Looking for some new Alberta hikes that not everyone knows about? Over the years, I have explored some of the...
Banff National Park
I love visiting Banff National Park but in the height of the summer I tend to avoid the town of...
The Arnica Lake trail can be done as a stand-alone hike or part of a multi-day hike to Egypt Lake in Banff National Park. If you’re doing it on its own, larch season is the prettiest time of year to do it, but on a weekend at least, that comes...
The Aylmer Lookout hike is one of the great early season hikes in Banff National Park. There is the option...
In early August one summer I did a three day backpacking trip to Baker Lake in Banff National Park with...
If you ever wanted to play hide and go seek then the Banff Springs Hotel is the place to do...
The drive between from Calgary all the way through to Jasper, Alberta is a treat. Once you’re about 20 minutes...
Only two people have ever turned back, my guide for the afternoon, John Thornton tells me. But then he goes on to explain that the people who come to hike and climb the Banff Via Ferrata at Mount Norquay basically self-select and those that are deathly afraid of heights don’t...
There’s nothing like big dumps of snow in the mountains to get you motivated to get outside, especially in Alberta...