Recent trips

Week of 14-Aug-2025 to 20-Aug-2025
Date
Activity
Destination
Report
14-Aug,
2025
14-Aug-2025
Off-Trail hike
Rummel ridge via Rummel lake

By combining a visit to beautiful Rummel lake and the ascent to the ridge we ended up with a very pleasant day with sunny weather and cool temeratu more...

Week of 7-Aug-2025 to 13-Aug-2025
Date
Activity
Destination
Report
8-Aug,
2025
8-Aug-2025
backpack
GDT: Section D: Takakawa Falls to Mistaya Canyon

We completed this strenuous backpack approximately as planned, but finishing late (9.30pm) on day 5. The weather was quasi-perfect with just a few more...

11-Aug,
2025
11-Aug-2025
Scramble
Bell ridge (Partial)

Approximate distance and elevation 14km and 923m. Having arrived at the first summit way before lunch time it was an easy decision to continue alon more...

11-Aug,
2025
11-Aug-2025
Scramble
The Fist 148302

Participants: Sim, Carolyn, Stephanie, Matthew

Trip Distance 14.85km, elevation gain 855m, total time (including summ more...

11-Aug,
2025
11-Aug-2025
Trail hike
Lusk ridge loop

The loop hike on Lusk ridge starting at Sibbald pond is very pleasant. The uptrail is a gradual ascent that starts on an old road then zig-zags up more...

9-Aug,
2025
9-Aug-2025
Scramble
Rimwall Summit

We had a lovely day. Up via the Open Source route, down via the west ridge.

We set off at 10.
I had previously done this ascent veering of more...

Week of 31-Jul-2025 to 6-Aug-2025
Date
Activity
Destination
Report
6-Aug,
2025
6-Aug-2025
Scramble
Mt Galatea via Three Lakes Valley

What an amazing day. The weather cooperated despite volatile forecasts all around, a great group of ramblers with lots of positive energy and plent more...

4-Aug,
2025
4-Aug-2025
Scramble
Mt Kent via southeast ridge

A rewarding ridgewalk enjoyed by : Arnold, Francisco, Carl, Jeannette, Marietta photos, Teresa, Ulrike, John, more...

1-Aug,
2025
1-Aug-2025
Off-Trail hike
Lipalian Peak via Wolverine Ridge

Four of us headed up the road towards Temple Lodge at a brisk pace and reached the top just as the Skoki bus arrived. We quickly left them behind a more...

1-Aug,
2025
1-Aug-2025
Off-Trail hike
Memorial Lakes: 3rd (upper) lake plus optional Bogart Tower

Participants: Pam, Carolyn, Jenny

Memorial Lakes is one of my favourite Kananaskis trail hikes, with its variety of ter more...

31-Jul,
2025
31-Jul-2025
Off-Trail hike
North-South Buller Pass loop

The north to south traverse of the Buller passes was new to many of the folks who came on this very enjoyable hike. The weather w more...

Week of 24-Jul-2025 to 30-Jul-2025
Date
Activity
Destination
Report
29-Jul,
2025
29-Jul-2025
Scramble
Tombstone Mtn South 407165

Participants: Sim, Pam, Simon, Maryse, Matthew

This was a new summit for me, which is always a treat. more...

29-Jul,
2025
29-Jul-2025
Off-Trail hike
Grizzly Ridge/Col, Paradise Valley, Highwood Ridge

Three peaks, two long ridge walks, fantastic flowers, and no one else encountered all day - not even in the parking lot. Many thanks to {421 dou da more...

29-Jul,
2025
29-Jul-2025
Scramble
Baldy south peak GR 373520 via Baldy Pass

Despite the heavy rain the night before the trail to the pass was surprisingly free of mud and the trail from the pass to the summit was dry. We ha more...

25-Jul,
2025
25-Jul-2025
Off-Trail hike
North Buller to Red Peak to South Buller
The group completed a scenic and varied traverse from North Buller Pass to Red Peak, descending via South Buller Pass. With dark clouds passing throug more...
25-Jul,
2025
25-Jul-2025
Scramble
Mt Galwey

Participants: Pam, Carolyn, Simon, Tatyana, Maryse, Stephanie

Total Distance: 6.81km, Elevation gain: more...

