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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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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On Friday we headed west of Bragg Creek to the Fullerton Loop trail and beyond to Rangers Ridge, hiking a total of 12 to 13 km with a little over 300 meters elevation gain. Parking is at the Allen Bill Pond day use area off Highway 66. Leaving from the northeast end of the parking …
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By this time last year we'd already done 5 hikes. And while Mr. GeoK has a couple of major hikes under his belt this spring, June 16 was the first opportunity for Mr. and Mrs. GeoK to get out hiking together. Mrs GeoK spotted the Heart Mountain Loop hike in Gillean Daffern's "Popular Day Hikes 1 - …
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