The Flowing Water Interpretive Trail is perfect for little feet. Our family tackled this hike early spring with our 2 and 4 year old. Both girls managed to hike the full distance without much of a challenge but if your worried about those little feet then bring along a carrier. This hike is great for…
The cold weather can be hard especially when you have little kids. Even in the cold it is important to get outside. The benefits of the outdoors are so important for the whole family that staying inside should not be an option. Getting out and hiking with kids is a great way burn off some…
On our most recent family trip we decided to do a short backcountry trip with our two kids aged 2 and 4. It would be our 4 year olds second trip into the backcountry and our 2 year olds first time. The reason we waited so long to take our second daughter into the backcountry…
The Montane Interpretive Trail in Bow Valley Provincial park is a beautiful hike for little feet close to Calgary (55 minutes), Canmore (20 minutes) and Banff (30 minutes). The loop includes one small incline up to a view point with a bench before descending down into the trees. Our 4 year old completed the hike…
There is no snow right now in Calgary or Canmore and the weather has been relatively warm the last few weeks. Only the very tops of the mountains are beginning to snow cap and the weather fluctuates between hot and cold daily. Cross country skiing at most places will not open for another month but…
The Canadian Mount Everest Expedition trail is located in the heart of Kananaskis country in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park. The trails original name was Interlakes trail and was renamed in honour of the first Canadian to summit Mount Everest in 1982. The whole area used to be covered in water but I will let you…
A beautiful hike that is easy and leads to a beautiful waterfall RIGHT IN CANMORE! I did not believe it when my friend from Off Road Discovery blog led me down the trail with our 4 kids in tow. But it happened, and she led me along the path with beautiful mountain views and stunning…
It might not officially be fall but the weather has been sitting around 7 C. The brisk air has been a nice change from the smoke but can still be a bit of a shock compared to the 30C sunny summer weather. The colder weather is also the beginning of the battle to convince littles…
I remember it clearly like it was yesterday. Driving from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan for our annual 2 week family camping trip to the Canadian Rocky Mountains. It was not every day you saw the world go from completely flat to monstrous towering rock. The trip that year would be extra special for me, as we would…
I grew up in Saskatoon Saskatchewan but every year our family would go camping for a couple of weeks in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. The mountain ranges became familiar at a young age since we explored and hiked when I was younger than 3 years old. Now that we live in Calgary, I am able…
