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Red Rock Coulee

Nature photographer Robert Berdan states on his website that “It offers one of the most unusual landscapes you will see anywhere and if there wasn’t any grass you could just as well be visiting Mars.”

Can you spot the rattlesnake?

Neither could I, and I almost stepped on it. It surprised me when I heard the distinctive warning rattle. It did not strike out. I’ll post some close-ups later, along with some interesting photos of wild

Look what I stumbled upon

I hiked an unofficial trail today in Banff National Park which I previously didn’t know about, and stumbled upon this amazing waterfall and landscape feature.

Wild flower walk to Buller pass

I’ve previously written about Buller pass, so I’ll just mention that you can see a lot of wild flowers along the trail right now.

Larch season: it can only mean ski season starts soon

– Thanks to regular commenter Henry who sent this photo from a hiking trip in 2012 –

Enjoy the wild flowers this Canada Day weekend

You saw it here first – the wood lilies are beginning to bloom in Bow Valley Provincial park( and likely many other locations). Thanks to Chuck who sent

Welcome to summer!

Is it still a tradition among hikers to climb to the top of Moose Mountain on the evening of the summer solstice? It’s been nine years since I last did it, and here are a few photos

Mating season on Goat creek

As you can see in the photo, Goat creek needs a week of warm weather to dry out. The forecast shows the next three days with temps in the high teens,

Tent ridge horseshoe

Ray said this would be an easy hike, so I was eager to give it a try. Glad I did. This enjoyable ridgewalk could be classified as spectacular, a description usually reserved for elevations above 1000 metres.

Wasootch Ridge

Thank you to Ray Perrott for this report and photos. It was originally posted as a comment on the “hiking after the flood” page but I am posting it here since I don’t have any of my own updates.

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