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Old 06-27-2010, 10:39 PM
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Question Heading West of Sundre on the Forestry Trunk Road - Suggestions on Hikes?

Well, the wife and I cancelled our camping trip to Cypress Hills since it's underwater. We've since found a camping spot west of Sundre near Bearberry, and we're going to do a little exploring up and down the trunk road while we're there. We leave in about a week and will be gone for about 5 days.

We will likely hit the Ya Ha Tinda Ranch, and maybe Pepper's Lake on the other side of Corkscrew mountain. I've been through these areas before, but it's been a few years.

We have our black lab puppy Duke that loves to hike with us. (And loves water) Yesterday we took a non-outdoorsy couple up to the Barrier Lake Fire Lookout and they actually had a great time doing the full loop down to Jewel Bay with us.




We want to maybe try and explore the Trunk Road area a little more.

I've got my spin casting rod ready to go, hiking boots, and rifles for some crown land plinking.

Any suggestions on specifics to check out in the area? I know there are a few fire lookouts, and we may check them out. We're on foot or mountain bike. I have my backcountry road map, but don't have much for topo maps of this area. If you don't want to share publicly, I'd sure appreciate PM's.

Any suggestions are appreciated, we're just wanting to try to explore the area more. I hunt south of there in 314, so won't be taking anyone's 'spot' come fall.
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Old 06-27-2010, 10:49 PM
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Nice pic. Stood there or near there a time or two myself. About a decade ago my climbing partner and I summitted the mountain in the background via the exposed face. Easier than it looks, but was pretty stoopid, as that was not the original plan. What were we talkin' about?
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Old 06-27-2010, 10:51 PM
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Cute dog...Who's the retard??
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Old 06-27-2010, 11:01 PM
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Cute dog...Who's the retard??
He is a bit of a big dope isn't he? The dog is good for picking up chicks. Nothing better than having a sweet puppy dog hanging his head out of a brand new F150 when you're driving down Kensington road... My wife HATES it when I do that, but I have no idea why???
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2 suggestions might be Eagle Lake and Cutoff Creek staging area. Eagle Lake can be reached from the Yaha access road. Parking lot on right hand side as your travelling in. Cutoff Creek is accessed off the Trunk road north of Corkscrew mtn then past 7 mile campground and look for sign on left. Take the pack trail to the Clearwater river 8-10 km and then continue up the river.
Both trips would be good on mountain bikes. Cutoff creek has very little elevation gain. You can camp at the staging area as well.
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Old 06-28-2010, 09:12 AM
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limestone mountain fire lookout is probably the most senic hike in that area.
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Old 06-28-2010, 09:19 AM
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limestone mountain fire lookout is probably the most senic hike in that area.
X2 on the Limestone area. Also some great fishing if you get back in on Limestone creek. May take you a couple tries on the roads to hit the one that takes you up to the lookout trail but well worth the hike.
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