Cesar's Blog

  Tent Ridge with The Fist at the back What a day to get the family out and do the first ridge walk !! We have been discussing this for a few weeks and finally convinced Maria.. maybe because Jacky was coming she felt more comfortable. We left home at around 10am and were hiking by noon. Beautiful day with perfect temperature and awesome views.  The first 2-3 kms are up but easy in the trails.. then you start the ridge climb which has some sections that requires hands, kids were fine, Maria was a bit nervous.  At the top of the first scramble we got to the antena and after a quick lunch we carried on to the Tent Ridge Summit. It is a steep hike, but not a scramble. We saw a helicopter rescuing a guy with a broken leg. The section from here on is a bit technical, but with limited exposure, great 360 degrees views, and then is all downhill to the car.  Our moving time was 3:46, but total 6 hours with the stops and lunch break. Overall was a great hike, challenging, gr...

There is always a plan for the weekend, biking, hiking, camping, anything to get out and enjoy the outdoors. This time was a mountain biking adventure !! The plan was to bike from Canmore to Banff and back... Going from Canmore to Banff via Goat Creek trail (dirt off road 20kms mostly downhill), then from Banff to Canmore via Legacy Trail (paved pathway around 26kms, mostly flat). We invited a friend and were able to droop the bike at the top of the trail and leave one car in the CNC for easy access when finishing the trip. We were on our way at 12:30, a bit late since it was very hot, but that was it. Goat Creek is a nice trail, wide enough for Maria to feel comfortable, and with some bridges and rocky sections to keep the kids entertain.  Took us around 2:30 hours to get to Banff, Maria wiped out once and we had to go back to make sure she was fine. By the time we arrived to Banff it was peak time and it was very busy, couldn't even have ice cream, the place was packed. We stop a...