Mountaineering links

• My Scrambles and Hikes

  Contains summaries (some with photos) of the mountains and trails I have been on in the Canadian Rockies, Colorado and South Dakota.

• My bear encounters

  I have "bumped" into three black bears and a grizzly sow with two cubs during my forays into the Canadian Rockies. This page provides the grizzly details and pictures of one of the black bears.

• Mountains of Canada

  An incomplete list of the mountains of Canada, providing elevation and location.

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• Alpine Club of Canada (ACC)

• ACC - Saskatchewan section

• BackPacker Magazine's BaseCamp

• Banff National Park. Quick Links: Trail Report, Current Weather, Southern Alberta Forecast, Extended Forecast.
• Jasper National Park. Quick Links: Trail Report, Current Weather, Northern Alberta Forecast, Extended Forecast.
• Kootenay National Park. Quick Links: Trail Report, Current Weather, Weather Forecast, Extended Forecast.
• Yoho National Park. Quick Links: Trail Report. Current Weather.

• Canadian Himalayan Expeditions

  An Ontario company offering guided expeditions to Mt. Everest base camp (17,600'/5365m). Minimum cost would be about $6,000 (CDN) to cover airfare to Kathmandu and land expedition costs in Nepal. In October 2002, I did the "Everest in Hillary's Footsteps" adventure with a five day extension to climb Island Peak. See my Nepal 2002 pages for information and photos.

• Canadian Rockies.net

  Provides a travel planning guide for the Canadian Rockies with emphasis on the five national parks (Banff, Jasper, Kootenay, Yoho and Waterton), Lake Louise, and Canmore. This site is directed towards families and groups which are interested in experiencing the Rockies using commercial services. This site does not provide any tangible information for backcountry adventurists.

• Kananaskis Country

  An alternative to the overcrowded Banff and Jasper National Parks.

• Mountain Equipment Co-op

  A co-operative which sells equipment, clothing, books, maps, etc. for the outdoor enthusiast. A lifetime membership costs just $5 (which has not increased from the 1971 initial cost). MEC has stores in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa and Halifax.

• Nova - Mt. Everest Expeditions

  An outstanding site for getting further information on the Mt. Everest expeditions in 1999, 1997 and 1996 covered by the Nova PBS series. The 1999 expedition investigated the 1924 summit attempt of George Mallory and Andrew Irvine, who may have been the first to reach the summit. There are pictures of base camp, camps I to IV and RealAudio sound files. As well, you can get a feel of what it would be like to view down a crevasse in the Khumbu Icefall, the view from camp II and of course a panoramic view from the summit by downloading the QuickTime VR files. Highly recommended.

• Peakware World Mountain Encyclopedia

  This web site is built by its visitors. You can add peaks and sign the summit logs.

• Rescue Dynamics

  Outdoor adventure school offering courses in rock climbing and mountaineering. This company is located in Edmonton, AB but generally uses Folding Mountain Resort east of Hinton, AB as a start point for its courses.

• Yamnuska Inc.

  Yamnuska is an outdoor adventure school offering courses in rock climbing, mountaineering and ice climbing. Yamnuska is located in Canmore, AB.

Revised: May 15, 2005.