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Chester Lake Snowshoe, the best Christmas present of all!

December 4, 2014

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Give the gift of the Rocky Mountains this Christmas! I snowshoed Chester Lake in The Kananaskis Rockies, yesterday and it was absolute perfection. And abundance of glittering powdery snow, and mountain peaks all around. MERRY CHRISTMAS I say!

For details on snowshoe trails in the Kananaskis, check the Alberta Parks website. You can also join us, on our many snowshoe outings in December through March.

BE PREPARED, BE SAFE and HAVE FUN!

1. AVALANCHE AWARENESS- Be aware that the snowshoe trails in the park are created to keep you away from avalanche terrain. If you do not know what an avalanche slope looks like, DO NOT go into the mountains on snowshoes. You can easily walk into avalanche terrain without knowing it. Check the Avalanche Canada website.

2. Have the Gemtrek, Kananaskis map and the Snowshoe trail map. There are many, many, many alternative snowshoe trails created by people enjoying the powder. This can be confusing if you are not paying attention and navigating. There is signage for snowshoe trails created by the parks, so keep watching for those signs.

3. Take lots of clothing and lots of food. Read through our checklist on what to bring on snowshoe and ski days. And here is a list of where to rent snowshoes.

Snowshoeing the Paint Pots in Kootenay National Park

March 27, 2012

lori

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The buffet breakie in Banff was the perfect start (my son’s words) to another active spring break day in the Rockies. When you consume that much food at breakfast you HAVE to be active! We snowshoed the Paint Pots trail (and beyond), on Hwy. 93 south. What a perfect area for snowshoeing! The trees are spaced nicely apart so we could wind our way off trail, up, down and around. The snow was sticky and perfect for snowballs. The sun came out and it was hot! It is easy to avoid avalanche terrain in this area since the Paint Pots trail is in the valley and while steep slopes are not too far away, we had no problem finding abundant terrain to snowshoe, far from any avalanche danger.

The Radium Hot Springs made for the perfect post-snowshoe outing. At 39 degrees celsius, it was too hot to swim around, but ideal for some relaxation. Post pool it was on to “Invermere on the lake”. Spring is not the ideal time to visit Invermere since it is in between their snow and lake seasons, but since we had never been to Invermere, we wanted to see what it was all about. As we did our walkabout after dinner, we could have shot a cannon down most streets and not hit a single person. It was just us and the Mule deer out for an evening stroll. Tomorrow we’ll explore more of Invermere and area. We are on the lookout for a nice hiking trail, some good coffee and some fresh baked goods on main street.