Pigeon Mountain

Hike Name: Pigeon Mountain
Activity: Hiking

Distance: 12 km (RT)

Altitude: 2,394 m

Elevation Gain: 1000 m

Area: Bow Valley (Dead Man's Flats)

Crew: Ben, Kris

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

Lisa's Mom Rating: Yes

Trailhead: Near the Banff Gate Mountain Resort

Getting There:
Heading West on the Trans-Canada (Hwy 1), take the exit on the right into Dead Man's Flats. Take the overpass over the highway and follow the road up the hill until you reach a parking lot on the right.

Additional Info:
You hike along the cutline for quite some time, and then turn left up Pigeon. Once you've turned left, you quickly leave the trees and have the remainder of the hike in the sun. You can come down the way you went up, or continue on the ridge and then bushwhack down the old ski runs. I'd suggest finding a GPS track to stick to, because if you walk along the ridge for too long you may find yourself on top of some cliff bands.


Note: This area is closed from December 1 - June 15 annually for protection of elk and bighorn sheep.

Views open up early on

 Ben and I before the summit

 Looking towards Canmore. The summit is on the right (unknown hikers)

Nihahi Ridge

Hike Name: Nihahi Ridge
Activity: Hiking/Scrambling

Distance: 9 km (RT)

Altitude: 2,359 m

Elevation Gain: 760 m

Area: Kananaskis (Bragg Creek)

Crew: Ben, Jon

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

Lisa's Mom Rating: Yes

Trailhead: Elbow Falls Campground

Getting There:
Head West on the 66 and turn left into the Elbow Falls Campground. Drive to the end of the road.

Additional Info:
Once you attain the ridge you can do a solid ridge walk (7km one-way!), it was November so we hit the ridge and turned around (total 9km RT).

 Sun is setting!

 Jon and Ben heading back down