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…similar design. Across the street, Stanley Jones Grocery is equally as old. Lotto stop! Afraid we came up empty though. BIGDoer rules for inner-city hiking…see a corner store (independent, not a chain) and one must stop and buy a couple scratchies. We do. And one day it’ll make us rich!… (Search hits: 0 in title, 1 in body, 0 in comments.)

…road, at a point about ten kilometres south of Highway #68. Don your pack, hiking poles at the ready and prepare for one fun and interesting outing. Hunchback Hill: getting high in Kananaskis. A Chris & Connie Adventure! Back track on the road a hundred metres or so and turn… (Search hits: 0 in title, 1 in body, 0 in comments.)

…our hiking boots. Seems everything was conspiring to keep us from doing what we love. Hope and pray 2018 will be better. Much better. I think it will be. This here post is one of those short outings mentioned. In your best Seinfeld…”not that there’s anything wrong with that”. Old… (Search hits: 0 in title, 1 in body, 0 in comments.)

…years back and it stuck – hiking guru Gillean Daffern seems to favour two Ns. Many maps show just one. Called me unsure… Anyway, pass a couple minor rock bands – not the ones that play the local casino, but instead of stone and acting as low wall, many Prairie… (Search hits: 0 in title, 1 in body, 0 in comments.)

…doing the route described in a counter-clockwise direction. Mix it up! Randomness… When we started this website (as we say… it’s NOT A BLOG – haha) some four years ago…wow how times flies… it was far more hiking-centric (is that even a word?) than now. Today, other things get in… (Search hits: 0 in title, 1 in body, 0 in comments.)

…these all over Kananaskis. This one today doubles as a fine hiking trail. For the next couple clicks, the trail rises and drops, arcing left at times to avoid going up and over. In places it’s well overgrown. Some of the bigger deadfall has been cut back. In places, knee… (Search hits: 0 in title, 1 in body, 0 in comments.)

…in the trees and the ground down there a bit marshy, so we expect it’d be icy. In summer, these low lying areas can be mucky quagmires. This is foothills hiking in Alberta! You could of course head deeper in the woods to the right (north), making a loop with… (Search hits: 0 in title, 1 in body, 0 in comments.)

…for later. Now go home. More urban outings… Calgary’s Best Walks #10. Ice cold urban hiking. Cochrane River Path. If you wish more information about this trail, by all means contact us! Date of adventure: January, 2017. Location: Calgary, AB. Distance: 13km loop. Height gain maximum: Negligible. Height gain cumulative:… (Search hits: 0 in title, 1 in body, 0 in comments.)

…could be disastrous. There does not appear to be a bypass trail for this, although hiking guru Daffern mentions one. Right ahead is a picturesque cascading falls. What a lovely spot…slip..aaaaaaahhhhhh! Crunch! The Larches are more common now. At times you can see Mount Galatea high above. You’ll see more… (Search hits: 0 in title, 1 in body, 0 in comments.)

This hiking trail is located in the Sheep River area of Kananaskis, just west of Turner Valley. It takes one south up a remote densely forested valley, paralleling scenic Junction Creek the whole time. While it’s in the trees most of the way, there’s enough views of surrounding mountains to… (Search hits: 0 in title, 1 in body, 0 in comments.)

A series of summits interconnected by ridges in the Highwood area of Kananaskis, the Bull Creek Hills are a great hiking objective at any time of the year. There are many ways up including this lesser used approach, tackling an easterly rib straight on. Trails on this route are sometimes… (Search hits: 0 in title, 1 in body, 0 in comments.)

…25th Avenue bridge. Cross MacLeod Trail, and the LRT tracks (at a tunnel exiting “cemetery hill”), meet up with the Elbow River pathway again and retrace your steps back to your ride. More urban hiking… Urban Trek – Bow Reservoir Loop. Calgary Pathways – Bowness ‘n’ back loop. Glenmore Reservoir… (Search hits: 0 in title, 1 in body, 0 in comments.)

…that, we had a blast on this walk. But we always do. Where ever you go, make it interesting, make it fun. Read about that failed train bridge… Collapsed Bonnybrook train bridge. More urban treks like this… Calgary Pathways – Bowness ‘n’ back loop. Ice cold urban hiking. Cochrane river… (Search hits: 0 in title, 1 in body, 0 in comments.)

…Trail. Lots of flood damage along this section. A section of old corduroy road exposed. Enjoyable hiking. At this cairn turn left. This trail now becomes faint. Gaining elevation steadily. The summit comes into view – it looks covered in trees but is not. Connie’s not far behind. Looking north,… (Search hits: 0 in title, 1 in body, 0 in comments.)

If time is short or you’re not feeling terribly ambitious, the Diamond T loop hiking trail is a good choice. It’s reasonably close to Calgary, one of the first trails encountered when heading west out of town into the Elbow River area of Kananaskis – it’s almost at the park… (Search hits: 0 in title, 1 in body, 0 in comments.)

…(or Stoney) Ridge. Directly north is the Cat Creek Hills. To the west and below is a broad valley with high peaks off in the distance. The highway, devoid of traffic (recall it’s closed until mid-June), and river can be seen below. There are lots of nice hiking trails in… (Search hits: 0 in title, 1 in body, 0 in comments.)

…to meet it. You’ll soon come to tiny Jewell Falls, which is a fine hiking goal all by itself. Always photogenic, it was still frozen on our visit, the ice a pleasant light blue colour. The last click or so, damage and debris from the spring 2013 floods can be… (Search hits: 0 in title, 1 in body, 0 in comments.)

…we’re spoiled by the mountains, they serve a good purpose. We get the exercise we need, and some adventure, even if it is on a more pedestrian level. More city hikes… Ice cold urban hiking. Calgary Pathways – Bow River and Nose Creek loop. Glenmore Reservoir loop (a very un-urban… (Search hits: 0 in title, 1 in body, 0 in comments.)

…done, go here… Calgary pathways – Bow Riverr and Nose Creek loop. Glenmore Reservoir loop. Winter hiking though a gritty urban landscape. If you wish more information on this trail, by all means contact us! Date of adventure: November, 2014. Location: High River, AB. Distance: 13.5km part loop, part out… (Search hits: 0 in title, 1 in body, 0 in comments.)

…time, we’re back at our ride, a good day’s hiking behind us. Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park was established only a few short years ago. Had it not come to be, you can bet the whole area would have been quickly built up. Lots with river views, a developer’s wet dream…. (Search hits: 0 in title, 1 in body, 0 in comments.)

…the other half hiking. One some days, the place can be super busy I am told. Check out these amazing hikes… Jumpingpound Loop. Picklejar Lakes. Spectacular Buller Pass. If you wish more information on this trail, by all means contact us! Date of adventure: October, 2014. Location: Elbow River area,… (Search hits: 0 in title, 1 in body, 0 in comments.)

…save for a couple of non-technical steep sections here and there. Whether you come for the views or for the fish, the setting can’t be beat. Many hiking trails in Kananaskis suffered damaged from the spring 2013 floods. The Picklejar Lakes route, with one huge exception, was not adversely affected…. (Search hits: 0 in title, 1 in body, 0 in comments.)

The High Noon Hills hiking trail is short, easy and quite pleasant. The trail follows a low undulating ridge through lovely meadows and forests, to a nice viewpoint on a grassy bluff overlooking the Long Prairie Creek valley. Located not far from the Kananaskis Country boundary, it’s one the first… (Search hits: 0 in title, 1 in body, 0 in comments.)