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Mount Assiniboine Day 7, 21 Sep 2019

21 Jun 20229 Jun 2022 ~ AndyG ~ 1 Comment

Day 7: Marvel Lake campground to Mount Shark trailhead: 13 km, +190 m, -230 m, 3 h 18 m Marvel Lake campground to Warden Cabin: 6.4 km (1 hr 30 min; +45 m, -110 m)Warden Cabin to Mount Shark trailhead: 6.6 km (1 hr 48 min; +145 m, -120 m) Well that was a cooler … Continue reading Mount Assiniboine Day 7, 21 Sep 2019

Mount Assiniboine Day 6, 20 Sep 2019

18 Jun 202224 Jun 2022 ~ AndyG ~ 2 Comments

Day 6: Magog campground to Marvel Lake campground: 15 km, +260 m, -635 m, 6 h 0 m Magog Campground to Wonder Pass: 5.1 km (1 hr 40 min; +210 m, -35 m)Wonder Pass to Marvel Lake/Marvel Pass junction: 3.2 km (1 hr 10 min; +10 m, -380 m)Marvel Lake/Pass junction to east end of … Continue reading Mount Assiniboine Day 6, 20 Sep 2019

Mount Assiniboine Day 5, 19 Sep 2019

16 Jun 202218 Jun 2022 ~ AndyG ~ Leave a comment

Day 5: Wonder Pass and Gloria & Marvel Lake viewpoints: 16 km, +520 m, 7 h 45 m Campground to Wonder Pass: 5.6 km (2 hr 24 min; +245 m, -60 m)Wonder Pass to Gloria Lake viewpoint: 2 km (1 hr 40 min; +20 m, -140 m)Gloria Lake viewpoint to Marvel Lake viewpoint: 1.6 km … Continue reading Mount Assiniboine Day 5, 19 Sep 2019

Mount Assiniboine Day 4, 18 Sep 2019

14 Jun 202217 Jun 2022 ~ AndyG ~ 2 Comments

Day 4: Nub Peak (via Assiniboine Lodge): 14.5 km, 610 m, 6 h 45 m Magog Lake return: 3 km (1 hr 20 min; +60 m, -60 m)Campground to the Nublet: 3.5 km (1 hr 50 min; +335 m, -20 m)Nublet to Nub Peak: 1.3 km (50 min; +215 m, -0 m)Nub Peak to Assiniboine … Continue reading Mount Assiniboine Day 4, 18 Sep 2019

Mount Assiniboine Day 3, 17 Sep 2019

11 Jun 202215 Jun 2022 ~ AndyG ~ Leave a comment

Day 3: Cerulean Lake, Elizabeth Lake, the Niblet, and Assiniboine Lodge: 12 km, 285 m, 6 h 23 m Magog Campground to Cerulean Lake: 3.0 km (1 hr 28 min; +25 m, -15 m)Cerulean Lake to the Niblet via Elizabeth Lake: 4.25 km (2 hr 5 min; +220 m, -40 m)The Niblet to Assiniboine Lodge: … Continue reading Mount Assiniboine Day 3, 17 Sep 2019

Mount Assiniboine Day 2, 16 Sep 2019

9 Jun 202211 Jun 2022 ~ AndyG ~ Leave a comment

Day 2: Allenby Junction to Lake Magog: 9 km, +370 m, -85 m, 3 h 20 m Allenby Junction campground to Assiniboine Pass: 4.75 km (2 hr; +280 m)Assiniboine Pass to Mount Assiniboine Lodge: 2.5 km (50 min; +40 m, -60 m)Mount Assiniboine Lodge to Magog Campground: 1.75 km (30 min; +50 m, -25 m) … Continue reading Mount Assiniboine Day 2, 16 Sep 2019

Mount Assiniboine Day 1, 15 Sep 2019

7 Jun 20229 Jun 2022 ~ AndyG ~ Leave a comment

Day 1: Mount Shark trailhead to Allenby Junction: 17 km, +250 m, -110 m, 5 h 10 m Banff to Canmore: 25 km (20 m)Breakfast in CanmoreCanmore to Mount Shark trailhead: 44 km (1 hr)Mount Shark trailhead to first rest: 8 km (2 hr; +70 m, -90 m)First rest to Bryant Creek Shelter: 5 km … Continue reading Mount Assiniboine Day 1, 15 Sep 2019

Top 10 of the ’10s

20 Feb 202018 Feb 2020 ~ AndyG ~ 3 Comments

Inspired by a blog post on The Hiking Life I found myself sifting through the list of hikes from the past decade and pondering which would make my own top ten. In that time, we have been on about 370 hikes to around 230 different destinations. It sounds like a big task to whittle 230 … Continue reading Top 10 of the ’10s

Decker Tarn, 28 Sep 2019

21 Jan 2020 ~ AndyG ~ 4 Comments

Opinion An excellent scenic hike with great (albeit distant) views of familiar peaks that requires relatively little effort – except when breaking trail in fresh snow. The downside is that it's expensive. Still, it's well worth doing as part of a summer of hiking the Whistler and Blackcomb trails to make full use of a … Continue reading Decker Tarn, 28 Sep 2019

2019 in review

2 Jan 20201 Jan 2020 ~ AndyG ~ 2 Comments

It's that time of year again where we look back at the trips we enjoyed over the past 12 months. We had a pretty good year, setting a couple of records that will be hard to beat: finding glacier lilies on 7 hikes, and getting out hiking every weekend between the beginning of June and … Continue reading 2019 in review

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Possibly our closest bear encounter yet - we were less than 10 metres from the bear at its closest - this young black bear was far too comfortable around a large crowd of hikers.
Do you like coralroot? Swipe for more. And more. There were so many in bloom it was hard to know which ones to stop and photograph...
I need to spend more time in places like this...
Magnificent Mount Assiniboine with sunlit golden larches.
A band of blue.
Cone Mountain in Banff National Park, as seen on our first day of backpacking to Mount Assiniboine back in September 2019. A dull, sometime drizzly, but very peaceful 17 km of hiking to our first campground. It felt so good to be back in the Rockies for the first time in 6 years!

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