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near Banff, Alberta Canada

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Favorite Healy Pass at sunrise in mid-September 2022.
Intermediate/Difficult Intermediate/Difficult

Healy Pass Out and Back

11.6 mi 18.6 km • 2,181' Up 664.7 m Up • 2,181' Down 664.68 m Down

Banff, AB
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Favorite Mt. Custer (center) stands amid a sea of peaks as seen from high on the Carthew - Anderson Traverse.
Difficult Difficult

Great Divide Trail (GDT)

698.7 mi 1,124.4 km • 98,677' Up 30076.9 m Up • 99,830' Down 30428.2 m Down

Swiftcu…, MT
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Favorite Morning mist dispersing reveals Mount Aosta and Lower Elk Lake, seen from the shoreline at the campground.
Intermediate Intermediate

Elk Lakes Loop

12.5 mi 20.1 km • 1,599' Up 487.28 m Up • 1,598' Down 487.22 m Down

Canmore, AB
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