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Regional Condition & Reports
Waterton National Park
Weather & Snow
Information
Report
Waterton
The Weather Network
Weather Office
Mountain-Forecast.com (Forum Peak)
Mountain-Forecast.com (Mt Blakiston)
Avalanche Bulletin (Waterton)
Avalanche Bulletin (Lizeard Range)
Avalanche Bulletin (South Rockies)
Offical Website
Parks Canada
Webcam (Town)
Webcam (Hotel)
Twitter (ParksMountainSafety)
Twitter (Avalancheca.ca)
Trail Condition
Park Bulletins
AMA Road Report
Smoke Forecasts
Alberta Fire Bans
Castle & Castle Wildland Provincial Park
Weather & Snow
Information
Report
Castle Mountain
The Weather Network (Waterton)
The Weather Network (Castle Mtn)
The Weather Network (Pincher Creek)
Weather Office (Waterton)
Weather Office (Pincher Creek)
Mountain-Forecast.com (Mt Blakiston)
Mountain-Forecast.com (Mt Ptolemy)
Avalanche Bulletin (Waterton)
Avalanche Bulletin (Lizeard Range)
Avalanche Bulletin (South Rockies)
Official Website (WL)
Official Website (C)
Webcam (Ski Resort)
Twitter (Avalancheca.ca)
Trail Condition (WL)
Trail Condition (C)
Park Advisories (WL)
Park Advisories (C)
AMA Road Report
Smoke Forecasts
Alberta Fire Bans
Crowsnest Pass
Weather & Snow
Information
Report
Crowsnest Pass, AB, Canada
The Weather Network
Weather Office
Mountain-Forecast.com (Mt Ptolemy)
Mountain-Forecast.com (Crowsnest Mtn)
Avalanche Bulletin (Waterton)
Avalanche Bulletin (Lizeard Range)
Avalanche Bulletin (South Rockies)
Webcam
Twitter (Avalancheca.ca)
Nordic Grooming
AMA Road Report
Smoke Forecasts
Alberta Fire Bans
Livingstone Range
Weather & Snow
Information
Report
The Weather Network
Mountain-Forecast.com (Turtle Mtn)
Mountain-Forecast.com (Mt Cornwell)
Avalanche Bulletin (South Rockies)
Twitter (Avalancheca.ca)
AMA Road Report
Smoke Forecasts
Alberta Fire Bans
Kananaskis Country (South)
Weather & Snow
Information
Report
KANANASKIS
The Weather Network (Longview)
The Weather Network (P Lougheed)
Mountain-Forecast.com (Mt Muir)
Mountain-Forecast.com (Mt Rae)
Mountain-Forecast.com (Mt Joffre)
Avalanche Bulletin (South Rockies)
Avalanche Bulletin (Kananaskis)
Offical Website
Twitter (KCountryPublicSafety)
Twitter (Avalancheca.ca)
Trail Condition
Park Advisories
Ramblers' Trip Report
AMA Road Report
Smoke Forecasts
Alberta Fire Bans
Kananaskis Country (North)
Weather & Snow
Information
Report
KANANASKIS
The Weather Network (P Lougheed)
The Weather Network (Kananskis)
The Weather Network (Exshaw)
The Weather Network (Nakiska)
Weather Office
Mountain-Forecast.com (Banded Peak)
Mountain-Forecast.com (Mt Sir Douglas)
Mountain-Forecast.com (Mt Kidd)
Mountain-Forecast.com (Mt Lougheed)
Mountain-Forecast.com (Moose Mtn)
Mountain-Forecast.com (Mt Baldy)
Mountain-Forecast.com (Mt Rundle)
Avalanche Bulletin
Offical Website
Webcam (Bragg Creek)
Webcam (Nakiska)
Webcam (Assiniboine)
Twitter (KCountryPublicSafety)
Twitter (Avalancheca.ca)
Trail Condition
Park Advisories
Ramblers' Trip Report
AMA Road Report
Smoke Forecasts
Alberta Fire Bans
Canmore
Weather & Snow
Information
Report
CANMORE
The Weather Network (Canmore)
The Weather Network (Exshaw)
Weather Office
