In Canmore for another winter weekend, we headed out to a packed trail along side Three Sisters Creek. Once we crossed the little footbridge, we decided to snowshoe a well-groomed trail rather than continuing along the banks of the creek to the old dam. Within a couple hundred meters, we spotted a bright blue signpost …
Continue reading Snowshoeing the Bow Valley – Highline Trail, Canmore
Back in Canmore for the weekend, we headed out to search for the waterfall and old dam site that we heard about after our last snowshoe outing. The weather cooperated somewhat - the snow stopped falling, but the wind was blowing (at least until we got into the trees). It was fairly clouded over, so …
Continue reading Snowshoeing the Bow Valley – Three Sisters Creek, Canmore
We arrived in Canmore late Friday morning, after driving through blowing snow all the way from Calgary. It kept snowing all day, with accumulations in the +/- 15 cm range, so we shovelled the driveway and sidewalk a few times and the back deck twice. By evening, the snow tapered off to just about nothing, …