by Brian Patton | Sep 6, 2021 | Lake Louise, Lake O'Hara, Yoho National Park |
Most of the day hikes in the Canadian Rockies are one way, up-and-back, but here are my favourite classic Loop Hikes in Banff and Yoho National Parks. One of my favourite guidebooks is the UK’s Classic Walks in the Lake District by Walt Unsworth (yes, trail... by Brian Patton | Jul 31, 2021 | History, Kootenay National Park, Wildfire |
Climate change has replaced cloudy skies and rainy days with forest fire smoke. The summer of 2021 is no exception. One of the problems in the early days of the Canadian Rockies Trail Guide was cloudy conditions and showers. Thanks to these unsettled conditions, it... by Brian Patton | Jun 14, 2021 | Banff National Park, Jasper National Park, Kootenay National Park, Mount Robson Provincial Park, Yoho National Park |
June and early-July is the unofficial start of the hiking season and an excellent to time head out on the best Canadian Rockies waterfall hikes as streams are flowing high with spring runoff. Most of the hiking trails to waterfalls in the Canadian Rockies are fairly... by Brian Patton | May 1, 2021 | Banff National Park, COVID-19, Lake Louise |
Update September 3, 2021: Parks Canada reopened the eastern 17 kms of the Bow Valley Parkway between Fireside and Johnston Canyon to vehicles on September 1st. This section of the Parkway was closed to vehicles and used primarily by cyclists from June 1st. Banff... by Brian Patton | Feb 27, 2021 | Backpacking, History, Kootenay National Park |
Sometimes moving through landscape can become art. In the mid-1970s, David (aka Dale) Zieroth was working as a park naturalist in Kootenay National Park when he hiked on an overnight to Floe Lake with some of his Parks Canada colleagues. The poem that came out of that...