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Petaka and the Towers, Torres del Paine

Torres del Paine National Park

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Excluding travel days, we allocated four full days for exploring parts of Torres del Paine. During that time, weather and other variables cooperated such that we experienced two of the three "must do" activities that we identified during out trip planning. Unfortunately, a multiplicity of factors meant we ended up missing out on the French Valley hike. Instead, we did a couple of half day hikes and went exploring for fossils. Keep reading for more on all of our Torres del Paine adventures, including making new friends from home when we were all far from home.

Stanley-Glacier

Hiking Kootenay National Park – Stanley Glacier

On By GeoKsIn Hiking, Kootenay NP2 Comments

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.