Hiking and Deer

Last weekend Tom and I drove out to Bragg Creek to do our first hike of the season. The weather was beautiful-- warm but cloudy, and we were full of pancakes and sausage from our community Stampede breakfast that morning.

And... Wouldn't you know it? On our way out to the trailhead we hit a deer. It was a low-speed collision, so we were both okay. We had slowed down for a deer that was already crossing the road, and Tom had seen the second one indecisively standing in the ditch. He thought it had decided to cross behind our car, so he started to speed up. At the last minute, it changed it's mind and ran in front of us. The deer got up and ran away (hopefully it was okay), and there is some front-end damage to our car. But overall, it was not too bad. Clearly the situation could have been MUCH worse!

We continued on to do the hike, and were pretty disappointed with the Sulphur Springs Trail. We hiked for about 12km through the forest without seeing any real scenery (unless you count forest and more forest). The trail signage was also sadly lacking in legibility, and we took a wrong turn at one intersect and popped out on the highway.

It turned out this wrong turn lead to the ONLY scenery we saw on the trip, a nice view of the VERY muddy Elbow River. Waterways are high with runoff this year, so we steered clear of getting any closer.

We have a few more hikes on our radar this summer. We will (once again) attempt to hike Crypt Lake in Waterton in August. Followed by another multi-day backpacking trip with Ashley and Andrew in the North Cascades National Park in Washington State.

Stay tuned!