Following my Sundance hike yesterday I took a bit of a break and then headed out to see the Hoodoos, located just outside of town. Hoodoos are pillars of sandstone that are protected from erosion by a stone at their peak. Natives believe that free standing Hoodoos contain evil spirits.
The hike to the Hoodoos led around Tunnel Mountain and then through some forest and eventually I ended up at the three main lookouts for the Hoodoos. I was a bit disappointed with them but I got a pretty awesome picture of Rundel Mountain. My friend Paul and I decided to bus back to the hotel after our hike because we were both pretty tired and the walk was a bit longer than we had anticipated.
The mountain range that you can see in one of the pictures is the Fairholme mountain range, this is also the name of the residence I live in, Fairholme house. Again, the river in one of the photos is the Bow River again.
I took out a couple of trail guides from the library today to plan out my next hiking excursion but if anyone has any recommendations, let me know! Also I really appreciate the comments, so thanks for reading everything so far everyone!
Hi Allen: Very intersting about the Hoodoos! from the river, it looks as if you were quite high up.
ReplyDeleteIt's also interesting there are Fairholme Mountains and that it's the name of your residence. Fairholme (probably Mr) must have been someone significant? maybe an explorer?
I remember going to Lake Louise...I don't think you could walk there...but I remember the colour. Don't know whether there are any good trails around the Lake, but it was beautiful!
Glad to hear you're hiking around...! Have fun at work!