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- Hike Leader - Katherine Roberts, Sheila Powel, Margo Mercier, Doug Morris, Gerry MacDougall
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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 14Â – 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 17Â – 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 20Â – either drive home after hike or stay a night somewhere and visit Banff the next day.
- August 21Â – 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
My passion for the outdoors began as a young child.I spent much of my young years exploring the forests near my home in Coquitlam with whoever I could talk into joining me.By my teens I was dragging out my little brother and the few friends that were keen to join my adventures on the many coastal mountain trails near Vancouver.As a solo backpacker/traveler, I ventured out at 20 to travel and hike trails in New Zealand and then Australia where I spent the next 10 years of my life having children and continuing to travel.I have been a leader with the Kamloops Hiking Club since we began in 2001. I love to share my passion for hiking, backpacking and snowshoeing with the many friends I have met through the club.Life is ever so good on the trail with like minded companions.
As a leader, I typically post moderate to harder hikes.My backpacking events are always posted as harder to challenging.This is because you have much more weight on your back over a much longer period of time. I like to hike at an easy to moderate pace depending on the event.I will adjust the hike pace if someone needs to start out slower to catch their breath.If you join one of my backpacks, expect some long days with plenty of breaks to "smell the flowers" and maybe even dip your feet in a creek. "Forgot not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the wind longs to play with your hair."Kahlil Gibran.If you are a marathon hiker then my events are probably not for you.To me, life is already too much of a marathon.Time on thetrail is time to reconnect with ourselves and nature."Seek out those places that feed your soul."Author Unknown.
As a leader, I typically post moderate to harder hikes.My backpacking events are always posted as harder to challenging.This is because you have much more weight on your back over a much longer period of time. I like to hike at an easy to moderate pace depending on the event.I will adjust the hike pace if someone needs to start out slower to catch their breath.If you join one of my backpacks, expect some long days with plenty of breaks to "smell the flowers" and maybe even dip your feet in a creek. "Forgot not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the wind longs to play with your hair."Kahlil Gibran.If you are a marathon hiker then my events are probably not for you.To me, life is already too much of a marathon.Time on thetrail is time to reconnect with ourselves and nature."Seek out those places that feed your soul."Author Unknown.
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