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... by Brian Patton | Mar 3, 2014 | History |
Oscars time again and it always amazes me how Hollywood hoopla captivates the media, even here in Canada. And everyone seems to be looking for a connection, no matter how tenuous, to the glamour of the film industry. Of course, the Canadian Rockies aren’t... by Brian Patton | Feb 28, 2014 | Weather |
My Canadian Rockies Trail Guide co-author, Bart Robinson, recently received a query from American friends about the feasibility of backpacking the Rockwall or Sawback Trails in early July. That’s a time when we usually expect a fair amount of snow lingering... by Brian Patton | Feb 16, 2014 | Technology |
I was working for Parks Canada at Lake Louise in 1994 when a phone call arrived at the Visitor Centre. A climber on the summit of Mount Temple was calling in to say he was running late and wouldn’t be checking in from his climb until later in the evening. I suppose we...