CANADIAN VOLKSSPORT FEDERATION - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND CONVENTION - 2014
Host Club: St Albert Trekkers
Convention Chairperson: David Hall
http://cvfconvention2014.ca/Home.php
Latest up dated message from David Hall:
President’s Walk This guided walk led by 18 leaders goes
out to the Bow Falls and famous Banff Springs Hotel. The 10 km part of the walk
also walks through the campus of Banff Centre – a school of Fine Arts and
business leadership.
Convention Walk This guided walk goes up to the historic
Cave and Basin Sulphur Hot Springs and Cascade Gardens.
Seasonal and YRE Walks YRE Central, located in the Black
Bear room, is where you can register for all the YREs and Seasonal walks in the
Banff and surrounding area. After walking, come back once to get your books
stamped. We think it will work well. These walks include:
Starting from the Banff Park Lodge Hotel
Banff YRE, Banff Historical, Hoodoos, Tunnel Mountain, Vermilion Lakes and
Sundance Canyon.
Starting from the Sulphur Mountain Gondola parking lot
(reachable by bus or a short car ride)
The Sulphur Mountain 6 or 11 km walk is a hike up about 12 switchbacks
to the top of Sulphur Mountain. Not for the faint of heart but nice to say you
have done it!! Views!!
Within an hours drive of the Banff town site there are the
following walks:
Canmore 5 & 11 km YRE, Johnston Canyon, Boom Lake, Emerald Lake 5
& 11 km, Lake Louise 5 and 12 km, and Moraine Lake 5 and 10 km (the 12
km Lake Louise and 10 km Moraine Lake routes might be iffy at this time of year,
so we will update you just before the convention),
And of course there are walks in Calgary, Airdrie and Okotoks, not very far
to the East. If you are into Dinosaurs there is a walk in Drumheller, Dinosaur
capital of the world.
Favourite Walks I get asked what is your favourite walk
David? That is tough. In the Banff town site I would say it is a tie between
the Hoodoos and Tunnel Mountain. Outside the town site it is also a tie between
Johnston Canyon, Moraine Lake and Lake Louise. Oops, maybe Emerald Lake is also
tied!! All these mountain walks are terrific.
If you are staying longer in Alberta then it is best you check out the
walks on the Alberta website as well as the convention website:
Spring is in the air. The first bear of the season has been seen in
Banff. A 225 Kg male grizzly! (I hope I don’t see him!) Look forward to
seeing you in just over 2 months.
David
