by Brian Patton | Aug 22, 2013 | hiking, Kootenay National Park, Wildlife
Already suffering trail closures from bridge washouts and the Numa Creek fire, Kootenay National Park has closed several more trails at the north end of the park due to grizzly bear activity. The closure went into effect August 20, 2013. Trails affected by the closure...
by Brian Patton | Aug 14, 2013 | 2013 Floods, hiking, Jasper National Park
Jasper National Park’s most popular loop trip for backpackers, the Jonas Pass-Brazeau Lake Loop, has been disrupted by washouts in the wake of the storm that swept the region in June (2013). The destruction of a bridge at Brazeau River Campground is the most serious...
by Brian Patton | Aug 13, 2013 | Banff National Park, hiking, Kananaskis Country
By mid-summer, all of the snow has disappeared from the highest hiking trails in the Canadian Rockies parks and most hikers are in a bit better shape than they were in the spring. If you’d like to hike to the highest trail-accessible points in the parks, this is the...
by Brian Patton | Aug 10, 2013 | 2013 Floods, Banff National Park, hiking
With the closure of the Sunshine Village Road and washouts on Pharaoh Creek as a result of the June 2013 flood, its been a discouraging summer for getting to Sunshine Meadows and Eygpt Lakes. But backpackers travelling from Spray Valley Provincial Park to Highway 93...
by Brian Patton | Aug 10, 2013 | 2013 Floods, hiking, Waterton Lakes National Park
Parks Canada has announced that damage to the Akamina Parkway in Waterton Lakes National Park resulting from spring flooding is major and the road will be closed for the rest of the 2013 summer. In order to relieve some of the traffic that is pressuring the Red Rock...
