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  • CORE 2018-2019 Winter Schedule CORE’s event coordinators have done some pre-planing for activities this winter. These of course will depend on weather and the amount of snowfall. And more trips will be posted sometimes on short notice, so, members, please please keep an eye on the CORE Activities Event …
  • Pat’s Awesome Ice Climbing Adventure After seeing a Calgary Mountain Club ice climbing presentation with Will Gadd (awesome mountaineer/ice climber/nice man), Harvey and I thought it would be a great idea to take an ice climbing course.  I had no climbing experience at all, but what the hey? Soooo I …
  • Backcountry Greenhorns Backcountry greenhorns keep rescuers scrambling in Kananaskis (Reprinted from the Kananaskis Country Facebook Public Safety Section, Aug 25, 2017). Inexperienced backcountry hikers have K-Country rescuers hopping, with an astonishing 19 people needing to be retrieved from Bow Valley mountains in the last week alone. Kananaskis …
  • The Perfect Pine Tree Pollen Storm A group of CORE hikers, myself included, headed out to the Bragg Creek area of Kananaskis Country this week to do a a little exploring around the Fullerton Loop trails. As we drove up the valley towards Allen Pond, we noticed that the air seem …
  • Wilderness Emergencies What’s in your pack?  What’s in your plan? Takeaways from CORE’S Wilderness Safety Workshop at Bragg Creek Community Center, April 22, 2017.
    Contributors: Ron Gamp, David vanden Eikhov, Mindy Woolcott

    It’s a mountain hike. Something goes wrong. Could be caused by weather, or an accident on the …

  • Waterton’s Rowe Lakes/Lineham Ridge Trail Waterton’s Rowe Lakes/Lineham Ridge Trail
    A Must-Do for Calgary Hikers and Scramblers
    By Carol Miyagawa
    Looking for a hike that has almost everything? Outstanding views, incredible flowers, spectacular glacier-fed lakes, lush greenery, and dramatic natural beauty? Then the Rowe Lakes/Lineham Ridge Trail in Waterton Lakes National Park is …
  • Chilkoot Trail Adventure By Longtime CORE Member Carol Miyagawa
    A trail full of contrasts and contradictions, the Chilkoot in Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park straddles two countries, three eco-systems, and thousands of years of human history. Its flat, undemanding stretches have little resemblance to its challenging boulder pitches. …
  • WHAT HAPPENED ON MANASLU? Mike Galbraith, mountain safety guru and a long time member of CORE, was the leader of the Canadian Manaslu Expedition in the summer of 1992 – here is his story.
    Manaslu is number eight in the world of peaks over 8000 meters, which means it’s the …
  • A View from the Top
    Climbing mountains has become a popular sport despite its potential dangers. Avalanches, slips and falls, altitude sickness, and adverse weather have never given pause to long-time CORE member Harvey Kwan who scrambles up mountains to see the earth from a God’s eye view.
    Not to be …
  • Canoeing the Land of the Voyageurs  
    Cathie Newsome and John Hitt, long time CORE members, spent 5 days canoe camping in the McLennan Lake area of Northern Saskatchewan in the fall of 2015. Here they recount their experiences on that adventure.
    If you like to paddle to experience true serenity and remoteness, …