The ongoing construction in Canmore has changed the access to many trails, often for the better. The Stewart Creek trail to Middle Sister is no exception. While Canmorites know where to go, out-of-towners may be puzzled and, heaven forbid, still trying to follow the routes written up in the third edition of the Kananaskis Country [...]
Canmore and Bow Valley
Right now, GPSing the trails on the Canmore benchlands for Volume 3 of the Kananaskis Country Trail Guide. When having a drink on Stoney’s patio at Silvertip and feeling remarkably out of place amongst the golfers, we were asked if we were hiking. “Yes”. “Didn’t know there were any trails around here.” “ Yes, must [...]
Just learned something new on twitter about Wind Ridge from @GeoKs. So am passing it on. In their words: “The next few shots were taken near Geocache BCP484 Wind Ridge and GC2E1M8 Learning to Fly. We were #8 to sign the logbook for “Learning to Fly” and it’s from this geocache write-up that we learned that [...]
I’m referring to the section of park bounded by the Trans-Canada Highway, Rafter Six Ranch Resort, Camp Chief Hector and Stoney trail, north of Barrier Lake. Unlike the popular northern section, it has no public facilities, but it does have a large network of trails. Rafter Six Ranch Resort uses them for trail rides, Camp [...]
On the Canmore Nordic Centre’s summer trail map (price $1.50), one page is devoted to its one and only hiking trail AM, meaning “to alpine meadows.” (The Georgetown interpretive trail seems to have got mixed up among the bike trails.) It is touted as 2.5 km one way with a 250 m height gain from the stadium area and is closed between Dec. 2 and June 25 because of wildlife concerns.
