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Post by alana on Dec 25, 2016 18:08:00 GMT -8
I'm looking for a good 7 day hiking trip in the Canadian Rockies in August. Hopefully around Banff. I've hiked the rock wall and Mt Robson. Any help would be appreciated.
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Post by dice on Jan 10, 2017 9:41:06 GMT -8
I'm looking for a good 7 day hiking trip in the Canadian Rockies in August. Hopefully around Banff. I've hiked the rock wall and Mt Robson. Any help would be appreciated. Hello I'm considering something similar this may did you end up taking this trip |
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Post by rebeccad on Jan 25, 2017 20:52:42 GMT -8
Hmm. I was going to suggest the Rockwall, but you've done it. And Robson. Those were the two major hikes we did when we were there in 2013. I'll be watching to see if anyone has any other suggestions;I know we looked at some others but can't recall now what they were.
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Post by johntpenca on Jan 26, 2017 14:38:50 GMT -8
I'm considering something similar this may May in the Canadian Rockies will need snowshoes or skis. Don't plan on high mileage. |
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Post by dice on Jan 26, 2017 20:47:55 GMT -8
hah, so I noticed sense posting, befor posting I had looked at past weather and temps where about they would be where I live, but I did more research and found earliest that would be fun without shoes or skis would be june.
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Post by absarokanaut on Jan 30, 2017 16:21:48 GMT -8
June is often early for ANY elevation from Santa Fe northward. In Colorado and Wyoming I tell people to not make plns before the 4th of July and sometimes that's early.
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Post by dice on Jan 30, 2017 20:54:07 GMT -8
for what reasons? cold snow? or both? and is fall bad? I know october wasn't bad in northern yellowstone this last year but people said the snow was late.
Edit: still havn't figured out quote..I did it once on accident
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Post by rebeccad on May 22, 2017 8:51:09 GMT -8
for what reasons? cold snow? or both? and is fall bad? I know october wasn't bad in northern yellowstone this last year but people said the snow was late. Cold can be an issue at altitude at any time. The real issue is snow. When we went to the Canadian Rockies in 2013, we did the Rockwall July 15-20--and that was the first week the whole trail was open. We didn't run into much snow; I think the real issue is the mud and run-off during melt-out. That was also the spring (June) there were floods in the area, and some trails didn't open at all. Fall can be a great time in the mountains, but depending on where you are, you need to be prepared for snow any time after Labor Day. Usually September is all good in the North Cascades, for example, but it CAN get nasty. I had a grad-school hiking buddy who always liked to cross the Sierra crest on the summer solstice. We definitely did some post-holing on those trips, though I will say that it was great to be in some of those places with no one around. However, I missed a lot of the spectacular granite and lakes, since they were often under 6' of snow. |
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Post by dice on May 23, 2017 13:16:34 GMT -8
last weekend I was camping and fishing and my fish froze outside overnight lmao whent ot bed at 38 f didn't bother to look when I woke up the first time, it seems in my location it's going to be a cold summer, it's looking likely to have snow in july again, wich could be cool
my biggest problem so far seems like getting a party of four together to go into some areas in the national park
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Post by absarokanaut on Jun 23, 2017 13:27:38 GMT -8
Snow means melt and melt means incredibly deadly stream flows, often into July. Again, from Santa Fe northward.
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