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Turtle Mountain August 1/2011

Window , Allison and Turtle Well actually we(kevin, Wietse and I) only did Turtle as a consolation prize as unbelievably there was too much steep snow on the slopes below Window and some of us only had running shoes. Bring … Continue reading

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Fisher Peak – Cranbrook July 5/2011

      Not to be confused with Fisher Peak in Kananaskis See Fisher Kananaskis Went to Moyie Lake for my Mom’s 80th birthday clebration.  Was to continue to USA but forgot passports so stayed around lake a few extra … Continue reading

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Mary Barclay June 10/2011

A good short early season training type day. Bike approach from Nakiska road worked well- 6.5 km vs 8.8 km from barrier dam. I will let Kevin Papke tell this one. Well our good friend Scott has finally accomplished a goal he … Continue reading

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Doorjam/Loder May 15/2011

Quick trip on Sunday for exercise with Kevin and Lars. A little over 2 hours up – 1.5 down. Some snow in trees and patches on Loder. Rest of mountains look very white. Drove down to Mt kidd and not … Continue reading

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Sofa Mountain Waterton Park Oct 17

Quick run down to Waterton to escape the snow.  Good call as Sofa was mostly dry. Good trail from road. Some nice scrambling through rockbands on ridge. 7 hr RT. Pics at Sofa

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Colembolla Oct 1/2010

  Trip with Kevin P and Dave S.  This was a plan B or C as we decided not to cross the river for Skogan and we were looking for something that we all had not done given the time, … Continue reading

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Akamina Ridge

Waterton Monday Sept 6/2010 – forecast was wrong – snow on the ground and rained and snowed on and off all day.  Would be easy scenic hike on nice day. Good execise – ignored overgrown cutline which would have been … Continue reading

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Burgess and Walcott

We really did steal a day weather wise as we had good weather and even some sun and yet we drove back through rain at LL and Banff.  Nice to get both peaks and these are really two different scrambles. … Continue reading

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Heart Loop July 11/2010 – Heart Extension – Twin Towers

Heart loop was a good training run after being rained out on Sat. Hard to believe Kev has done the first part of Heart 15+ times and had never done the loop. I am impressed at how good the trail … Continue reading

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Copper Mountain Banff Scramble July 1/10

Note Now best idea is to just bike to across from the big Avalanche path and cross stream there.   Copper Mtn and the Curious Goat – Copper is probably the least visited of the Banff Kane peaks and there … Continue reading

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