Destinations
Destination guides and travel stories organized by country and city, beginning with our 2026 journey through Europe.
Bourgeau Lake
We did this hike Saturday, October 24. Present company was Sandy, Katy, Kyle (Katy’s boyfriend) and me. We started at 8:30 on the trailhead. It was cold and frost was still on the ground. We were on the north face of the mountain the entire time so we had no chance of sun. The hike…
Mount Indefatigable
We did this hike Saturday October 17, 2015. Present company was Curtis, Sandy, and me. The morning started off crisp. The cars had some frost on them in the parking lot and the ground was frozen in spots. There was no snow below but the upper sections had some light dustings. We wore too many…
Mount Cory Cap
We did this hike Sunday, October 4, 2015. Present company was Sandy, Curtis, and me. The weather forecast for Calgary was a scorching 5C and Banff had a forecasted 8C. We were optimistic that it would be a nice day, but it sure didn’t start out nice. Decked out in somewhat winter attire (long underwear,…
Nihahi Ridge
Nihahi Ridge and summit was done on September 13, 2015. It was done with Sandy, Curtis, and myself. The weather was not fun; it was cold, wet, and raining off and on all morning. We started the hike at 7:30 at the Little Elbow Campground. We parked in the first parking lot but could have…
Mount Rimwall
Mount Rimwall was done on 2 separate days. The first day was August 1, 2015 with Chris and the second was August 3, 2015 with Curtis. For the sake of this entry, both days will be combined into one post. From the “parking lot”, the hike is a fairly easy walk through the forest. There…
Mount Yamnuska
I did this popular hike with Sandy and Chris on July 18, 2015. Since it is such a popular hike, I wanted to get an early start so we were on the trail by 7:15. When we got to the parking lot, we were the second vehicle there. The first part of the hike had…
Surprise Creek Backpacking
I booked two weeks off in July and decided to do an overnight hike on July 2/3. Curtis joined me and we set out the morning of July 2nd. Surprise creek is in the Mt Assiniboine Provincial Park in BC off of highway 93. The hike is 10km one way through a valley. The trail…
Grizzly Peak
This was the first hike back with the trio (Sandy, Chris, and I). We started the hike at 8:30am June 27, 2015. The forecast was sunny and high of 34C. So we thought “great day for a hike!”. From the parking lot at Ripple Creek (it’s a ditch. The first creek/bridge/culvert right after Grizzly Creek…
Mount Burstall
Well…. Sandy and I did this hike Saturday June 19, 2015. Our research indicated that it wouldn’t be too difficult and it would be a nice scramble. What the other blogs did not mention, ended up being a few things that would have been nice to know. This hike is rated difficult. We both struggled.…
Old Goat Glacier
This hike was a nice, quick one but still gave the benefits of a longer hike. We did this one June 11, 2015. There was Sandy, Camille, Jace, and I. Camille is my sister-in-law and Jace is my 7 year old nephew. It was their first real hike. The trail starts out in the Spray…