The shortest and steepest of Parks Canada's three guided hikes in the Burgess Shale fossil beds, Mount Stephen is a trilobite lover's dream! And the views are terrific, too.
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Hiking Kootenay National Park – Stanley Glacier
The Stanley Glacier hike in Kootenay National Park has a lot going for it: 1) less than two hours from Calgary (under an hour from Canmore) it's about the same travel time to/from as many of our favourite hikes deep in Kananaskis; 2) it's pretty easy; 3) fossils; 4) new and old growth forests; 5) Mount Stanley, Mount Storm and Mount Whymper; 6) waterfalls; 7) a hanging valley; and 8) Stanley Glacier! After our second trip up and down the trail, we added Stanley Glacier to our list of all-time favourites hikes.
Hiking Yoho National Park – Burgess Shale Walcott Quarry
We did this hike back in 2009, when K was just 9 years old. At 23.9 km (return) it's the longest day hike any of us have ever done (except for Mr. GeoK's 26 km (return) hike to Junction Fire Lookout in July 2008). Over the next few weeks, in anticipation of the summer 2014 hiking season, …
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Hiking the Bow Valley – Jura Creek
Planning a hike for last weekend, we briefly considered hiking to the top of Mount Bourgeau (24 km and > 1500 meters gain). But since K's been undergoing rehab on his left foot all summer and our longest hike so far this year was the one to Paradise Valley and the Giant Steps (just over …
First Hike of 2010 – Arethusa Cirque
It's hard to accept that it was July 22 before we finally made it out for our first hike of the 2010 season. It's easy to make excuses: bad back, lousy weather, other commitments, holidays. But the reality is that when we took that first breath of clean mountain air, we realized how much we …