Mountain-Forecast.com (Mt Rundle)
Mountain-Forecast.com (Grotto Mtn)
Avalanche Bulletin (Kananaskis)
Avalanche Bulletin (Banff)
Canmore Alberta Canada
Webcam
Webcam
Twitter (Avalancheca.ca)
Trail Condition
Park Advisories
Ramblers' Trip Report
AMA Road Report
Smoke Forecasts
Alberta Fire Bans
Banff National Park (Town)
Weather & Snow
Information
Report
BANFF
The Weather Network (Banff)
The Weather Network (Norquay)
Weather Office
Mountain-Forecast.com (Mt Aylmer)
Mountain-Forecast.com (Mt Rundle)
Mountain-Forecast.com (Mt Bourgeau)
Avalanche Bulletin
Parks Canada
Webcam (Town)
Webcam (Gondola)
Webcam (Norquay)
Webcam (Sunshine)
Twitter (ParksMountainSafety)
Twitter (Avalancheca.ca)
Trail Condition
Park Bulletins
Ramblers' Trip Report
AMA Road Report
Smoke Forecasts
Alberta Fire Bans
Banff National Park (Castle Junction) & Kootenay National Park
Weather & Snow
Information
Report
VERMILION CROSSING
The Weather Network (Banff)
The Weather Network (Sunshine)
The Weather Network (Kootenay)
Weather Office (Banff)
Weather Office (Kootenay)
Mountain-Forecast.com (Castle Mtn)
Mountain-Forecast.com (Mt Ball)
Avalanche Bulletin
Parks Canada (Banff)
Parks Canada (Kootenay)
Webcam (Sunshine)
Webcam (Assiniboine)
Twitter (ParksMountainSafety)
Twitter (Avalancheca.ca)
Trail Condition (Banff)
Trail Condition (Kootenay)
Park Bulletins (Banff)
Park Bulletins (Kootenay)
Ramblers' Trip Report
AMA Road Report
Drive BC
Smoke Forecasts
Alberta Fire Bans
Banff National Park (Lake Louise, Icefields Parkway) & Yoho National Park
Weather & Snow
Information
Report
LAKE LOUISE
The Weather Network (L. Louise)
The Weather Network (Ski Hill)
The Weather Network (Saskatchewan River)
The Weather Network (Yoho)
Weather Office (Banff)
Weather Office (Yoho)
Mountain-Forecast.com (Mt Temple)
Mountain-Forecast.com (Fossil Mtn)
Mountain-Forecast.com (The President)
Mountain-Forecast.com (Mt Balfour)
Mountain-Forecast.com (Cirque Peak)
Mountain-Forecast.com (Mt Sarbach)
Avalanche Bulletin (Banff)
Avalanche Bulletin (Little Yoho)
Parks Canada (Banff)
Parks Canada (Yoho)
Webcam (Ski Resort)
Webcam (Hotel)
Webcam (Emerald Lake)
Twitter (ParksMountainSafety)
Twitter (Avalancheca.ca)
Trail Condition (Banff)
Trail Condition (Yoho)
Park Bulletins (Banff)
Park Bulletins (Yoho)
Ramblers' Trip Report
AMA Road Report
Drive BC
Smoke Forecasts
Alberta Fire Bans
Jasper National Park
Weather & Snow
Information
Report
JASPER
The Weather Network (Columbia Icefield)
The Weather Network (Town)
Weather Office
Mountain-Forecast.com (Mt Saskatchewan)
Mountain-Forecast.com (Mt Athabasca)
Mountain-Forecast.com (Mt Columbia)
Mountain-Forecast.com (Mt Pyramid)
Mountain-Forecast.com (Utopia Mtn)
Mountain-Forecast.com (Mt Robson)
Avalanche Bulletin
Parks Canada
Webcam (Skytram)
Webcam (Robson)
Twitter (ParksMountainSafety)
Twitter (Avalancheca.ca)
Trail Condition
Park Bulletins
AMA Road Report
Smoke Forecasts
Alberta Fire Bans
Scrambles & Hiking Websites
Road Not Taken
- The biggest and still activly updated personal blog in the Canadian Rockies by Bob Spirko.
explor8ion.com
- Vern Dewit, the author of Fresh Oxygen's new website.
