Do you really know Calgary #7

[speedog]

So another in the series - well, not technically Calgary but might as well be as it's less than 750 meters from the city limits...


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Sorry, it's a cellphone pic and the light was getting down tonight when I took it.

[speedog]

Come to think of it, we parked our car in Calgary and proceeded on foot to this location.

[Graham_A_M]

Those are the "Hoodoo's" although the last time I was there I was 8. So I totally forget where. Fuckage.

[speedog]

Well I wouldn't call them hoodoos but they are some seriously odd rock formations.

[speedog]

On the way there on the tough trail...


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[syritis]

holy shit thats perfect. i've been searching for the last few months for an outdoor location to boulder that is close enough to use in just an afternoon.
anyone know where?

[speedog]

Originally posted by syritis
holy shit thats perfect. i've been searching for the last few months for an outdoor location to boulder that is close enough to use in just an afternoon.
anyone know where?

First pic above is less then @ 2km walk from a parking lot in Calgary. The second pic is even closer although it wouldn't offer as much of a challenge as best as I can tell (being a non-bouldering kind of guy). I'll post up a few more of my shitty cell phone pics for ya.

[roll_over]

Is it on the Native American reserve

[speedog]

Most of the rock faces at this site are probably 25-35 feet tall and there was another section or two I didn't take pictures of. There's also another couple of plusses to this spot that I won't discuss here so as to not reveal the location of where this is - PM me if you want more details. Really, when one does the walk into this site, it's hard to believe a city of a million plus is just so close...


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[speedog]

Originally posted by roll_over
Is it on the Native American reserve

Nope.

[speedog]

A couple more pics I retrieved from the web - doesn't reveal location but one of them gives some scale...


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[FixedGear]

along the Bow on the western edge of the city.

[RNB11]

Looks like an awesome trail to take a hike on. Someone must know where it is

[ekguy]

yeah it'd be nice to know where this is.

[speedog]

Originally posted by FixedGear
along the Bow on the western edge of the city.

Yupp, I'll post details in a bit.

[FixedGear]

Originally posted by speedog

Yupp, I'll post details in a bit.

Nice, I thought so because there are not many places around theccity where forests can grow like that (last set of photos you posted)

[Deville]

V ridge, it's a little bit of a hike, at least after 6 or more beer coming back up the hill from that spot. Whats up with the water line running up the trail from there, farmers use it for watering or what?

[speedog]

The main cliffs are on the west (right) side of the cove in the picture below and are called Little Arizona by some. Watched trout jumping in that cove last night and apparently there's a rope swing from a tree on the east side of that cove. There is a trail from the parking lot area on Valley Woods Place NW - the trick is to go left when at the top of the path near the dam even though the left path looks less traveled, this path will come out and follow the cut-line under the power lines almost all the way to the cliffs.

The area in the second picture I posted is accessible via rough trails from the south side of the dam. There are bike paths in the area including some elevated wood structures although I don't know how sound they are - it is apparent though that off-road cyclists do use the area.

The main cliffs in the picture are accessible from Springbank although you'd be hoofing it across open, private land whereas the trail from Valley Ridge is quite concealed even from the air. One thing to note is that these cliffs are on private land although we've never seen any landowner down there - great hiking area to which we'll return....


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[speedog]

Another pic off of the web...


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[speedog]

Hiked in last night again for a bit of exercise and to look for a geocache - cliffs are probably approaching 100 feet tall in places with tons of nooks and crannies. There's also a rope swing on the east side of this little bay for those that wish to go for a swing and splash into the reservoir - probably quite refreshing on hot days.