Jan. 10, 2009 Price Camp at Sandy McNabb

Today we returned to a hike we tried a couple weeks ago. This time we wanted to do the whole loop. For the first 3 km the trail had a snowmobile track and a horse track so the going was good. Then both the snowmobile and horse went south and our trail was unused. Now the going was a little harder. To top it off, we lost the trail after we crossed the creek. A hard slog over a hill and we found a cut line and then rejoined the trail. Those were 2 tough km! Then the trail was well used for 3 km until the wind had obliterated the trail. The trail followed the highway (which is closed in the winter) so we opted to go on the road as we were all getting tired. 11 km and 4 hours later we arrived back at the car. Good hike and we will do this again sometime.

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Jan 10, 2009 Price Camp at Sandy McNabb

Jan. 4, 2009 Jumping Pound Trail

This was our first time on this trail, although we have been near this trail before. We just did the west loop. Doing both loops is about 10 km. We couldn't see where the trail went toward the loop and just went through the campground like others have done. Some very nice views from the north leg of the trail. At the end of the hike we got back to the car, which was parked on the side of the road, and both Cleo and Jake nearly got into on coming traffic! I thought I trained them better than that.

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Jan 4, 2009 Jumping Pound Trail

Sandy McNabb

Today we did a short hike at Sandy McNabb. About 20 km west of Turner Valley. It was about -8 or so with overcast skies and snow forecast for later in the day. About a kilometer from the trail head we saw two Moose. One was a little skittish and hid behind some trees. This was the second time we've seen a Moose this winter!

We hadn't been to Sandy McNabb in the winter so we wandered around until we found the trail head. The road to the majority of the trails is closed during the winter but there are some right at the gate. Mostly for skiing in the winter so we tried to find the horse trails. Found Price Camp trail and went for about a kilometer before turning back. Total of about 4 km today. We will come back to this one.


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