This one is bound to be a trail favorite for us. We hope you enjoy it. We doubled this recipe to make plenty for our dinner and lots for the trail. Ingredients 1 cup of cooked white rice. ( you can use a different rice if you prefer) 3/4 lb of shredded chicken. …
My daughter (16) and I have been planning a backpacking trip to Pinto Lake Alberta for quite some time now. It’s been on our list of hikes to do for well over a year now. This July/August we made it up there. Pinto Lake is located in the Alberta Rocky Mountains and can be …
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Thompson Creek Falls Trail in the Thompson Creek Provincial Recreation Area between Nordegg, Alberta, and Banff National Park along Highway 11 is one of the most picturesque hikes I’ve ever hiked. Tucked just east of Banff National Park you are as close as you can get to the park without being in the park. Such …
Maligne Canyon in Jasper National Park is one of my favorite hikes. Absolutely beautiful. A typical Canadian Rockies trail. Most of the time when hiking Maligne Canyon, we start at the very bottom at bridge 6 and work our way up the canyon. Most people tend to park at the top of the canyon and …
Allstones Lake Trail instantly became my favorite hike we have done to date. It has everything I was looking for. Amazing forest trails, exposed roots as natural steps, streams to cross (although they are small) a spring coming out of the hillside (perfect for a quick drink). And views that will take your breath away. …
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Siffleur Falls Trail is located at the east end of the Kootney Plains Ecological Reserve in west-central Alberta just east of Jasper and Banff National Parks. Just off highway 11 you will find the staging area. There’s a nice big parking lot. At 14.2 km this out and back trail is very popular. It’s dog-friendly …
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We hiked Wood Bison Trail in Elk Island National Park. This trail is located on the south side of highway 16 across from the park gates. You are still in the park but you don’t need to go through the gates to get to this trail. Not as many people go to this trail. It’s …
Moss Lake Trail in Elk Island National Park is, so far, hands down the best trail we’ve hiked outside of the mountains. Lots of hills to work the muscles and lots to see along the way. The trail is not as wide as some of the others in the park giving it more of a …
We managed to book a site for the May long weekend even with the camping craze that the Covid-19 pandemic has caused. So we packed up our gear and headed out to Franchere Bay on Moose Lake Alberta. Part of the Lakeland area of Alberta. It’s not the mountains but it’s still a beautiful part …
We spent most of a Saturday out on the trails at Blackfoot Lake Provincial Recreation Area east of Edmonton, Alberta. We hiked a modified version of White Tail and Running Dog loop. Basically we came back a different route than was planned on the maps. We had run into some really muddy areas and tried …
