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Tokumm Creek
We did this hike Saturday May 27, 2017. It was our second hike of the season. Present company was Nick, Chris, Paula, Chris, Curtis and I. The hike starts off in the interpretive loop for a Marble Canyon. Marble Canyon is imteresting because it was created over 12,000 years ago. It’s a deep canyon that…
Little Elbow Exploratory
We did this hike Saturday May 20, 2017. Present company was Curtis, Katy and myself. This was our first hike of the season (finally!) so we wanted to start off easy. Our original plan was to do Ribbon Falls but because of fresh snow, we had to choose something a bit further East. I looked…
Burstall/Hogarth
Well it’s been a long time since we were in the mountains. Busy summer and fall mixed with uncooperative weather made hiking difficult. Today was the first day of the year out. We went Saturday January 14, 2017. Present company was Ryan, Sheldon, Dorothy, Curtis and I. the forecast was for warm weather; around 0.…
Mount Burke
This hike was completed on Sunday, June 5, 2016. Present company: Sandy, Curtis, Ryan, Sheldon, Nick, Chris and myself. We decided to do this hike for two reasons: 1. It was in a different area than what we have been through and 2. it had an abandoned fire lookout that had amazing views. The hike…
Midnight Mountain – Baldy Pass
We did this hike Saturday March 12, 2016. It was our first hike of the season. Present company: Sandy, Curtis, and myself. This was the hike I was supposed to do last summer but got started on the wrong path and ended up doing the Baldy saddle. We got an early start and were the…
Ink Pots
Sandy and I did this short hike on November 15. There wasn’t much snow but I brought my new microspikes from Kahtoola. The Johnston Canyon trail is closed for reconstruction so we had to go through the next trail to the north to access the ink pots. It’s a short hike with relatively small elevation…
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…
Nihani Ridge
Nihani 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 of…
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…