Details
- Hike Leader - Katherine Roberts, Sheila Powel, Margo Mercier, Doug Morris, Gerry MacDougall
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- Difficulty - Challenging
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Description
lol If you are on the waitlist, please check you email and contact Katherine at aussiecan7@shaw.ca
Come join us for a combined Waterton/Kananaskis camp and hike from August 14 to August 21, 2023.
- Katherine Roberts, Sheila Powel, Margo Mercier and Doug Morris
- You must be fit and able to do multiple day hikes over a week. We will be hiking about 60 kms over the week.
- One hike involves climbing through a tunnel in the side of the mountain. There are steep drop offs.
- This trip requires leader registration, so please contact Katherine at aussiecan7@shaw.ca
- We will be carpooling as much as possible and many are sharing tent sites and motel rooms.
- Please do not book your motel rooms until you get the go ahead from the leader as hikes could be shuffled yet.
Here is the proposed itinerary:
- August 14 – Drive 9 hours and 30 minutes to the town of Waterton in Waterton National Park and stay overnight in a motel or a campsite.
- August 15 – Take the boat over to the other side of Waterton Lake and hike the Cyrpt Lake Trail 18.8 km loop trail 675 m elevation gain over 8.5 hours https://www.alltrails.com/trail/canada/alberta/crypt-lake-trail-loop
- August 16 – Carthew Alderson hike in Waterton 20.3 km 997 m elevation gain over 7 hours. https://www.alltrails.com/trail/canada/alberta/carthew-alderson-trail
- August 16 – second option Bertha Lake – 14 km moderate trail over 5 hours
- August 17 – Drive to Kananaskis – rest day or easy hike in Kananaskis depending on how we are feeling.
- August 18 – Pocaterra 9.8 km 728 m elevation gain over 5 hours https://www.alltrails.com/trail/canada/alberta/pocaterra-ridge
- August 19 – Rawson Lake and Sarrail Ridge 11.5 km 1066 m elevation gain in and out trail over 6 hours https://www.alltrails.com/trail/canada/alberta/sarrail-ridge-via-rawson-lake-trail
- August 20 – Tent Ridge 10.1 km 828 m elevation gain over 5 hours https://www.alltrails.com/trail/canada/alberta/tent-ridge-horseshoe
- August 20 – either drive home after hike or stay a night somewhere and visit Banff the next day.
- August 21 – Day visit in the Banff area then drive home
Our camp and hike trips are trips of a lifetime and a whole lot of fun. These trips are dependent on a positive outlook and ability to agree to alter plans if necessary. Please contact the leader if you are interested in this trip only if you plan to make the commitment.
Bookings
Booked Spaces - 15/15- August 25, 2023 – Newsletter - August 25, 2023
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- March 2023 Newsletter - March 16, 2023