Turbine Canyon (Overnight)

Hike Name: Turbine Canyon Back-Country Campground
Activity: Backcountry Camping/Backpacking

Total Distance: 52 km

# Nights: 2

Date: July 3-5, 2015

Area: Kananaskis/Peter Lougheed

Crew: Ben and Andrew
Trailhead: Interlakes

Route: 
Day 1 - Upper Kananaskis Lake to Turbine Canyon via Forks (17 km, 525m)
Night 1 - Stay at Turbine Canyon Back-Country Campground
Day 2 - Attempt to hike to 3 Isle Lake via Maude Lake and Beatty Lake. However with the 2013 flood damage in the valley, we could not get through the second pass and had to turn back around and returned to Turbine Canyon. Talking with other hikers, apparently no one else had made it on this route yet this year. (18 km, 800m)
Night 2 - Stay at Turbine Canyon Back-Country Campground
Day 3 - Return the same way we came in

 Andrew and I on day 2

 The valley we hiked through on day 2

Me and Andrew on the bridge at Turbine Canyon Campground on day 3

East End of Rundle (EEOR)

Hike Name: East End of Rundle (EEOR)
Activity: Hiking/Scrambling

Distance: 6 km (RT)

Altitude: 2,590 m

Elevation Gain: 900 m

Area: Bow Valley (Canmore)

Crew: Steph and Jeevan

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

Lisa's Mom Rating: Yes

Trailhead: Goat Creek Parking Lot

Getting There:
From the town of Canmore, follow the signs toward the Nordic Center. Continue past the Nordic Center towards the Spray Reservoir. Eventually, you will be climbing up a hill on a gravel road that gets pretty dusty. You'll come across a parking lot on the right side of the road called "Goat Creek Day Use Area".

Additional Info:
Walk back down the road, towards the direction you just came from. You should find the trail on the left near the second set of power poles. There is not one clear trail but they will all end up in the same place. Just go up.
We did this hike on Canada d'eh. Mostly a steep hike with some rocks but near the top there is a short section in which you will need your hands to skirt around a cliff band.

About half-way up on EEOR

From the summit. We walked around along the ridge and explored for a bit

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