another wonderful fun day in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Even with the smell of smoke in the air, a dry trail, and the other hikers all more...
Despite the smoky conditions i think we all enjoyed this outing. Participants: Rosanne, Philip, Francisco C/S, Douglas, Jeannette more...