25-Jul,
2025
25-Jul-2025
Trail hike
Lineham Ridge from Rowe Lakes

Another perfect day in the mountains on a trip originally scheduled for Tuesday. Late additions to the roster were Arnold, along with Ian and Claud more...

25-Jul,
2025
25-Jul-2025
Scramble
Sofa Mountain

As we started up the Sofa Mountain trail, it was clear - even lower down - that the winds were strong higher up. However, as we got higher the lent more...

Week of 17-Jul-2025 to 23-Jul-2025
Date
Activity
Destination
Report
21-Jul,
2025
21-Jul-2025
Group Camping Belly River
Waterton National Park - Belly River Campout

The Belly River group campsite again provided a low cost ($11 per day) camping option, although Parks Canada had doubled the fee from last year. We more...

Week of 24-Jul-2025 to 30-Jul-2025
Date
Activity
Destination
Report
25-Jul,
2025
25-Jul-2025
Scramble
Bellevue Hill

We had a lovely modest hike before the drive home from Waterton.
The marked trailhead (with parking) for the route we took is actually a km past more...

24-Jul,
2025
24-Jul-2025
Trail hike
Lineham Ridge from Rowe Lakes

About 100 m before we reached the parking lot we came across a contented black bear happily munching berries at the side of the road. We started hi more...

24-Jul,
2025
24-Jul-2025
Trail hike
Carthew Summit

A perfect summer day in Waterton, with the usual winds up higher being present but tolerable, providing some welcome cooling on the complet more...

24-Jul,
2025
24-Jul-2025
Off-Trail hike
Piggy Plus - Burstall col

Most people do this trip for larches, so it was interesting to see it in summer. For some reason, the col has always been cool, cloudy, and windy f more...

24-Jul,
2025
24-Jul-2025
Scramble
Akamina Ridge via Forum Lake

We had an excellent hike up and along Akamina Ridge. The weather was sunny but with a cool wind (35kph?). It took us just over 8 hrs for a GPX meas more...

24-Jul,
2025
24-Jul-2025
Scramble
Mt Crandell - Bear's Hump route

Participants: Simon, Maryse, Stephanie

Trip Distance: 11.56km, Elevation Gain: 1211m, Total time: 8h 40min

With the h more...

Week of 17-Jul-2025 to 23-Jul-2025
Date
Activity
Destination
Report
23-Jul,
2025
23-Jul-2025
Trail hike
Sunshine to toe of Monarch

Participants: Ed, Patty, Ivan, Monica, Bill, Pat

Six of us met for ride up gondola and chairli more...

23-Jul,
2025
23-Jul-2025
Trail hike
Table Mountain 991712

What a perfect day in the mountains. For some Ramblers, it was the fist time to see Table Mountain in more...

23-Jul,
2025
23-Jul-2025
Scramble
Ruby Ridge

It's a short approach for Ruby Ridge. After 15 minutes on the Lineham Falls trail, our group of twelve headed up the ridge over ground that while s more...

23-Jul,
2025
23-Jul-2025
Trail hike
Bertha Lake

What a change from last year! This year there were perfect temperatures and limited wind so we didn't need to worry about falling trees.

We c more...

23-Jul,
2025
23-Jul-2025
Mountain bike
Gravel Bike ride from Madden to Crossfield

Participants: Christine, Jim, Jeannette We started from Madden Community Centre and after a short ride on pavement cycled along the fir more...

21-Jul,
2025
21-Jul-2025
Off-Trail hike
Windy Peak NOT, Bob Creek Wildland

It was raining when we met at the junction of 22 and 532 so we proceeded south and had a rather nice three hour walk in the Bob Creek Wildland with more...

21-Jul,
2025
21-Jul-2025
Off-Trail hike
Powderface Ridge 515344

The morning was cloudy, wet, and a bit smoky, but we decided to go hiking anyways... and it all worked out beautifully despite the lack of mountain more...

