Old Fort Point with the Sirens

Being quite spent after Roche Bonhomme the previous day, I opted for an easier day. 5 km long, with 120 m altitude gain Old Fort Point trail appeared perfect. For this trip I was joined by Three Sirens - Ania, Dusia and Bosnia - or to be precise, by two Sirens and one Sex Bombshell!

Roche Bonhomme, or a Good Old Hubby

Roche Bonhomme, 2498 m, is a popular mountain near Jasper, in Jasper National Park. The name is often translated from French as meaning "Rock of an Old Good Fellow." In a book describing the trail to the mountain (unfortunately, I didn't record the author), it is referred to as "off-trail hike," with round-trip distance of 10 km, and altitude gain of 1300 m. As my story will try to illustrate, only the last information is correct.

We parked at Maligne Canyon parking lot and looked into the trail description to identify the beginning of the trail.

My companions were lovely Ela and Basia, along with the Club Harpagons: Mike, Piotr and Roman. Though somewhat confused after a hot night, we quickly established that the description was incorrect. It asked us to "walk back on Maligne Lake Road for 350 m." In fact, the beginning of the trail is about 300 m UP the road, not down.

Barbara and the Whistlers

On this trip we were joined by our good friend Barbara (Basia). It was Basia's first trip with our Club and she was such a welcome addition to our group with her cheerful personality and positive attitude. Unequivocally we decided that Basia is the only Real Man in our group. Not only that she drives a real Jeep 4X4, but she also drinks whiskey, and on top of all that, we found out very soon that she was the only person in our group that had, what Hemingway called, Los Cojones.

After the trip to Roche Bonhomme most people were just barely dragging their butts in the morning, but Basia announced cheerfully that we should join her on the trip to The Whistlers.

Only two people agreed to join her, thinking quite naively that Basia would allow us to take the Sky Tram, but she would have none of that.

Zakończenie sezonu, czyli dwa zimowe wejścia na Sulphur Skyline.

Sobota, 6 października 2018
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Tradycyjnie, w sobotę przed Swiętem Dziękczynienia, wybraliśmy się do Miette Hot Springs. Solidną, sześcioosobową ekipę zabrał tym razem, pewną ręką, Janusz Gatnicki. Koło basenu spotkaliśmy się z Kierownikiem Wyprawy, wracającym z BC, Michałem.

Od lewej: Janusz, Barbara, Piotr, Kasia, Andrzej, Sławek i Michał. Barbara i Sławek wybrali opcję "moczenia się." Pozostali uderzyliśmy w trasę na Sulphur Skyline (2070 m, 700 m różnicy wzniesień).

Reminiscencje sulfuryjskie, czyli Ożesz Ged!

23 Czerwiec 2018

Sulphur Skyline, 2070 m, +700m, 4 km, ok. 2 godziny w jedną stronę.

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Będąc dumnym posiadaczem, od kilku miesięcy, owczarka staroniemieckiego o imieniu Ged, postanowiłem wypróbować, czy można z nim pójść w góry. W czasie jak Grupa Szturmowa atakowała Roche Miette (byłem na tej górze z siedem razy), podjąłem się poprowadzić Panie na Sulphur Skyline, popularny szlak koło Miette Hot Springs.