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Hiking around Storm Mountain Lodge

Hiking around Storm Mountain Lodge

by Brian Patton | Dec 26, 2020 | Banff National Park, canadian rockies trail guide, hiking, Home page News

The original Guide to Hiking Trails in the vicinity of Storm Mountain Lodge was published in 1978. The text and design was created by then lodge co-owner Jim Thorsell. After the lodge changed ownership, the book was out of print for three decades. Many things changed...
Last Tango on Stoney Squaw

Last Tango on Stoney Squaw

by Brian Patton | Nov 4, 2020 | banff, Banff National Park, Home page News

Stoney Squaw, Tunnel Mountain, Mount Eisenhower, Chinaman’s Peak. Some of the most popular short-hike destinations in the Bow Valley that experienced name changes over the past 40 years or may do so soon. I can’t remember the first time I hiked the 2-km...
Limping from Ya Ha Tinda to Panther River

Limping from Ya Ha Tinda to Panther River

by Brian Patton | Sep 30, 2020 | backpacking, Banff National Park, Home page News

We’ve all had times when the best laid and ambitious plans have to be abandoned. That was the case this August when avid backpacker and faithful blog contributor Gavin Fitch set off from Ya Ha Tinda Ranch with three friends. Despite the problems they...
Castleguard Meadows: The Gilroy Report

Castleguard Meadows: The Gilroy Report

by Brian Patton | Sep 6, 2020 | backpacking, Banff National Park, Home page News

We’ve had quite a bit of interest in the Castleguard Meadows over the past few years. Several contributors have provided descriptions of this overgrown, difficult 35-km route. In May, Christian Gilroy sent another account of a 5-day in-and-out trip that he...
Mountain films for the great indoors

Mountain films for the great indoors

by Brian Patton | Mar 31, 2020 | banff, Banff National Park, Home page News

Click on Epic Films for the Great Indoors to access the Banff Centre’s page featuring films from the cancelled world tour and 2018 available for free viewing at home during the coronavirus crisis. You can watch these selections on your digital tablet or computer, or...
Vanishing Trails in the Mountain Parks

Vanishing Trails in the Mountain Parks

by Brian Patton | Feb 26, 2020 | backpacking, Banff National Park, canadian rockies trail guide, Home page News

Gavin Fitch is a lawyer in Calgary, the President of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and a self-described “hardcore crazy backpacker”. As an active backpacker plying the remote valleys of the mountain parks over the past decade, he has experienced...
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