Rocky Mountain Ramblers Association

Highway 66 hadn’t been plowed, so it was a slow drive in a moderate depth of new snow. Thank goodness for winter tires!

The trail wa more...

We headed off up the ski-out at 9:30 am with a couple of cms of new snow on the trail and evidence of warm temperatures in the previous more...

Two days ago we thought it would be our last warm weather hike of the year--but today we were granted yet another chance, with a warm hike to Eagle more...

On the Good Ship Crackle Pop (that is to say, the satisfying crunch of spikes digging into the ice on the Elbow valley trail) it's a Sweet Trip more...

Wow, what a great day. While initially intended to be more of a ski day, we tweaked it to make for an adequate backcountry refresher to get our hea more...

As is usual this time of year, the Station Flats parking lot was covered with ice. This prompted most of the group to don tractions devices before more...

Boom Lake ski
We met up at the Boom Lake parking lot before 10am where we found close to 10cm. of new snow. Given the elevation of about 1740 more...

Our departure from the parking lot (which was practically empty) was very pleasant due to the mild temperature and the good snow coverage and skier more...

When your car drifts around the westward lane near the Casino, you know that it will be a windy day. But as we had intentionally chosen a trip that more...

It wasn't a bad day , it wasn't great snow, but a great group, so we all had fun. 9:30 start -8 light wind overcast.

The first go more...

Carl Potter led this hike about 2 weeks ago and I wanted to enjoy sunny Ranger ridge one more time before deep winter.

Seven R more...

We had a late start , almost 11 am for this short but enjoyable ramble in the foothills. No snow and only a few icy spots in the darkest woods so w more...

With one car left at Stony Creek, just east of Junction Hill trailhead, the 3 of us drove together in the other car to Cat Creek parking lot to beg more...

The temperature of 4 at the trailhead held steady for most of the day. Although the trail has some snow on it in spots, the snow was soft and no tr more...

Back in the same spot for the fifth time in the last six years.

The crew was divided into four groups and our day worked through the more...

The group met at the Continental Divide parking lot at 10:15, then traveled to the highway borrow area immediately south of the entrance to Chickad more...

Back in the same spot for the fifth time in the last six years.
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The riskiest part of the trip was probably in the parking lot, which was completely coated in thick ice. So we wore spikes right from the cars, and more...

A windy and cold 8 kms under a grey Chinook sky. We were joined by new member Bela Berci and 2 guests from the Calgary Weekend Hikers.

Participants: Ray, David, Mark, Mark, Monique.

Sorry for the late report

Snow coverage was more...

Despite the forecast of overnight snow there was little to be seen on the drive or in the West Bragg parking lot. It was similar for the trails: I more...

Very windy at the top, with quite a bit of snow, which made for a longish but successful trip.
Only two inveterate peakbaggers decided to jo more...

Ten Ramblers met at the Pigeon Mtn trailhead ready to start at 9am. With the wind and temperature a few degrees below zero it was chilly, but actua more...

The trails on the south side of the West Bragg Creek parking lot appeared to be solid ice, so we all put on traction devices. However, once we star more...

For the past 45 years, I've driven past McConnell Point, a hill adjacent to highway one just east of Lacs des Arcs and never realised that ther more...

After a flat beginning along the Evan-Thomas trail, this route becomes an unrelenting climb of over 900 metres. Our strong and hardy group was up t more...

Our group of twelve Ramblers enjoyed a great day in the Highwood Pass area. We left the trail head to Arethusa Cirque under high clouds, but with l more...

Participants: Six "chicks with sticks" had a very successful and pleasant climb up the South End of Lawson. There was a slight skiff of s more...

Conditions for this trip were far better than expected: manageable wind, warm temperatures (and even a fair amount of sun), and no need for spikes. more...

We had a good time on the Heart Mountain Loop.

Although there is still considerable flood mitigation construction in the area, there more...

A surprise dusting of snow greeted us at Station Flat, and with a layer of ice under that, we donned our spikes for most of the time, although the more...

It was a cool start with a brisk breeze and only a few layers were doffed at the end of the first climb as we continued along the ridge exposed to more...

Our original objective was Belmore Browne but it was necessary to modify our plans after “losing” two of our participants between Valle more...

In November, its always a bonus to get a sunny day in the mountains when its not too cold or snowy. This was one of those days.

When we l more...

Nature gave us exactly what we needed on this day, sun and calm in the right spot, she delivered every note on point. Wearing microspikes we starte more...

