By Sarah Hueniken

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As we grouped up in the Wilcox Campground parking area along the Icefields Parkway, the rain started to come down, first lightly, then a full socked-in cloud of gloom. This was our day 1 of 5 days of the Women’s Next Step Alpine Camp sponsored by Outdoor Research, and this was not the ideal [...]
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By Sarah Hueniken

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It was dark out, my headlamp needed a battery change, and my coffee hadn’t quite yet kicked in. By 5am we were hiking over frozen creeks, bush crashing through trees, and shedding layers faster then leaves falling off aspens on a windy autumn day.
Kate, Cheryl and I were on a mission….we came to slay the [...]
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By Sarah Hueniken

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Yamaneering: A Mt. Yamnuska climbing day, in which a party attempts a route that, graded within their abilities and probably put up 20 years ago in hobnail boots, will make them feel they are moving on uncharted, unclimbable territory.
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