by heikegl | Aug 20, 2012 | Notes from the Field
What I forgot we did around the tail end of our stint in the Clearwater: HORSE-BACK RIDING!!! Jenna, Mary, and I went for an afternoon trail ride with the coolest guy: Clayton, and his horses Fox, Steel, Coco, and Kelly! What a fun time! Here are a couple choice...
by heikegl | Aug 13, 2012 | Notes from the Field
At the Grande Cache Visitor’s Center, among the maps and directions I asked for, I also picked up this book: Mountain Weather: Backcountry Forecasting and Weather Safety for Hikers, Campers, Climbers, Skiers, and Snowboarders (2007). Among the first of...
by heikegl | Aug 8, 2012 | Notes from the Field
That was Mary’s comment on the road immediately outside of Valemount, heading to Mt. Robson Provincial Park, where we have been camping for the past almost-week. We made the drive from Grande Cache safely down, after a brief stopover in Edson, to return our...
by heikegl | Jul 31, 2012 | Notes from the Field
Since our last post, we’ve had the full spectrum of Willmore weather: thunder, lightening, rain and blinding sunshine, with rainbows in between: Thunder and lightening almost every evening for three days. We heard the weather warning on our radio the day before...
by heikegl | Jul 24, 2012 | Notes from the Field
This is another cast back over the past three weeks as there were too many good things to skip. In this post, we look at a few of the highs and lows. In the first post we covered the helicopter hover exit training, and we covered the giant elk. We covered the rain,...
by heikegl | Jul 21, 2012 | Notes from the Field
This year’s crew sees Jenna Falk, Heike Lettrari, and Mary Sanseverino in the field! Jenna Falk is a Master’s student in Environmental Studies and the crew leader for this year. Growing up in Kitchener, Ontario, she’s traded maple syrup for ocean...
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