With the GeoKids in camp every day this week, Mr. & Mrs. GeoK wanted to get in at least one hike. Drop-off and pick-up times constrained our options; with 3 unfound geocaches waiting for us we settled on the west ridge approach to Mount Baldy. This is NOT one of our favourite hikes. It's …
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We enjoyed (mostly) blue skies and moderate temperatures while hiking to the summit of Jumpingpound Mountain on Saturday. Access is off the Powderface Trail (a gravel road) which connects highways 66 (west of Bragg Creek) and 68 (gravel, through Sibbald Flats). We elected to travel via the TransCanada into Sibbald Flats, which meant we were on …
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Mr GeoK, Sleepy_hollow and Reastick hiked to Junction Fire Lookout yesterday - a 26 km round-trip in beautiful south (far south) Kananaskis Country. There's a loggable brass cap up top, so here's an extract from his "found it" log… "The current incarnation of the Junction fire lookout is the 4th generation structure on the site …
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