The hike is not an official trail, but is popular with those in the know. The trail requires an easy ford of the outlet of Bow Lake and a scramble up the boulder field to Bow Peak from the Crowfoot Pass. Some fresh snow made the scramble up the boulder field slopes more challenging and slow going than expected, but the 360 degree views from the summit are spectacular – especially looking at the Waputik Icefield, Mount Daly, and Bow Lake.
The Brazeau Loop is a five day 80 km trek into the high alpine passes and forested river valleys of Jasper National Park. It is a fantastic hike – there are a few days of the loop spent in the forest, and we did those days first, hiking the loop anti-clockwise. We’d recommend this because, following the superb hike into the loop over Nigel Pass, the scenery builds and you get a real WOW as you emerge over Jonas Shoulder on day 4 and look south down Jonas Pass. Amazing!
Andrew, Tabea and Lorelei visited us in Calgary for the weekend. For the full Alberta experience, we headed southwest of Calgary to the Millarville Farmers Market and Rodeo in the “high country” ranchlands. The Farmers Market was pretty good – some good local veggies and BC cherries and peaches. There was not much veggie friendly … [Read more…]
One way for us to check out Kananaskis Country for the first time was to run along highway 40 – over the Highwood Pass, Canada’s highest paved road. We joined the Calgary Road Runners Club team – a fun team not aiming to challenge the speed freak teams. Andy did leg 4, a 14 km … [Read more…]