Back in 2012 Matt Hobbs took this photo of a uniquely designed bench that appeared low down on the trail. On it was a poem asking hikers to carry it up to the pass.
East End of Rundle from Ha Ling trail.
Internet Plagiarism
It is all too common these days for “remote authors”, would-be writers who are not local to the area they are writing about, posing as authorities on trails by trolling the web, paraphrasing other site’s content, and obtaining pictures from public domain sources such as Flickr. I call this “Internet Plagiarism”.
View from Anti-Ghost Ridge showing just a fraction of the burn between the Anti-Ghost area and Back Rock Mountain.
Ghost trails after the fire of 2020
We recently spent a day in the Ghost River area taking a look at the ravages of last year’s fire. Ww ended up hiking trails in the Ant-Ghost and this is what we found.
The latest tweet from Jason Nixon outlines some of the improvements to be paid for by the Kananaskis Conservation Pass.
The Alberta Government has finally found a way to charge Albertans and visitors to access Kananskis Country. Something they have been trying to do for many years. Peter Lougheed must be rolling over in his grave! More info here.
