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UPDATED DECEMBER 1,2005

2005 CAMP WILL BE IN THE PALLISER PASS AREA NEAR LEMAN LAKE and access will be from the Burstall Pass trailhead.

I first joined a Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies week long camp in July 1990 when I went with the club to their Week 2 camp at Molar Pass, Banff National Park . The rest is history. I hope that you enjoy reading through these trip diaries which are all text at the present time.
 

1. 1990 - Molar Pass - my first camp and the one area that I have since returned too - perhaps the best of all the current locations for hiking , scenery and especially wild flowers galore.

2. 1991 - Bryant Creek - this is the main access route to Mt. Assiniboine Park - attended week one camp and had lot's of late season snow to contend with.

3. 1992 - Tombstone Lake - in the Elbow Sheep area of Kananaskis Country - a new location to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Skyliners - we aren't allow to return to due to a change in land use categories.

4. 1994 - Owl Lakes - a long hike into a camp in the Upper Bryant creek area and near the B.C. border - the site of our year 2000 camp and another area that Parks Canada no longer allows us to visit due to wildlife habitat.

5. 1996 - Molar Pass revisited - liked it so much the first time that I returned for a second visit - great weather and will probably attend again the next time - 2001

6. 1997 - Allenby Pass - a long 23 Km hike into a pass on the B.C./Alberta border- provides views and access to Assiniboine - hot weather for the week. No longer on the Parks Canada authorized list

7. 1998 - Sunset Pass - perhaps the best of the camping areas - wide variety of day hikes for all level of hikers. Probable site of the 2006 camps

8.2001 MOLARPASS2001- my third trip to this great spot in the Rockies.

9. JOHNSTONCREEK2004 had a great week here in the heart of the Rockies visitng areas such as Luellen Lake, Lower Badger Falls - the Badger Pass valley and Step stairs Falls and Zorro Falls on the way to Pulsatilla Pass - check out the Skyliners web site for pictures of the various camps.

10.BARIL CREEK 2005 - AN AREA LOCATED SOUTH OF CANMORE IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF KANANASKIS COUNTRY - area has a number of accessible mountain lookouts and impressive meadows on the way to Fording River Pass and James Lake for cold alpine swims and perhaps even a fish or two.

11. PALLISER PASS 2006