Hi folks,

Hope everyone is doing well and is pretty excited about the upcoming season !

Any chance anyone has recently ventured on Hwy 40 past the winter gate West of Longview towards Highwood pass?

Looking for recent conditions information as I'm seriously itching to cycle there towards Highwood pass even though it's certainly way too early.

Hi,

We are planning for a beginners hike this weekend. We've narrowed it down to the below.

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• Mustang Hills Route
• Sandy McNab Hills Short route
• King Creek Canyon
• Arethusa Cirque route
• Missing Link Mountain

Has anyone been to any of these hikes recently? Are there any that are not recommended in April? Appreciate your feedback.

I was just wondering if you need to get approval for putting memorial plaques of your loved ones on mountain peaks in parks? I want to put one on the summit of where my dad passed away but I'm not sure if it's allowed in national parks.. would it be considered littering?? I've seen a few on other mountains but I'm not sure if they have gotten approval to do so.. Like on Mist Mountain there is one just chillin in the rocks at the summit; I would like to do something like that!
Anybody got knowledge on the subject?? Would be greatly appreciated!

Looking for a short solo camp trip someone in kananaskis country! I’m worried about safety so preferably somewhere not to isolated from other campers but would still love to have my own space!

Also essential that I’d have my car nearby.. I’m a bit too paranoid otherwise. I’d love somewhere quite beautiful and nice to hike, with a body of water nearby but I’m not very picky about that. :) would appreciate any help thank you!

I have a question: What is the best solution you took in a crisis during hiking? For example, I camped in a place and then went up to a small cave in a mountain because of the rain at night. I made this decision quickly, but I was surprised by the intensity of the rain. The location of the cave was excellent because it protected me from the rain and its intensity.

I'm wanting to get reservations for mt assiniboine for the end of August. I was just testing out the booking system today. I will need both porcupine and Magog lake and I know you can book both at the same time, but when I try to "build the stay" it won't let me press save to continue on to put in the next dates for Magog and porcupine. I know booking is not open yet for the date, but I'm just concerned if it won't let me build the full stay before booking opens that I definitely won't have any shot because I'll be taking at least a few seconds after 7 to finish building the stay once it opens.

Any advice?

Hi all,

How busy are Police Meadow Cabin and Mitchell Meadow Campground in August, given they are FCFS? I would like to stay at Porcupine and Magog, but am struggling to get sites (and am travelling from Europe so my dates are quite inflexible).

Thanks!

Has anybody gone through Assiniboine in the spring? ie. May 1-4. Thinking it would have to be skiing but trying to sort out the feasibility of it.

Has anyone been on Bears Hump this weekend? Thinking of taking the family tomorrow.

Hey hope youguys are having a wonderful day. I was hoping to go hiking tomorrow and was looking at some trails online but kept seeing that they were either covered in snow or they were to hard. The hike ive done in the last little while would be The Lake Agnes teahouse trail and im from calgary. Do you guys have any recommendations?

Hello all,

Looking for some recommendations on hikes this weekend. My wife and I are new to Calgary as of February, but have been doing one or two hikes a weekend.

We’ve done Prairie Mountain, Yates Mountain (to the base of the peak, didn’t go up due to snow), Taylor Lake, Johnston Canyon to the Ink Pots, and others. Those are to provide some reference on where we’re at.

So, any recommendations for this weekend as it looks nice, or throughout the rest of spring?

Thanks in advance!

Received this email today and am feeling skeptical because of the grammatical and stylistic oddities. In particular, Parks Canada consistently refers to these semi-permanent shelters as "oTENTiks" on their website.

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Hi guys, I'm an avid Backcountry hiker and have multiple sleep mats and lightweight sleep set ups for that. I'm looking at getting an air mattress as I have a 7 month old puppy and we're going front country camping in the next few weeks (of course I decide to get a comfier set up for my dog and not for myself lol). I grew up camping with air mattresses and I'm not sure what's out there now. I see they have massive ones now and fold up memory foam mattresses as well. Curious if anyone has any recommendations on anything out there currently that is tried and true. Pack up size is not really an issue, but lighter and smaller is always preferred but not a biggie. Mainly comfort for my bestie and me is what I'm looking for :)

Has anyone hiked into fortress lake via sunwapta falls in the past few years? I know the bridge got wiped out a while back but has it been rebuilt, or is a pack raft for the river crossing the only viable option now? Also how was the trail, what campsites are recommended to stay at?

Hey campers - the title sums it up, but basically my friend (18M) decided last week that he wanted to spend some time in BC at the end of this month. He didn’t book much in advance so flights were cheaper to fly into Kelowna BC and out of Calgary AB. His bright solution to this is to walk between the two cities between flights - in 10 days.

Now you might be thinking - but that’s a 600km journey, not to mention right through the Rockies… well that’s his plan. He plans on sleeping in his hammock and walking the whole way - I’m not sure he even has a bear canister or the skills necessary to survive in the back country. He has some backpacking experience and is a fit guy but myself and his other friends are all worried that he isn’t cut out for this.

Can anyone lay down some facts about camping in this area to help us talk him out of it ?

I'm new to backpacking and planning a summer hiking trip with my buddies. We had a great time hiking up McKirdy Mountain and camping on the summit and had an absoluteblast. I'm looking for a similar hike (15-25km, 1000-1750m elevation) with pretty views where we can spend the night on a summit or a bushcraft shelter anywhere in alberta or bc. Any recommendations or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks :)

My brother and I are driving from Edmonton to Waterton in mid-June, and I'm starting to investigate the best "hikes" that a wheelchair could do. I'm thinking the difficulty of Johnston Canyon, for reference.

Anywhere along the drive or within an hour of Waterton would be good.

Any length, including really short viewpoints, but a longer walk would be really nice too.

I can push his chair over relatively bumpy terrain if the path is wide enough. He can also walk over short distances and I can carry the chair if necessary.

I find people are way more informative on accessibility than AllTrails.

My boyfriend wants to go on a hike for his 30th birthday mid May. Unfortunately, he broke his ankle skiing earlier this year and had surgery with two screws put in his ankle. His recovery and physio are going really well and he really wants to go on a hike with some friends. We have previously done a lot of summer/fall hiking, on moderate to hard trails, but I am not as familiar with early season hikes. Any suggestions on an easy to moderate hikes for mid May? I will go on all trails closer to the date and browse around, but I wanted to hear some recommendations as well. We are from Calgary and usually drive out to Banff/ Canmore/ Kananaskis area’s for hikes.

Has anyone seen any fiddleheads in Alberta recently or In previous years? I would like to get out and pick some thanks

Hey all,

Just curious if anyone has been up to Grassi Lake this weekend or in the last few days before. Curious about the conditions of the trail on the scenic side going up?

Thanks and hope you all had a great weekend.

Hey guys what would make camping in Alberta better?

What should be offered from parks?

what should fellow campers do to improve experience of others?

Whats your favourite part about Alberta camping also?

Without discouragement,

I do not have much hiking experience nor have I climbed a mountain however I am determined to hike Mt temple this summer even though it is not recommended for beginners.

What would be your best advice for me?

Hi friends!

I need to kit out the family for back country hiking / camping. I am realizing that you could easily spend more time shopping than hiking so I'm wondering if I just go to decathlon and buy basically everything am I going to get good value items? Any pitfalls to going there for everything?

Anywhere else that's better?