Saturday we headed back out to Highwood Pass, hoping that a few more cold nights triggered the larches to turn yellow; for Mr. GeoK, this was the third trip in 9 days, as he was determined to get some excellent fall photos this year… We were in luck!! As we drove past the turn off …
Tag: Kananaskis Country
Hiking Kananaskis – Mount Lipsett
We tried to hike Mount Lipsett in late August, but we failed to read the hike description in detail before heading out to K-country and ended up parking in the wrong area, couldn't find the trailhead and then got rained out before we got reorganized to try from the proper parking area. Since we've never …
Hiking Kananaskis – Forgetmenot Mountain
With the GeoKids in school for the day on Friday, Mr. & Mrs. GeoK set out to hike to the site of the old fire look out on Forgetmenot Mountain. We had planned to go up this way last spring, but the Big Elbow was flowing so fast and so high that we were forced …
Hiking Kananaskis Country – Headwall Lakes
When we departed for Kananaskis country just before 8 o'clock yesterday morning, we had big plans for the day: hike up to Headwall Lakes to check on GCXQ46 (one of the first few geocaches we hid); continue up the valley to summit Fortress; descend the scree slope on the Chester Lakes side: and hike back …
Hiking Kananaskis Country – Arethusa Adventure
Last Sunday we headed out to Highwood Pass in Kananaskis Country; this is our all-time favourite area for hiking and we wanted to place more caches in the area of Arethusa Cirque to encourage geocachers to come out to this "trail". While you don't get any of the really big views you would enjoy from …
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