2015 Hiking List

[SIC1]

Originally posted by triplep
Started doing these "real" hikes last year with the wife and it was fun. So we plan to do some more this year.

But last year we did:

Ha Ling
East end of Rundle
Windtower (one of my favorite)


We plan to do the following this year:

Ha Ling - to get the legs going
Windtower again (last year we had snow/sleet and rain during our hike)
Middle sister
Lady Mcdonald
Yamnuska

And the Boss at work I think is getting a group together to do Temple.
I am sure we will do some more once we figure out were we want to go.

If you have done east end of Rundle, then think of temple as that day times 1.5 ( assuming that you did it in 4-5 hours)

I ve done Temple multiple times. Its the one of the easiest 11ers (11,624ft/3543 meters) to do. it really is only a long hike with a long drive that makes you really tired.

views can't be beat for the easiest of the 54 11,000 ft peaks in the canadian rockies.

[wintonyk]

Pocaterra ridge is personally one of my favs. its a rare point to point hike that goes over 4 or 5 ridges over the course of about 6 hours. Park a car at each end or hitch hike from one point to another.

Windtower is amazing and boy does it ever live up to its name.

This year I plan on Mt. Alan and the middle sister. Ceremonial for me as well will be Ha Ling.

[beyond_ban]

Is it to early in the season right now or are some of these scrambles good to go? My brother wants to head to Corey Pass tomorrow but with the recent weather im unsure if we will be able to summit.

[Darell_n]

I've been up scrambles with snow blowing in at high altitude, in August. I'd definitely bring winter gear at this time of year.

[beyond_ban]

Ended up hiking Ha Ling. It was packed with people, but the pathways were pretty clear of ice except one spot. Lots of mud but it was an enjoyable first hike of the year. Winter sure was bad on my cardio haha, ready to pass out now. Ended up taking about an hour and 45 to summit and then we ran down after eating lunch and made it back to the car in 25 minutes.

I am thinking i am going to head to EEOR next weekend and give it a shot, although it looked quite snowy.

[msommers]

SIC1 nice pic man! Now I HAVE to do Temple this year