Opening of the cross-country season

 

Thanks to the abundant energy of the Vice-President, Mikele, the members of the Club smoothly, within a week, transferred from biking into x-country. Last Sunday saw already 14+ persons attending. 

 Haslo…Yukon 2021.

Wyruszylismy na Yukon z Edmonton, w sobote, 24. lipca. Bylo nas lacznie 8 “YukoPoli” (nazwa grupy to pomysl Beaty): 3 pary w wypozyczonym vanie, Joanna i Piotr, Beata i Witek oraz Grazyna i Marek, plus 4-ta para, Basia i Krzysztof, w swoim pick-up-ie.

 Odnosnie trasy to zatwierdzilismy plan wycieczki zaproponowany przez Joanne z pewnymi poprawkami naniesionymi przez reszte zalogi. Nasza trasa to: Edmonton  - Haines Junction, 2143 km, oraz powrot do Edmonton, inna droga przez B.C., 2509 km. Razem 4652 km samej “glownej” drogi (zobacz mape ponizej). Lacznie przejechalismy oczywiscie znacznie wiecej bo … 5,500 km!

 

Recovery Camp in Manitou Springs Resort (SK)

 

A group of our Club members participated in the Recovery Camp in Manitou Springs Resort in Saskatchewan. We soaked our aching muscles and bones in the healing waters of Little Manitou Lake for 2-3 days. Here, thoroughly purified, we are "full of energy and enthusiastic about life."

A beautiful day on Powderface Ridge.

 16 October 2021

Powderface Ridge, 2210 m, (Little Elbow, Kananaskis), +594 m, 10 km. 

What a beautiful day it was! A sheer joy of being in the mountains in spite of late time in the season. 

History of the Club

 

The history of the Club could probably be traced to early 2000s when, with Randy Iwanciwski (kneeling in red jacket), I organized a series of hikes, also called "pilgrimages," to Roche Miette Mountain in Jasper NP. 

The Goddesses of Prairie Mountain.

 Saturday, 2 October 2021

Prairie Mountain, 2210 m, 6.8 km return, +680 m altitude gain, 4.5 hours. Elbow, Kananaskis. (To see pictures in higher resolution, click on them). 

Mikele's birthday party.

 

It was this time of the year when one of the most prominent members of the Club, the Vice-President, Michal, known in some circles as "Mikele," celebrated his birthday. In the past he would throw lavish parties at his place. This year he chose an open air venue. 

Mass mobilization on Mount Solomon (1585 m)

Pospolite Ruszenie or Mass Mobilization on Mount Solomon

18 September 2021 

12.5 km, +570 m, 5.5 hours

(to see a picture in bigger size, click on it)

For the group photo, our court photographer most likely needed to use a wide angle lens

to make sure that all participants would fit in the frame.