Bill Kerr

We really did steal a day weather wise as we had good weather and even some sun and yet we drove back through rain at LL and Banff.  Nice to get both peaks and these are really two different scrambles. Walcott (North peak) is listed as an Easy scramble but the scree gully is very [...]

Heart loop was a good training run after being rained out on Sat. Hard to believe Kev has done the first part of Heart 15+ times and had never done the loop. I am impressed at how good the trail is now on the last leg of the loop although the last time I did [...]

Copper Mtn and the Curious Goat - Copper is probably the least visited of the Banff Kane peaks and there is minimal trail and no cairns until the top.  It has a reputation as a confusing ascent as Dow, Sonny, Gary and Dave Stephens all did not find the easy way up!  Sonny and Gary [...]

We debated the stream crossing for Mary Barclay and should we just take bikes but decided how deep could it be - well - too deep and fast - so plan B became Limestone Mountain and the Lime Wedge ridge.
I was expecting more and better trail but okay bits - easy to lose as crossed [...]

 
Kevin, Aspen and I were looking for an easy snow free day which is hard to get this spring.   We decided on Gunnery becasue Kevin had looked at it on Sat as he and Wietse came back from a waist deep wallowing exercise on Pasque.  Gunnery is just on the North side of the road from [...]

Saturday was forecast as showers but it was the day I could get away so I picked something easy from Andrew Nugara’s guidebook.  I was suprised at how good the trail was in the trees.  Good grade but steady uphill and basically out of the trees in a little over an hour. The ridge has some steps/outcrops [...]

I will let Kevin Papke tell this story. His posts from the RMB Outdoor Forum
With Bill Kerr and Dave Salahub we adventurous souls drove away south for a garrentee’d target. A minor peak at the south end of the Livingston Range. After almost 3 hrs drive from home we finally left the car at 9:30am-ish.
It [...]

I had trouble motivating myself to do Burstall pass yet again given the low cloud and snow in Calgary but I needed to get out and do something so I joined up with a group of young friends on a last minute whim.  The weather cleared up and was calmer than any time I have [...]

 
Dave Salahub – 500 Ascents in 33 years(1976 to 2009)
 
A long time friend of mine – Dave Salahub e-mailed about skiing Little Temple by way of Lake Annette in Paradise valley.  Good snow coverage in Lake Louise area this year so sounded interesting.   Dave, Dan Roulston and Brian Hunter and I followed old trail to [...]

Good shoulder season trip with Wietse, Vern and Kelly. Would not want much more snow than this but worked out okay despite full on snow bizzard at the summit.  Powderface trail closes on Dec 1 so one of the last weekends to try this.   RT was 8.5 hrs and about 21 km and about 1100 [...]