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kleinbl00  ·  3017 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: August 24, 2016

Any winter recommendations? We've been told that most of the hiking isn't viable but we're intending to do some snow shoeing.





coffeesp00ns  ·  3017 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I've not been to the area, but you're only 2 hrs drive away from some hot springs just on the other side of the BC-AB border. AND you would get to go through Glacier National Park , which is gorgeous.

kleinbl00  ·  3017 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Awesome. We'll see what the weather looks like. Which hot springs?

coffeesp00ns  ·  3017 days ago  ·  link  ·  

looks like the ones I was looking at are only open until the fall - which seems dumb to me but to be fair they do have to use a howitzer to keep the highway open in the winter.

veen  ·  3017 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I went to the Canmore Nordic Centre to snow shoe. Never stood on skis in my life before, but it was fun (and exhausting).

I only had one near-death experience almost speeding down a trail. Don't know how it's like with the kid though.

kleinbl00  ·  3017 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Cool cool. We'll see. I grew up cross-country skiing through the apocalyptic hellscape that is Northern New Mexico in winter; I'm not a fan. Snow shoeing seems like something I should enjoy.

oyster  ·  3017 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I haven't been to Lake Louise but on top of snowshoeing I know they have dog sledding and skating which is pretty cool if you don't ski or snowboard. Waterton is another national park about 4 hours away that mostly closes down over the winter.