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Canadian Rockies Guidebooks

See Rocky Mountain Books http://www.rmbooks.com/ Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies By Alan Kane http://www.rmbooks.com/book_details.php?isbn_upc=9780921102670 More Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies By Andrew W. Nugara Release Date: 01/05/2007 http://www.rmbooks.com/book_details.php?isbn_upc=9781894765862 The 11,000ers of the Canadian Rockies Updated Edition By Bill Corbett Release Date: 15/01/2009 http://www.rmbooks.com/book_details.php?isbn_upc=9781897522400 Selected Alpine Climbs in the Canadian Rockies By Sean Dougherty Release Date: 01/05/1997 Dated but still usefull http://www.rmbooks.com/book_details.php?isbn_upc=9780921102144

Kiwetinok,Pollinger, McAthur,Isolated and Whaleback – Yoho

Tore myself away from work for a great two day trip with Dow into the Little Yoho.  Hut was booked so we just took bivy sacks and stayed at campground. Weather was fantastic – hardly saw a cloud. Great in depth conversations on wide variety of topics. First day into campground, drop gear and then went [...]

Burgess and Walcott

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 [...]

Niles Aug 8/09

Great trip with Wietse and Kevin. Good views but for the haze.   Long walk – 24 km – 1350 m – 9 hrs RT Very good trail to Niles meadow and also up East side of valley to base of Niles.  Best/fastest to use drainage gully directly to Niles up and down and best [...]