Popular Day Hikes: Canadian Rockies Revised & Updated: Canadian Rockies - Revised & Updated

(Paperback, revised and updated)

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Popular Day Hikes: Canadian Rockies covers 37 popular, accessible trails in one of the worlds most stunningly beautiful natural environments. Featuring easy short-day walks, more-strenuous full-day hikes and the occasional easy scramble in areas around Banff, Lake Louise and Moraine Lake, the Icefields Parkway, Kootenay National Park, Yoho National Park and Jasper, this colourful guide contains something for everyone. Some of the trips included are:
Spray River Loop

Sunshine Meadows

Stanley Glacier

Lake Agnes

Plain of Six Glaciers

Larch Valley

Yoho Valley to Twin Falls

Parker Ridge

Valley of the Five Lakes

Sulpher Skyline Trail

Each hike includes:
detailed directions to trailheads

colour maps and photographs

seasonal information

round-trip distances

trail commentary

difficulty ratings

Author Bio

Tony Daffern is a seasoned climber, hiker and ski mountaineer with close to 50 years of experience on various mountain ranges throughout the world. A civil engineer by training, he is the author of the bestselling guidebook Popular Day Hikes: Canadian Rockies Revised and Updated and Backcountry Avalanche Safety 4th Edition. Tony is the co-founder of Rocky Mountain Books, and along with his wife, Gillean Daffern, he was awarded the Banff Mountain Festivals Summit of Excellence Award in 2006. He lives in Calgary, Alberta.