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daveks
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13h
Lineham Falls Hike
Lineham Falls Hike
Moving on from Cranbrook’s community forest to a hike inside Waterton Lakes park, Alberta. This is the next adventure my life takes. July vacation started here in Waterton Parks, and I had my eye on doing
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daveks
Photography Lovers
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Warm Down Hike
Warm Down Hike
A couple more captures as we made our way around the Cranbrook Community’s Forest. Some decent views from this short hike. On the opposite side of the forest you can take the higher elevation route to
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daveks
Photography Lovers
3d
Kettle Lake
Kettle Lake
The Cranbrook Community Forest is home to a few different lakes and ponds. This one is called Kettle “lake”, arguably more of a large pond than a lake. The hike there only took about a half hour with little
daveks
Colour / Black&White
4d
Random Friday
Random Friday
Here we are on the second Friday of October! Things are starting to cool down here in western Canada, no surprise, it’s October. Did you get up to anything exciting this week? How about plans for the weekend,
daveks
Photography Lovers
5d
Around the Forest in Colour and Black & White
Around the Forest in Colour and Black & White
Walking around the “Community Forest” here in Cranbrook, British Columbia, a few things caught my attention. Nothing too unusual, but interesting and cool in their own way — typical things you would find
daveks
Photography Lovers
6d
Lupine
Lupine
Let’s go for another walk into the Community Forest, Cranbrook, British Columbia’s best kept secret. Literally located beside this city is the forest, which features 2,000 hectares (or about 5,000 acres)
daveks
Photography Lovers
7d
Up ‘N Down the Ski Hill
Up ‘N Down the Ski Hill
This will be my final post on the incredible hike up and down North Star Mountain, aka Kimberley Alpine resort mountain. It was certainly one of the most memorable hikes of the Summer. In fact it was my
daveks
Photography Lovers
8d
Five Hour & Five Hundred metre Limit
Five Hour & Five Hundred metre Limit
Making our way down the side of North Star Mountain here at the Kimberley resort area; look at all the snow on that mountain over yonder! I heard there is a gnarly hike that takes you to the top of that
daveks
Threespeak
9d
Numa Falls
Numa Falls
This is one of my favourite falls, located somewhere between Radium, British Columbia and Castle Junction, Banff Park. Just off the highway is the parking lot, then a two minute walk to these awesome falls!
daveks
Photography Lovers
10d
the Descend
the Descend
After hiking to the summit of North Star mountain (also known as Kimberley Alpine resort mountain), the next natural step is to begin the descent. Instead of tracing our steps back downward, the plan was
daveks
Colour / Black&White
11d
Random Friday
Random Friday
It’s Friday, October 2nd. Another Random Friday. Tell me if you have any Big plans for this weekend? How was your week, anything exciting happen? Myself, it's back to work after a week of holidays spent
daveks
Photography Lovers
12d
Final Stretch
Final Stretch
We finally made it to the top of North Star Mountain, also known as Kimberley Alpine ski resort. The “final stretch” of the hike took us to the club house, where we sat down and had a light lunch. For
daveks
Photography Lovers
13d
Non-Snowy Season
Non-Snowy Season
You may think that these photos are missing one main element — snow. That is true in the Summertime obviously. I declare that there may be more fun to be had in the non-snowy season than the snowy season!
daveks
Photography Lovers
14d
North Star Mountain
North Star Mountain
A few more captures, as we made our way up North Star Mountain at Kimberley Alpine resort, East Kootenay, British Columbia . I originally thought it was called Kimberley mountain, but digging deeper, the
daveks
Photography Lovers
15d
Kimberley “Ski” Resort
Kimberley “Ski” Resort
Have you ever skied at Kimberley Alpine resort in British Columbia? Well me neither, but I hiked to the top last June! Most go to a ski resort in the Winter because why wouldn’t you right? Me, I’d rather
daveks
Photography Lovers
16d
Mossy Trees
Mossy Trees
We found some interesting “mossy” trees on our hike up Mother’s Day hill. Very unique actually, something you don’t often come across. Perhaps it is a form of lichen? I certainly am no expert on the matter,
daveks
Photography Lovers
17d
Random Saturday
Random Saturday
I guess I missed “Random Friday” by a day. So we’ll call it Random Saturday this time. What did you get up to this week? Anything special or fun? I just got back from British Columbia tonight, did four
daveks
Threespeak
18d
Moyie Falls
Moyie Falls
Today the plan was to do something easier than yesterday's hike to Fairy Falls. Moyie Falls is located about 20 minutes west of Cranbrook, British Columbia. In order to get there one must use a gravel
daveks
Threespeak
19d
Fairy Falls
Fairy Falls
Here is a video of today's epic hike to Fairy Falls, Fernie, British Columbia. The trailhead was conveniently located beside the visitor centre in Fernie. It took only about forty five minutes to hike
daveks
Photography Lovers
20d
Fisher Peak
Fisher Peak
This is Fisher Peak, as seen from the top of Mother’s Day Hill. Mount Fisher is one of the toughest mountains to climb in the East Kootenay vicinity, rated as a “difficult” hike. The mountain is approximately

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