by Brian Patton | Jun 10, 2014 | Wildlife
A minor miracle this spring with wood ticks in the Canadian Rockies. I’ve hiked three notorious “tick” trails and returned without any of these annoying little critters crawling on my body or in my hair. Now that trails on southerly-exposed slopes are opening up... by Brian Patton | May 18, 2014 | Jasper National Park
There aren’t many places you can hike on dry trail at this time of year. But if you find yourself in Jasper, the lowest community in the Canadian Rockies (1060m/3,480ft), you can get a jump on the season by hiking around the townsite on the Discovery Trail. The... by Brian Patton | Apr 21, 2014 | Backpacking, Great Divide Trail, History |
The Great Divide Trail was an idea proposed by various individuals and groups in the 1960s. After studying route possibilities, Jim Thorsell published a brochure-style guide in 1970 Provisional Trail Guide and Map for the Proposed Great Divide Trail (click on link for... by Brian Patton | Apr 10, 2014 | Columbia Valley |
If golfers can golf, hikers can hike, so here are my favourite early spring hikes in the Columbia Valley. And hikers and golfers have been going at it for the past two weeks above the shores of Lake Windermere in the Columbia Valley. While the landscape is fairly... by Brian Patton | Mar 29, 2014 | Books |
Don Beers began his hiking career in the early 1950s under the tutelage of Leonard Leacock, the well-known music composer and instructor at Mount Royal College, who may well lay claim to being the earliest recreational hiker in the Canadian Rockies. Many of...