Rocky Mountain Ramblers Association

Green meadows , flowers , good views, great group and nobody else around. Just another perfect day.Participants: Bill, Francisco, {354 s au more...

I think when one practices endurace, toughness, and staying the coarse this trip had all of these combined into a day in the mountains. A wonderful more...

A great day with stunning views, although I am starting to feel bad about doing this hike because the trail has become so wide and eroded, and will more...

Not many people go to the old Forgetmenot Mountain lookout site, because the distance and elevation are rather large and the long connecting ridge more...

This was a new trip for half of the group. We left the cars at 9:00am and started up the first steep slope to the ridge crest which we followed on more...

Being greeted with blue skies, warm temps, the day was rather nice for the trail that awaited. Progressing up through what some call steep is a goo more...

All went smooth on this annual first aid course, despite the organizer (Sebastiaan) being 8 time zones away on the day of the course. A big thank more...

We started from the trailhead at 9:00 AM at 8 degrees and with overcast skies, good to scramble up the next 900 metres. Some had not done Wasootch more...

Smoke from wildfires caused me to cancel this trip last Thursday but today the skies in Kananaskis were very clear while Calgary still lingered in more...

We left the smoky city with the certainty of clear skies in the mountains and we weren't disappointed with only a hint of burnt fir in the cool more...

The original plan was to do Opal Ridge, but we reduced our ambitions because of the thick smoke and went up King Creek Ridge instead (less elevatio more...

Participants: Bill, Nancy, Aldis, Janice, Margo, Sonja, Joanne, Steve, Jozef.

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With a light breeze at the trailhead we started off at 9:00 AM. With no wind in the trees we soon took off a layer and headed up. Upon leaving the more...

With the winter gate open areas become populous again, cars and sounds at the parking lots. A warm sunny day, little breeze, coolness of the mornin more...

We had a lovely day. Spotted three bears, whitetail and mule deer, a hundred or so sheep, plus a few Ramblers.
This was the last day that Hw more...

It was a "big" and "beautiful" day for this Ramblers trip. "Beautiful" because the weather was sunny and the wind ini more...

It was a 2-hour drive from Calgary to the Turtle Mountain trailhead in Blairmore. We started out close to 10:30, following a well-defined trail adj more...

A fine summerlike day for a foothills hike, we started out under sunny skies and had a dry trail almost as far as the opening in the trees where Mo more...

Despite one member experiencing some problems, this was an enjoyable trip with ample conversation and in warm, sunny weather. Although most carried more...

This was a new trip for the group except the coordinator that did it last in 2014 and one that everybody enjoyed.Conditions were good with little s more...

Six of us enjoyed the hike up Prairie Mountain in advance of the closure to build a new trail. We had lots of sun and warm temperatures, starting a more...

The six of us started out at 9:30 on a beautiful morning. Temperature and wind were ideal for one of my favourite early season hikes. The snow had more...

After a long hiatus of sport climbing trips in our club's trip reports I was somewhat curious to see the level of uptake this event would get. To m more...

The weather was quite warm at the arrival to the trailhead, us being the only car in the parking lot. As most of the elevation would be done before more...

What a gorgeous day for a hike. When we left the cars at 9.00am it was about +10c, but on return at 2.45pm a blistering +26c. In between we enjoyed more...

We enjoyed a summer like day in this early season hike/scramble. The trail to Baldy pass as expected was hard packed snow so we used our traction d more...

Given that winter has turnerd the corner, allowing sunny days, with warmth brings hiking, and this is where our day takes us. Upon meeting off we g more...

This trip went as smooth as possible for the first real scramble of the summer season. A south facing ridge in the eastern foothills is often a goo more...

There were already several dozen cars when we arrived shortly after 9:00, but all of the people must have been going up Prairie Mountain because we more...

We parked one vehicle near Sentinel (parking lot currently closed) and drove back to the trailhead at the Kananaskis Country boundary sign on HWY 5 more...

Ice, snow, mud and a grouse

Participants: Ron, Madeleine, Margo, Bill, George, Laura.< more...

I bought this bike during the COVID Daze to get some variety in my riding. Long distances can be covered without requiring 3 days to recover so I f more...

It was a nice day for this hike with warm temperatures and minimal wind. A steep climb to get up onto the main ridge where we proceeded along to a more...

For the first time this year, we encountered no snow or ice on this hike. However , we did encounter mud – lots of it! The trail was not too more...

The day started with a challenge at our meeting place in Valley Ridge. It turns out that this was the City street cleaning day for this district an more...

The Spotwx forecast was 100% accurate today, right down to the timing of the snow. Crossing the dam in a cold gale-force wind was the first challen more...

A very pleasant day under sunny skies with a congenial and talkative group. As expected there was a mix of snow, ice and mud, although traction dev more...

Seven of us left the parking lot at a very comfortable late hour and in around a couple of hours we reached the summit.Thanks to the ongoing Reconc more...

Participants: Sim, Christine, Jim, Susan, Bill, Jeannette. Although we started out as six, two returned early becaus more...

It's not a particularly scenic hike, but it's an excellent spring conditioning workout, especially when powering through soft snow and slus more...

A great walk for Easter Sunday!

Thanks to intelligence from Dorothy-Ann Reimer, we knew to expect snow covered trails but Paradise Trail ha more...

Participants: Sim,Christine,Kim,Jim,Susan,Jeannine,Bill,Jeannette,Inge,Ray,Chip,{15 more...

We had a splendid hike in the foothills on a warm and windy day. The morning trek to Eagle Hill was noisy due to lots of crunching in the snow, and more...

Blue skies and limited wind initially made for a nice start to our hike. The pavement part of the tour was clear of snow while most of the gravel p more...

The good news is that we all made it back home safely after a long, scenic, sunny ski tour. The bad news is that it took the the 3 who actually mad more...