19-Jul,
2025
19-Jul-2025
Off-Trail hike
Warspite north ridge

Once again the weather forecasts were wrong, luckily this time in our favor as we enjoyed a mostly sunny day and not a drop of rain. It took us abo more...

18-Jul,
2025
18-Jul-2025
Scramble
Big Sister 156525

Participants: Scott, Stephanie, Matthew

Total stats: 7.54km, 1324m elevation gain, and time to completion 7h10min

The more...

18-Jul,
2025
18-Jul-2025
Off-Trail hike
Burns Lake via Arethusa Cirque & Pass

With an uncertain forecast, a hike seemed a better plan than a scramble today and luckily three hardy Ramblers agreed to join me somewhat last minu more...

Week of 10-Jul-2025 to 16-Jul-2025
Date
Activity
Destination
Report
16-Jul,
2025
16-Jul-2025
Off-Trail hike
Mt Lipsett Horseshoe

It was a day just like Goldilocks porridge, not too hot, not too cold, just right. We couldn't have asked for better when the 13 of us hiked up thr more...

16-Jul,
2025
16-Jul-2025
Trail hike
Headwall Lakes 237297

A fine day for a favourite hike, with lots of time for flower id (sparser than usual this year), photography, and a leisurely lunch at the upper la more...

13-Jul,
2025
13-Jul-2025
Off-Trail hike
Sparrowhawk Tarns 216410

We started out slightly cool. In a few minutes the first stop was made for the jackets to come off. Within 90 minutes we came out of the trees to h more...

12-Jul,
2025
12-Jul-2025
Scramble
The Fortress via Headwall Lakes

We had a great group of people and enjoyed cooler weather for our hike, which formed a scenic loop starting from the Chester Lake parking lot. We m more...

12-Jul,
2025
12-Jul-2025
Off-Trail hike
Sarrail ridge (clockwise loop)

We arrived at the trailhead just to find out that the trail to Rawson lake and Sarrail ridge had been closed the day before. After a brief debate w more...

11-Jul,
2025
11-Jul-2025
Off-Trail hike
Healy Pass - Eohippus L - S end of Ramparts - Simpson Pass
We had a beautiful day with lots of flowers (particularly many thousands of paintbrush!) and only a few other people.
The intention was to more...
11-Jul,
2025
11-Jul-2025
Scramble
Mt Edith - north, centre and south peaks

The weather gods have been kind to me this month, as we enjoyed the third scramble in a row with comfortable temperatures, no wind and recent rain more...

Week of 3-Jul-2025 to 9-Jul-2025
Date
Activity
Destination
Report
9-Jul,
2025
9-Jul-2025
Off-Trail hike
Midnight Peak 380492 via Baldy Pass

It was a very nice day with t more...

8-Jul,
2025
8-Jul-2025
Off-Trail hike
Black Prince Lakes 249167

We started off around 10 under sunny conditions with a mild breeze. After a short bushwack we arrived at the gravel deposit which we crossed and st more...

8-Jul,
2025
8-Jul-2025
Road bike
West Side Lake Trail Gravel Biking

Participants: Christine, Jim, Jeannette, Inge, Monica, Pat. We had a very successful cycle down to Canyon Creek more...

7-Jul,
2025
7-Jul-2025
Trail hike
Wind Ridge 199533

A wonderful day for a hike and a wonderful group to share it with. Participants: Aldis, Bill, Barb, Teresa, Cathy, more...

7-Jul,
2025
7-Jul-2025
Scramble
East peak of Mount Burns 555096
Despite being directly beside our scramble of Shunga La She 4 days ago, this was a very different adventure, and I was grateful for the GPS tracks tod more...
6-Jul,
2025
6-Jul-2025
Road Bike
Priddis to Kew/Millarville

Participants: Christine, Terry, Gary, Jeannette, Inge, Christine. In spite of the poor weather report we avoided the sho more...

3-Jul,
2025
3-Jul-2025
Scramble
Backpack into Ghost via Aylmer Pass
This was an exploratory backpack into a remote, trailless wilderness area.
Day 1: The hike along Lake Minnewanka was swift, but the climb to more...
5-Jul,
2025
5-Jul-2025
Social
Yahoo Stampede Pancake Breakfast

Another successful Stampede Breakfast was held at the Glenbrook Community Hall today with more than 50 members and guests attending. The pancake co more...

