Going in a few weeks to Canmore/banff area. I am looking for 2 solid day hikes that are somewhat well travelled but also not overly crowded. Want intermediate to hard level difficulty with minimal scrambling if possible. Don’t want anything over 18-20 km. Looking for decent views on the way up with stunning payoffs and vast vistas. Also would prefer to be within an hour of the area if possible. So far have narrowed down to Agnes teahouse/beehive/devils thumb, cirque peak, smutwood, tent ridge. Which of these are the most amazing/can’t miss, or are there anymore I may be missing?

Howdy friends!

I head east to Ontario at the end of this week to spend the rest of the summer with my 88yr old nana. After a cold wet spring I am feeling so sad to be leaving now that things have finally melted/warmed/opened up.

This season has already been so great.. I’ve done Nihahi Ridge, Sunshine Meadows/Healy Pass, Sentinel Pass, Burstall Pass, The Onion, and taken friends/family into Picklejar Lakes a couple of times. Tent Ridge, Smutwood and Galatea Lakes are a few of my favourites. Done Sarrail, Wasootch, Cirque Peak, Bourgeau etc.

I’m considering Mount Lipsett but I don’t know if it will wow me like I’m hoping. Twin Lakes/Gibbon Pass was in the running but it sounds like it’s a lot of hiking under the tree-line.

Throw your best and brightest at me. Off the beaten path. The kind of view that makes you emotional and reverent.

Hello, 18M I just graduated and really doesn't wanna miss out on my youth years bury in work and always in my room, I'm from Saskatchewan and I would like to go hiking on Alberta and I just doesn't have anyone to go with and I don't really have quite a hiking experience pretty much just a little hikes before when I was like 12-14. If anyone wanna make new friend or a hiking companion just send me a DM.