If only we had brought snowshoes. But it wasn’t quite what we expected in mid June. – Brian Van Tighem
Monthly Archives: June 2010
Yamnuska marks the end of the prairies and the beginning of the rockies when heading west on the Trans-Canada Highway. A sheer cliff facing east provides amazing rock climbing for the ambitious, and a diverse trail up the backside brings hikers to some pretty amazing views. Myself and two friends hiked the mountain recently and...
On the return of a recent backpacking trip, I spent the night with some friends at the Columbia Icefields. The Icefields are located along the Icefields Parkway (strange, I know), in Jasper National Park, just over the Banff border. Made up of eight major glaciers, it is surrounded by some of the highest mountains in...
Two of my good friends stood silhouetted by the setting sun on a ridge above Helen Lake June 17th. Deep snow slowed our progress, but when the sky cleared and gave us a warm, dry evening we couldn’t have been happier. A few hours earlier we were lucky enough to see a wolverine racing along the shoreline...
