Sulphur Skyline

Hike Name: Sulphur Skyline
Activity: Hiking/Scrambling

Distance: 8 km (RT)

Altitude: 2,057 m

Elevation Gain: 700 m

Area: Jasper

Crew: Steph, Jay, Jeevan, JJ, Praveen, Mark

Time to Summit: Unknown (blog created post-hike)

Lisa's Mom Rating: Yes

Trailhead: Miette Hot Springs

Getting There:
From Jasper, head East on highway 16 for about 44km to the Miette Road Junction. Turn South on Miette Road. Continue about 17km and you will reach the hot springs. Once in the resort-area, turn left into the parking lot and the trail will begin behind the hot spring pools (there is a pickup/drop-off loop here).

Additional Info:
Trail is quite obvious once you are on it. This is a nice hike and you can hop into the hot springs afterwards!

Me on Sulphur Skyline

Yoho Lake (Overnight)

Hike Name: Yoho Lake
Activity: Back Country Camping/Backpacking
Total Distance: 26 km
# Nights: 1
Date:  July 13-14, 2015
Area: Yoho National Park
Crew: Ben
Trailhead: Emerald Lake


Route: 
Day 1 - Yoho Pass to Yoho Lake Campground (13 km, 530m)
Night 1 - Stay at Yoho Lake Campground
Day 2 - Return the same way we came in

Ben in our homebase in front of Yoho Lake

Yoho Lake

Additional Info:
My first overnight trip was to Yoho Lake for a special 21st birthday with Ben!

Me on Day 2 with Emerald Lake in the Background

Prairie View

Hike Name: Prairie View or Barrier Lake Lookout via Jewell Pass
Activity: Hiking

Distance: 15 km (RT)

Altitude: 1,996 m

Elevation Gain: 649 m

Area: Kananaskis Valley

Crew: Steph, Brittany, Kristen

Time to Summit: Unknown (blog created post-hike)

Lisa's Mom Rating: Yes

Trailhead: Barrier Lake

Getting There:
Turn South down Kananaskis Trail (Hwy 40) and then turn off to the Barrier Lake trailhead area on the right.

Additional Info:
We reached Prairie View via Jewell Pass. It is also possible to go directly to the lookout, cutting off a few kilometers from the trip. This was done on the following ascents, links below.

The View from Prairie View, looking at Mount Baldy

I have done this hike on 3 different occasions.


Trip #2:
Crew: Ben
Date: February 14, 2016
Time to Summit: Unknown (blog created post-hike)

Trip #3:
Crew: Ben
Date: December 16, 2017
Time to Summit: ~1:30

Moose Mountain i

Hike Name: Moose Mountain
Activity: Hiking

Distance: 14.6 km (RT)

Altitude: 2,437 m

Elevation Gain: 470 m

Area: Kananaskis (Bragg Creek)

Crew: Mom

Time to Summit: Unknown (blog created post-hike)

Lisa's Mom Rating: Yes

Trailhead: Moose Mountain Parking

Getting There:
Once you have passed Bragg Creek going south, you will come to a T intersection. Turn right onto highway 66 towards Elbow Falls (West). Take the turn-off for Moose Mountain on the right and continue up the road until you can go no further.

Additional Info:
This is a good trail running spot. It is nice because you get about half-way up the mountain by driving up the road. The mountain is not extremely steep, you will notice that the 470m elevation gain is over a distance of 14.6 km, whereas a lot of other hikes are much steeper.

EDIT: I have also done this as a trailrun.


Note: This hike is open year-round, but there is a gate in front of Moose Mountain Road from December 1 to May 14 every year. You will have to hike an additional 7 km (one-way) to the above trailhead.

Me and my mom on Moose Mountain

Prairie Mountain

Hike Name: Prairie Mountain
Activity: Hiking

Distance: 6 km (RT)

Altitude: 2,210 m

Elevation Gain: 716 m

Area: Kananaskis (Bragg Creek)

Crew: Trevor

Time to Summit: Unknown (blog created post-hike)

Lisa's Mom Rating: Yes

Trailhead: Elbow Falls

Getting There:
Once you have passed Bragg Creek going south, you will come to a T intersection. Turn right onto highway 66 towards Elbow Falls. Take the turn-off for Elbow Falls on your left, or pull over on the right side of the road where the road-closure gate is.

Additional Info:
A quick but steep hike. We caught the sunset up on the summit at 9:45PM.

Me on Prairie Mountain at Sunset