Author Archives: Bill Kerr

About Bill Kerr

Weekend climber, scrambler and backcountry skier from Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Prairie Mtn Dec 29, 2020

Sunny day. 1 hour 40 min up on hard pack with microspikes. Ran into Vern on way down.

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Skin up Fisera ridge trail Dec 20,2020

4.5 km up 434 m 7.5 km rt

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SSV downhill with Kelly S. Dec 9, 2020

Heavy snow day with white knuckle drive out in morning but great skiing and some first trcks on some runs.

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Skate Spray Lakes December 7, 2020

Rare opportunity to skate smooth clear ice on a mountain lake. Spray lakes has frozen during a calm night with no snow cover. See first pic from Sunday from Matt Clay of entire lake so we decided to go skate … Continue reading

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Rainy Ridge Summit Hike Nov 29, 2020

Dog walk with Toffee, Kevin and Mable. Interesting short hike with some rocky section along ridge. Warm and sunny at top although in shade in trees. Snowy in places and microspikes were helpful. About 400 m + 30-40 m regain … Continue reading

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DH ski Nakiska nov 27

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Stretching and Diet (D3/K2) for cold hands, trigger finger, carpal tunnel and Raynaud’s

Getting old can suck. Developed some Trigger finger in my ring and little fingers and some lumps in the palm. Cold hands. Physio and diet to the rescue. Over the last 2 years, I have reversed the trigger finger and … Continue reading

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Allsmoke mountain Hike November 2, 2020

Hike with Dave, Roy and Kevin Muddy drive in but good hike. 16 km and 800 m RT Pictures

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Ranger Hill Oct 13, 2020

Fun hike in the snow with Kevin, Dave and the dogs. 450 m and 12? km. Pictures

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Ford Knoll Sept 28, 2020

Easy loop with Pam and Toffee. 350m 8 km

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