Wilderness Exercises

From PCSAR

Some of the places and activities we've discussed for a Wilderness Exercise.

Contents 1 Places 2 Activities 3 Time of year 4 Other organizations 5 Volunteers

[edit] Places

These places are sorted by location. Think of the town of Pincher Creek as a tree with roots going out in all directions to destinations along roads and travel routes. We group destinations along how you would reach them from Pincher Creek, going clockwise.

• Waterton Lakes National Park
  • Wishbone Trail
  • Crypt Lake
  • Cameron Lake
    • Carthew Alderson
      • Summit Lake
  • Akamina Pass
• Pincher Ridge
• Victoria Peak
• Beauvais Lake
• Mill Creek
  • Mill Creek Falls
• 774 Forestry Gate South
  • Table Mountain
  • Whistler Mountain
  • Castle Mountain
  • Grizzly Lake
  • Syncline Cross-Country Trails
  • Barnaby Lakes
  • West Castle Valley
    • Sunkist Pass
    • Middle Pass Lakes
    • Haig Ridge
  • Carbondale Lookout
  • Cherry Hill
  • Castle Falls Right Bank
• Turtle Mountain
• Gargantua
• Window Mountain
• Crowsnest Mountain
• Lille
• Livingston Range
• Bob Creek
• Porcupine Hills

[edit] Activities

Type of activities:

• Snowshoe
• short snowshoe in and do some snow skills. Quinzee building, snow trench, fire lighting and some beacon practice
• use compass in field to locate yourself
• field day - short skills practice see Brett's 2018-06-03 notes

[edit] Time of year

• November: Shoulder season
• December - March: Winter
• April: Shoulder season

[edit] Other organizations

Other organizations (compare, try to coordinate on dates):

• Alpine Club
• Alberta Parks

[edit] Volunteers

Volunteers:

• Call for volunteers