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Club Events 2007 : 2007-07-08 : COC - Hiking Tour (4 days) - Jasper to Canmore

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Vehicle	Drive to Mt. Kerkeslin campground				$0.00

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Things don't always go as planned, but that's not always a bad thing. I had chosen a couple of hikes for this trip but one of them was a bear hazard (for only four hikers) and the other one had a bridge out. So, instead, our group of four chose our hikes on an adhoc basis. On Monday we did the 1km interpretive loop of Angel Glacier, and don't let the fact that it's a 1km interpretive loop deter you - it is spectacular! We saw three grizzlies - mom and two cubs - just a few meters from the parking lot, just as we set out. It was thrilling and frightening all at once and we didn't linger. Then, we proceeded to Wilcox Creek where we were to stay for the night, leaving Sibel's car at Tangle Falls for shuttle, and hiked Wilcox Pass all the way through (a first for Lana and myself, even though we've done in-and-outs on Wilcox several times). We were both disappointed with the descent from Wilcox Pass to Tangle Falls and from now on we'll probably stick with in-and-outs on the Pass. It was a first time for Sibel and Kevin and from all the snappin' going on (camera, that is), it seems that it didn't disappoint (although Sibel's poor quads weren't happy with the extra 200m descent to Tangle Falls which is that much lower than Wilcox Creek). We decided to take it a little easier for the second day, and fulfilled a long-time goal of mine to hike to Siffleur Falls which I know my family talked about "back in the day" and although that memory is faint I do remember it being spoken of fondly so I've wanted to go there. We easily did the 4km in to the first/official falls, and then proceeded on for about another 3km before turning back for a total of about 14km round. On the return, a miscalculation here, and a bad assumption there, and Lana and I became separated from Sibel and Kevin which took about an extra 45 minutes to rectify at the end of the day, but it all turned out well. On day 3 we weren't sure how Sibel's quads would hold up, nor my hips, nor Lanas hips and blisters (wow... are we a broken down group of old ladies or what... poor Kevin!) so again we took it easy. We headed up to Lake Agnes Tea House and then returned via Plain of Six Glaciers. We had spectacular weather and great views for all three days. We were very lucky, but our good luck was much more important to our companion cyclists than to ourselves! We're very glad THEY had great weather for cycling 300kms! -- Rhonda

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Things don't always go as planned, but that's not always a bad thing. I had chosen a couple of hikes for this trip but one of them was a bear hazard (for only four hikers) and the other one had a bridge out. So, instead, our group of four chose our hikes on an adhoc basis.

On Monday we did the 1km interpretive loop of Angel Glacier, and don't let the fact that it's a 1km interpretive loop deter you - it is spectacular! We saw three grizzlies - mom and two cubs - just a few meters from the parking lot, just as we set out. It was thrilling and frightening all at once and we didn't linger. Then, we proceeded to Wilcox Creek where we were to stay for the night, leaving Sibel's car at Tangle Falls for shuttle, and hiked Wilcox Pass all the way through (a first for Lana and myself, even though we've done in-and-outs on Wilcox several times). We were both disappointed with the descent from Wilcox Pass to Tangle Falls and from now on we'll probably stick with in-and-outs on the Pass. It was a first time for Sibel and Kevin and from all the snappin' going on (camera, that is), it seems that it didn't disappoint (although Sibel's poor quads weren't happy with the extra 200m descent to Tangle Falls which is that much lower than Wilcox Creek).

We decided to take it a little easier for the second day, and fulfilled a long-time goal of mine to hike to Siffleur Falls which I know my family talked about "back in the day" and although that memory is faint I do remember it being spoken of fondly so I've wanted to go there. We easily did the 4km in to the first/official falls, and then proceeded on for about another 3km before turning back for a total of about 14km round. On the return, a miscalculation here, and a bad assumption there, and Lana and I became separated from Sibel and Kevin which took about an extra 45 minutes to rectify at the end of the day, but it all turned out well.

On day 3 we weren't sure how Sibel's quads would hold up, nor my hips, nor Lanas hips and blisters (wow... are we a broken down group of old ladies or what... poor Kevin!) so again we took it easy. We headed up to Lake Agnes Tea House and then returned via Plain of Six Glaciers.

We had spectacular weather and great views for all three days. We were very lucky, but our good luck was much more important to our companion cyclists than to ourselves! We're very glad THEY had great weather for cycling 300kms!

-- Rhonda

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