In The Aftermath Of Summer

Finally a moment to update my blog.
I decided to work at the Ukrainian Village for the entire summer. That included fulltime work for the months of May, June, July, and August and part time work in September and October and it precluded any epic walks. However, I have not been idol nor have I abandoned the idea of an epic walk. And I did manage to do a little walking in the Rocky Mountains and a couple of the National Parks.

At the end of June I joined my Grandson and his school class on a hike up to Crandle Lake in Waterton National Park. Later the same day I did a short solo hike on the Akamina Pass trail and attepted to hike the cutline that marks the Alberta - British Columbia boarder. About 1 kilometre south on that cutline I enountered enough snow to discourage any attept to go further. The following day my sister joined me on a hike to Forum Falls and an attempt to get to Forum Lake, which is just across the boarder into BC. We got about half of the way to Forum Lake and encountered too much snow cover to proceed. I did however get a look at Forum Ridge and I must say that a hike on that ridge to the Triboundary Marker does seem to be a bit daunting. It may take more than one attempt to even obtain that. But that is where I hope for any epic hike that I take to either end or begin depending on which end of the Rockies I decide to start on.

This past summer I obtained 1:50,000 scale topographical maps for central Alberta. This includes the maps of the Wilmore Wilderness. I located the point that I would like to be the other end of and epic hike that I were to take. It is the point where the Rocky Mountain Range leaves Alberta. As it turns out that point is the top of Intersection Mountain. At around 8000 feet it is not a high mountain by any means but still remote and promises to be an arduous hike to say the least. I will certainly need to seek some guidance before attempting that portion of the hike.

Through the course of the summer I have enjoyed a number of short morning, afternoon and evening hikes in the Cooking Lake - Blackfoot Recreational Area, and Elk Island Park. I hiked around Tawaik Lake and to and from Oster lake in Elk Island National Park.

Early in July I was on my way to Prince George, BC but a mudslide on the Yellow Head Highway stopped my progress so I was forced to spend the day in Jasper. I took that opportunity to drive up to Mount Edith Cavel and I did the 1 hour hike to view the Angel Glacier. I then hiked a bit of the lower end of Malign Canyon and took a nice walk along Patricia or Pyramid Lake, I'm not sure which it was.

In September two of my brothers and I did a mountain hike just outside of Prince George, BC to what is called The Farm. We rented a cabin for 3 nights. We spent one day hiking the ridge and summited two of the mountain peaks. Not high peaks, the highest being 6200 ft.

My plan now is to arraing my affairs next summer so that I can do more hiking and perhaps even an Epic Hike.