Cesar's Blog

With a summer of Covid-19 and the border closed until further notice we decided to plan a hike every weekend with the kids to keep them entertained !! and boy we hike... lots of hikes, road trips, camping and tons of memories. 1. Athabasca Falls (Hwy 93) 2. Sunwapta Falls (Hwy 93) 3. White Buddha (Kananaskis) 4. Jumping Pound Ridge (Kananaskis) 5. Ice Caves (Bragg Creek) 6. Lake Agnes and Mirror Lake (Lake Louise) 7. Goat Creek MTB ride (Canmore) 8. Grassi Lake (Canmore) 9. Suspension Bridge (Canmore) 10. Rock Pile (Moraine Lake) 11. Takakkaw Falls (Yoho) 12. Consolation Lakes (Moraine Lake) 13. Troll Falls (Kananaskis) 14. Forks Backcountry Campground with Nick (one overnight) 15. Ribbon Falls and Ribbon Lake Backcountry Campground with Nick (one overnight) 16. Red Rock Canyon and Blakiston Falls with the kids (Waterton)

More running/hiking adventures ... this time we ran/hiked Northover Ridge Loop (37.5 kms with around 2,000mts gain). I talked Peter Holmes into it and Christina decided to join.. we discussed for a few days the logistic and with a nicer weather forecasted on Friday we all took the day off from work and spent it in the mountains !! This is not a run to take lightly, as it has a ridge that most people will be really scare to walk across... if you fall to one side, there will be at least 1,200mts glacier drop :--) if you fall to the other side, well you will be in BC for a while.. We left Calgary at 6:00am to hit the trail before 8:00. The first 10 k was an easy run to Forks campground. From there, the climb started all the way to Three Isles Lake !! great little area with another campground.  Then, after some route finding we gained lots of elevation going up to the beginning of the Northover Ridge !! what a view, spectacular to say the least.  Walking on the ridge was a great e...