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…]
Assiniboine Provincial Park is simply fantastic! Nowhere in The Rockies have we found a place with such great variety in dayhiking – it just requires a tough backpack into the campsite at Magog Lake and then you have ridges, peaks, passes, and lakes to explore. There is also afternoon tea at the lodge.
We took advantage of the early snowmelt this year to head into Paradise Valley and up and over Sentinel Pass before Canada Day. Hiking here so early also means that you don’t have to worry about grizzly bears – later in the year there are hiking restrictions and your need to hike in a minimum group size. We also did an easy dayhike the following day – climbing Parker Ridge near to the Columbia Icefield – fantastic views of the Saskatchewan Glacier.