Posts Tagged ‘Cross-Country Skiing’

Entrance to Buller Pass

On Tuesday January 26th I had the opportunity to take the afternoon and go snowshoeing with a friend a client of mine.  It was another bluebird day in the Mountains around Canmore and the temperature was hovering at around -5 so we decided to pack up the van and head out to Buller Pass in Kananaskis Country, about a 50km drive South on the Smith Dorian Road.  This is a gravel road that winds up through the mountains past the Spray Lakes and heads South towards Mount Shark.  Mount Shark is the starting point for hiking up to Mount Assiniboine in the summer months and is track set in the winter months for some incredible cross-country skiing.

Buller Pass is (roughly) on the opposite side of the highway to Mount Shark and in the Winter months it’s very easy to miss with all the snow piled up on the side of the road.  We were only out for about an hour and a half so did not complete the whole trail – we’ll be going back in a couple of weeks to hopefully accomplish that task, which should take us around 6 hours for the round trip.