Yesterday's weather forecast called for sunshine and a high of 30 C in the mountain parks today, so we studied our trail maps carefully, looking for a hike we hadn't done before and where we could be at the trail head by 8:30 so we could beat the heat! After some deliberation, we decided on …
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Galatea Lakes
We're well into our fifth summer hiking with our boys, and if there's one thing we've learned it's that when you're headed to the mountains for a dayhike with kids, it's a good idea to have a plan and a back-up plan. Over the weekend we started talking about hiking the Cory Pass / Edith …
Prairie View / Jewell Pass
With the weather forecast calling for a high of 32 C in Bow Valley Provincial Park today, we decided to go for a lower-elevation gain, shorter hike today; we also wanted to find a few geocaches. So after a bit of research, we decided to start from Barrier Lake just off Highway 40, to hike …