Winter Walk to the Waskahegan Fire Tower
It was a beautiful, clear day on Sunday, January 5th, when I decided to take a winter walk in the Ministik Bird Sanctuary starting at the U of A access …
Hiking
Quad Trek to Grizzly Ridge Tower
“If you reach for the stars, you just might land on a decently sized hill.” ― Stuart Hill, The Cry of the Icemark I’d say the four guys who made it to …
Hike to Oliver Lake to Find Two New Geocaches
It seemed as if I was floating along the Ministik trails today. Of course I wasn’t. Gravity was actually in full force. But during a couple of snowy hikes this …
All the Diamonds in This World
The temperature was brutal in Alberta during the last couple of weeks of December, 2017. For me it caused a sort of forced confinement during a holiday period when I’d …
Hike up Cardinal Divide Ridge
It was only a week ago I’d even heard about the Cardinal Divide, which is south and west of Hinton, near Cadomin. It’s a “divide” because on one side of …
Ministik South Recon Hike
Winter seemed to sneak in and pounce a little early this year. A couple of significant dumps of snow during the past few weeks seemed to bring us that mid-winter, …
Up and Across Lusk Creek Ridge
The trip to the next cache was actually fairly straightforward and, as I remember it, rather tame when it came to how much it sapped my energy. There wasn’t as …
Blackfoot Islet Lake Hike for “Cigar” Caches
Okay, I knew it was going to be a long hike. I knew that. But knowing is only a mental concept until you actually do it. It still surprises me …
Climb to the Summit of Folding Mountain
Folding-Mountain-Aug-10-2010-137.jpgThe trailhead sign The hike / climb up Folding Mountain on Aug. 10, 2010 turned out to be both challenging (especially during the tough first 2 kms that involved a …
Hike to Lusk Creek Ridge Central Summit
I drove to Kananaskis from Calgary in the morning and just after 8:30 was parked and on the way towards the summit of Lusk Creek Ridge, my main goal for …