BillKerr.ca
- Bill Kerr, weekend climber, scrambler and backcountry skier's blog site.
Kananaskis Country Trails
- Tony & Gillean Daffern's website, the authors of Kananaskis Trail Guide books.
Bou Avenue
- If it's sunny despite of bad weather forcast, it's becuase Sunny is in mountain.
Golden Scrambles
- Have you seen a shining mountain? That's because Josee and Fabrice are in mountain.
Steven's Peak-Bagging Journey
- If you hear someone singing a song in mountain, that's Steven Song.
Ben's Hikes, Scrambles, and Mountaineering
- Someone is suffering from Steven's singing, that would be Ben.
Virtual Hiker
- The latest trends in 2015, Augmented Reality?, Virtual Reality? no it's Virtual Hiker.
On-Top.ca
- Where are you going? On-Top of a mountain of course.
Trip Reports & Forums
ClubTread.com
- Forum base and up-to-current trip reports. An excellent source for your next weekend trip plan.
SummitPost
- A world wide community site for hiking, scramble and yet mountaineering trip reports.
Kananaskis Outdoors Forum
- Forum for Hiking, XC-skiing and Snowshoeing in Kananaskis Country.
Summit Search
- Created by Eric Coulthard, the auther of eric-coulthard.com
Recommended Books
Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies
- Written by Alen Kane. Covers a lot of Albertan Rockies. I call this book bible.
More Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies
- Written by Andrew Nugara. More scrambles! Peeps are needy.
Exploring The Castle
- Written by Robert Kershaw. Great book for hiking in the Castle.
Popular Day Hikes1 Kananaskis Country
- Written by Gillean Daffern. Great book for hiking in Kananaskis.
Popular Day Hikes2 Canadian Rockies
- Written by Tony Daffern. Covers Banff, Kootenay, Yoho, and Jasper.
Kananaskis Country Trail Guide - Vol 1
- Written by Gillean Daffern. New copy's price at Amazon.ca is $202.06
Backcountry Biking in the Canadian Rockies
- Written by Doug Eastcott. Great book for biking in Rockies.
Ridgewalks in the Canadian Rockies
- Written by Mike Potter. Great book for ridge walking.
Canadian Rockies Trail Guide
- Written by Brian Patton & Bart Robinson. So many trails.
The 11,000ers
- Written by Bill Corbett. Guide of all 54 11,000-foot peaks in the Canadian Rockies.
Summits & Icefields Canadian Rockies
- Written by Chic Scott. Excellent book for alpine ski tours.
GPS Data Exchange Websites
Road Not Taken
- Anther great source for scrambles. (Free)
Calgary Outdoor Club
- They have quite a collection of GPX files available for public. (Free)
Hike Alberta
- Great site to find trail data for hiking in Alberta. (Free)
Wikiloc
- GPS location-sharing community. Ppost and share GPS trails and waypoints. (Free)
Trail Peak
- Canada's greatest GPX exchange community site. (Free if you participate otherwise pay)
Every Trail
- Trails from all over the world. (Free)
StepWhere
- StepWhere helps active people discover the best places to run, walk, and hike. (Free)
Bikely
- Bike Trails, Paths & Routes From Over 40 Countries. (Free)
Wandermap.net
- Your hiking routes online. (Free)
Bikemap.net
- Your hiking routes online. (Free)
GPS Maps
Ibycus Topo
- Hands down free high quality Topographical map of Canada.
Southern Alberta Trail Map
- Free map for trails around South Alberta. This map has a lot of trails.
Quad Squad
- Free trail map for quad in South Alberta.
GPS Software
Garmin
- I love Garmin GPS devices.
Google Earth
- Always fun to import GPS data into Google Earth and see where I've been in 3D.
GPSBabel
- GPSBabel converts waypoints, tracks, and routes between popular GPS receivers and mapping programs.
GPS Games
Geocaching
- Find caches from all over the world.