Gillean's new volume covering the Sheep River west of Turner Valley also Gorge Creek and North Fork (Threepoint Creek). It's available at most of the regular stores in the area, though I am not sure if MEC's stock has arrived from their warehouse in Vancouver. At 240 pages and 73 trails, many with variations and [...]
K-Country Books
Thursday, May 31st, 2012 @ 7:00 PM – Renfrew Community Hall, 811 Radford Road NE, Calgary I have read this novel from the earliest draft and can tell you you’re in for an entertaining read. It is well-plotted — not as far fetched as you may imagine — with a cast of characters you may recognize. [...]
Just out: Bow Valley Mountain Bike Trail Guide by Peter Oprsal, who many of you know as the creator of bikepirate web site. Covers Lake Louise through Banff to the Canmore area, and includes such classics as Reclaimer, Riders of Rohan and the Benchland trails. Right now there is nothing written up east of Canmore. [...]
Book Review of Running Free-The Wild Horses of Alberta’s East Slopes, including Kananaskis Country
An attractive looking book with excellent writing and colour photos, some with the routes marked on, and good topo maps at the back of book with routes marked on in red. There is a section at the beginning on equipment, technique, etiquette and avalanche hazard and an appendix on snowshoeing on the Wapta and Columbia Icefields. Routes are described by highway starting in Waterton National Park and range up through the Rockies to the north edge of Banff National Park.
A book about the palaeontology of Canyon Creek extending from Hwy. 66 to the ice cave area and a little way up Moosedome Creek with excellent photos and with diagrams showing where to find the sites.
Gillean's Kananaskis Country Trail Guide Vol 2 is finally making its way into the stores, at least into the independent book stores. In Calgary it is available from Pages and Owl's Nest and in Canmore at Café Books.
Information about new books with Kanananskis content, including Ruthie’s Trails, The Canadian Rockies Trail Guide and Classic Day Hikes in the Canadian Rockies.
Although not a Kananaskis Country book, the amazing wildlife book The Will of the Land by Peter Dettling of Canmore is worthy of your attention and will make a fine Christmas present for wildlife enthusiasts.
Gillean's Kananaskis Country Trail Guide, Volume 1, Kananaskis Valley, Smith Dorrien, Peter Lougheed Provincial Park and Elk Lakes, is now shipping and should be available in local stores. More on a formal (informal) book launch sometime in June later. Anyone whose photos we used will receive a free copy. Posted from Crete using my iPhone [...]
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