Experience the Mountains day trips 2017 – by Chelsey Lumb Sunday Aug. 20 – Johnston Canyon (from resort) to upper falls – it was pretty busy. Beautiful but busy. Good warm up walk! Monday Aug. 21 – West Wind Pass – from a suggestion from Marilyn (and using Marilyn’s trail book and map!) we hiked towards the West Wind pass from Hwy 742, a two kilometer trail along Spurling Creek, on the north side of Spray Lakes Reservoir, southwest of Canmore. Driving to the trail head provid

We arrived in Canmore just after 2pm on Sunday, August 20th, just over 24 hours after leaving Winnipeg. I have to admit that I do enjoy the annual road trip, it’s a long drive, but I grew up with the overcrowded British road network, and its still a novelty being able to drive for hours at a time and not encounter any significant traffic. We broke the journey just east of Swift Current, pulling about 50 yards onto a narrow road just off the Trans-Canada where we spent the nig