Our group of 13 started up from the trailhead shortly before 10 AM. We split into two groups, one going at a faster pace and the other at a more mo more...

Instead of turning east from Paddy's Flat along Elbow Valley Trail towards Sulphur Springs Trail, we turned west on Elbow, connected with the P more...

A cheerful and congenial group compensated for the gloomy and gray day. While the sun was shining on the front ranges we were under chinook cloud a more...

Beautiful weather to get out and practice.

Agenda for the event:

- introductions
- discussion: courses taken, any field more...

The previous day (Monday), I was wait-listed for a transceiver practice. Since this was non-urgent for me and the weather forecast was good, I even more...

Sunny skies and no wind made for a pleasant 7 km walk in the Weaselhead.
The paths were icy at spots but no traction devices were required.< more...

What a gorgeous day! We started out in chilly temperatures but soon warmed up, energized by the fresh snow and frost on the trees and blue sky abov more...

It was a chilly start to our hike, about -15 at Sibbald Lake parking, but the lack of wind and bright sunshine promised improvements. The trail had more...

The weather forecast was spot on, with clouds and a temperature of –2 at the trailhead. Just before lunch, the sun came out to make the day q more...

Our hope was that we would get one more scramble in before winter conditions arrived, but unfortunately that was not to be the case on this day. We more...

This was truly a memorable trip since it was new to all of us. We left the cars at Porcupine Creek at the start of the old road and crossed the bri more...

As expected, cool start in the morning under Chinook clouds but returning under a blue and warmer sky.

We all brought our more...

It's a bonus any time you can scramble to the top of a mountain peak at the end of October. Our group of 6 left the trail head jus more...

An intense workout, blue skies, deserted trails, and great company! Everyone made it to the summit in 75 minutes and we were back at the cars 2 hou more...

After a ten minutes walk on the road we started up the s.w ridge of Gunnery mountain on a steep but decent trail.At a no rush pace it took us less more...

Despite clear skies it was just above freezing in the shade of the mountains at the trailhead. But not to worry, the steady climb soon warmed us up more...

Good weather was promised for today’s hike – and that’s what we got. It was 7 degrees at the trailhead when we started hiking und more...

This trip is basically a variation on the theme of Moose Mountain South Outliers from Canyon Creek (trip b164). The difference is that this trip st more...

The West Outlier of North Kent is a great shoulder season hike. Even though it is more often called as a winter snowshoe trip, the 670 metres of el more...

Despite being such an easy low-elevation walk, this trip was more rewarding than one might expect. Granted, the clear blue sky disappeared under th more...

Nine of us enjoyed a very pleasant walk up Cox Hill Trail. There were still some leaves on the trees and the fine weather added to the trip. We had more...

We started our trip right from HWY 940 because the dirt road was too rutted for low clearance vehicles. The wide track brought us all the way to th more...

There was a bear in area warning sign at the trailhead but other than a couple of grouse we didn't see any other wildlife nor signs of it. With a l more...

It was already warmer than anticipated when we started.

No residual snow or ice on the trail made for an easy walk in enjoyable company. more...

The parking lot was empty when we arrived shortly before 10am. On the trip up through the woods, we saw several spruce grouse. When we reached the more...

Summer-in-October was the order of the day, on the drive through the cow herds along the Sibbald Road we noted a temperature of +3C but just a few more...

Snowy trails, strong winds and low clouds shaped our day. As the clouds meant poor summit visibility, we decided not to go to the summit and to jus more...

The wind in the Ribbon Creek parking lot was a hint that today was a good day for kite flying rather than hiking. We started off up Centennial Trai more...

The forecast was ominous with 30% chance of snow when I left Calgary and the dark clouds over the mountains were not very reassuring either. I chec more...

When I called this trip on the Sunday, it was still autumn in the mountains, but by the time we did the trip the following Tuesday, it was pretty m more...

It was minus 5 Celsius when our group of 6 started up from the Spencer Creek trailhead at 9:30 AM. I was surprised that four of the group had not d more...

The air temperature at the start was cool at -2C, but in the sun with a little uphill exertion it was actually quite pleasant- lack of wind helped. more...

A lovely and very social walk around the Weaselhead.

Nine Ramblers and guest Norma enjoyed watching the Dragon Boats practicin more...

A beautiful fall day for an easy hike in the foothills. We started in below zero temperatures and nobody shed any layers until the steep climb on t more...