4-Jul,
2025
4-Jul-2025
Off-Trail hike
Pigeon Mtn 258543

The parking lot was just filling up as we left at 9:00 am with sunshine and a slight breeze. We traveled the road about a kilometer past the signed more...

4-Jul,
2025
4-Jul-2025
Off-Trail hike
James Walker Creek to northeast cirque

It was a crisp and clear morning when we left the empty parking lot shortly after 9. The boring walk in the old roads went fast and soon we had our more...

3-Jul,
2025
3-Jul-2025
Scramble
Shunga La She

Perfect weather and company to enjoy some extra "unnecessary, but fun" scrambling on this ridgeline. A treat to be with others who prefer to explor more...

3-Jul,
2025
3-Jul-2025
Off-Trail hike
Old Baldy Knob via SW ridge

The weather was very good for doing this steep hike up to the Old Baldy ridge. Lots of flowers in the meadows. We found a spot fo more...

Week of 26-Jun-2025 to 2-Jul-2025
Date
Activity
Destination
Report
2-Jul,
2025
2-Jul-2025
Trail hike
Guinn's Pass 230373

A lovely day walking in the shady woods. We passed by the old trailhead to Guinns pass and headed on to Lillian Lake (where the fish were jumping) more...

29-Jun,
2025
29-Jun-2025
Off-Trail hike
Backpack: Banded Pk via Big Elbow + Cornwall Ck

The long weekend was looking too nice to stay in the city, and I was fortunate to find two Rambler friends to join me on a last-minute backpacking more...

30-Jun,
2025
30-Jun-2025
Scramble
Nihahi Ridge - Nihahi Creek loop

After a hot and sweaty climb on the trail we enjoyed a nice ridgewalk to the fourth bump just before the crux downclimb .Very pleasant conditions w more...

29-Jun,
2025
29-Jun-2025
Off-Trail hike
Nameless col and down the ridge.

Participants: Rosanne, Philip, David, Yolande, Susan, Alda, Bill, Gordon, Jenny, guest Randolph

more...
29-Jun,
2025
29-Jun-2025
Trail hike
Mt Burke

Beautiful day in the mountain more...

26-Jun,
2025
26-Jun-2025
Off-Trail hike
Mist Ridge, return along ridge

I postponed this trip by two days because of more than 50cm of fresh snow from last weekend, and it worked out perfectly. A few deep patches remai more...

Week of 19-Jun-2025 to 25-Jun-2025
Date
Activity
Destination
Report
24-Jun,
2025
24-Jun-2025
Off-Trail hike
North Outlier of Kent Ridge

Given the uncertainty of snow depth after the weekend storm, we didn’t know how high we’d get. The hike up to the outlier was straightforward despi more...

24-Jun,
2025
24-Jun-2025
Trail hike
Powderface Ridge from west

A relaxed and very pleasant hike taking in the three modest summits of Powderface ridge. The NW outlier , the high point of the main ridge and the more...

19-Jun,
2025
19-Jun-2025
Off-Trail hike
Pigeon Mtn 258543

All of us were anxious to go hiking today considering the rainy forecast for the next few days. We set out and our first decision was to more...

Week of 12-Jun-2025 to 18-Jun-2025
Date
Activity
Destination
Report
18-Jun,
2025
18-Jun-2025
Scramble
Tent Ridge Horseshoe 154311, 146308 loop

We were chased away from the first summit by a police helicopter that wanted to land to retrieve some communications equipment and from the second more...

17-Jun,
2025
17-Jun-2025
Scramble
Cougar Peak (Canmore)

Participants: Sim, Ulrike, Evan, Stephanie. Total stats 19.12km, 1317m of elevation gain, and 10h40min to complete

T more...

16-Jun,
2025
16-Jun-2025
Trail hike
Prairie Mtn - W.Ridge Loop

Participants:

After meeting at the parking lot just beyond the Elbow Falls turning, we headed off at about 10 am under a bl more...