IN THE NEWSLETTER THIS MONTH
| AUGUST ACTIVITY SCOREBOARD
..Some highlights ..Posting Event Photos AUGUST CLUB MEETING NEWS FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ..Greater Bragg Creek Trail Association ..Glenbow Ranch Park Foundation .. Friends of Kananaskis Country – Volunteer Call Out! |
SAFETY
EXECUTIVE CORNER ..CORE’s Mission Statement ..CORE Website ..New Look for the CORE Newsletter CORE SEPTEMBER MONTHLY MEETING |
AUGUST ACTIVITY SCOREBOARD
August was another stellar month for club activities, if you overlook the forest fire smoke. There were 26 events posted on the calendar, including urban walks, cycle trips, dinner and movie outings, scrambles and hikes of various levels of difficulty, including several hikes on the Fernie camping weekend.
Some highlights
Castle Mountain Scramble |
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Nihahi Ridge – End of hike treat |
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Hailstone – Schmokie descent
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Posting Event Photos
Looking through the CORE photo albums at http://public.fotki.com/corehike/2015/ , there are 14 albums for 26 activities for August, 2015. CORE members are encouraged to take photos along the trail and post a selection of them on the CORE photo album. This helps older members of the club remember where they’ve been <8} , and encourages others to try out some of the exciting activities our club offers. If any members need some help in figuring out the photo album posting steps, please contact the CORE webmaster or the Communication Coordinator. There are also detailed instructions at this link:
https://corehike.org/wp-content/uploads/Forms/PostingCOREPhotosFotki.pdf
AUGUST CLUB MEETING
Our monthly club meeting was held on Tue Aug 25 at the Scarboro Community Centre. This month’s presenter was Cliona, who gave us as a wonderful account of her trip to Ireland this past summer. Thanks again Cliona. You made that South West coast of the Emerald Isle appear so terribly inviting and immensely historic. (Hyperbole intended, but we DID enjoy your presentation).
NEWS FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
Greater Bragg Creek Trail Association
The Greater Bragg Creek Trail Association has kindly given us permission to republish or link to articles published in their newsletter or on their website. Of particular interest this month was a little article they published on “Trail Ettiquette”. Here is the link to it.
http://braggcreektrails.org/files/WBCTA-Etiquette-Poster.pdf
Glenbow Ranch Park Foundation
The Glenbow Ranch Park association has a number of Fall programs that may be of interest to individuals (or even a CORE group outing). These usually come with a small fee, but well worth checking out. Here is the link to their end-of-summer newsletter:
http://us4.campaign-archive1.com/?u=de0f0b753afdd14e2498df28a&id=960d81440b&e=81fc3f720b
Friends of Kananaskis Country – Volunteer Call Out!
Friends of Kananaskis Country is looking for help with the High Rockies Trail maintenance.
Date: Sunday, September 13th
Meeting time: 9:00am (9:00am – 4:00pm)
Meeting location: Sparrowhawk Day Use
http://www.albertaparks.ca/spray-valley/information-facilities/day-use/sparrowhawk.aspx
Trans Canada Hwy (Hwy 1) to Canmore, South on Hwy 742 Spray Lakes – Smith Dorrian Rd to the Sparrowhawk Day Use Area
What to expect: Light to moderate level work. The project involves decommissioning ~400-500m of the existing trail from Spray Lakes Road up toward the Sparrowhawk Tarns. A new trail route that is slightly less steep has already been constructed and the project with Friends volunteers simply involves using hand tools to loosen the compacted old trail tread, placing rocks and logs across the old trail, and other miscellaneous tasks to rehabilitate the old trail.
What to bring: You’ll need to wear hiking boots and bring work gloves (Friends of Kananaskis work gloves will be available), rain gear (hopefully not needed), along with your lunch, water, sunscreen, bug spray, bear spray, and other personal gear. All of the tools and equipment will be supplied.
SIGN UP: (sign up closes at 12pm the day before the event)
http://app.volunteer2.com/Public/Organization/11e52ba6-b6c5-4f2c-8f14-cfe0bd7cafc6/1
For more information:
Contact: Nancy Ouimet, Program Coordinator
nancy@kananaskis.org or 403-678-5593
Volunteer Projects Calendar: http://www.kananaskis.org/current-projects/
WildSmart bear activity
SAFETY
As usual, check out the http://www.wildsmart.ca/ website for latest bear activity in the Bow Valley.
Bear attack!! Ghost Public Land Use Zone NW of Cochrane closed until further notice. Details on 660news website: http://t.co/1tCCbIOSlV
EXECUTIVE CORNER
In case you have forgotten that you, club members, elected a group of people to steer our “society” through the coming year, here is a link to your Executive profiles (you will need the Club password to gain access):
https://corehike.org/?page_id=196
This group meets once a month to resolve any issues that may arise during the year, set policies (like car pool rates), plan parties (like the Christmas Party in November), ensure hikes are being conducted safely, organize safety courses (like Avalanche Awareness and Bear Safety) and generally ensure that club activities live up to the Club Mission Statement.
CORE’s Mission Statement
“To provide a welcoming cohesive organization within which adult members can participate in the responsible enjoyment of outdoor recreation, primarily hiking. Members participating in group activities shall be cooperative, safety-conscious and committed to group participation; originality, initiative and enthusiasm are appreciated and encouraged.”
So with that in mind, we’ll report on any significant discussions from the Executive in this section each month.
CORE Website
The Calendar email Broadcast feature is offline, and our webmaster is investigating a solution that will still allow club members who wish to be alerted to new club activity postings to be alerted via email.
We also need to make a couple of tweaks to the webpage to make it mobile-friendly again.
Our webmaster will keep you updated via notices above the “Hot On the Trails” window on the CORE Home page at https://corehike.org/
New Look for the CORE Newsletter
We mentioned this previously, but the CORE Newsletter is now published as a Blog, and can be linked to from the CORE Home page just under the “Hot on the Trails” window. If anyone wishes to receive email notification, or even the whole newsletter by email, please simply subscribe to the newsletter via the “Follow” icon on any of the Blog pages.
CORE SEPTEMBER MONTHLY MEETING
Tues. September 29 – 7 p.m.
Join us at our new home in the Scarboro Community Hall, 1727 – 14 Ave SW. The theme for the evening will be:
Presentation – Walk Calgary Communities
Retired elementary physical education teacher David Peyto has written three Calgary walking guidebooks. In late September 2013 he started a walking project entitled Walk Calgary Communities. The goal is to walk every residential street in the city. Join us for a photo presentation about this project. Some highlights:
Day 149 – Strathcona Rock circles |
Day 178 – Tuscany Pond |
