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Visit the photo set 2014: Prairie Mountain Hike<\/a>\u00a0on Flickr.<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the downsides of moving from Calgary in 2003 was leaving behind\u00a0a group of good friends with whom I did a lot of outdoor activities. The story goes all the way back to the early 1990’s when many of us lived in Sarnia, Ontario. \u00a0In those days, we did a number of canoe trips together in Algonquin and Killarney Provincial Parks. \u00a0One by one, we moved out to Calgary starting in the mid 1990’s and switched over to backpacking, hiking and cycling. \u00a0We did the cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me<\/em>\u00a0of Canadian Rockies backpack trips, including Mt Assiniboine, the Skyline Trail, the Rockwall and an excellent section of the Great Divide Trail. Throw a bunch of hiking and scrambling days as well as our annual Highwood Pass cycling trip in June and we covered a great deal of the outdoor opportunities available to us over the years.<\/p>\n

I finally had an opportunity to visit Calgary on business (it had been seven years!) and with a few quick messages on Facebook, we set up not only a reunion of friends in the area on the weekend but also a quick hike. \u00a0Joining the hike were my good friends John Greuel, Garry Labossiere and Randy Segato. The hike we chose was a classic front-range hike up Prairie Mountain<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The weather on the day was cool with a stiff southwest wind, but fortunately for us the predicted rain\/snow held off until later in the day. Leaving the car, the four of us quickly returned\u00a0to the close camaraderie we shared in our earlier days, reliving past trips and catching\u00a0up on news of common friends and family. Randy showed that he had spent the most amount in the gym of us all as he led us up the mountain, while I showed what living at -6m elevation for six years does to your ability to climb mountains.<\/p>\n

Reaching the summit, we took a few pictures and then took shelter behind the few trees on the summit to eat some lunch and chat some more. John broke out his flask of\u00a0Laphroaig Single Malt\u00a0and we toasted the health of each other.<\/p>\n

All too soon, we packed up and dropped back down the mountain to the cars. \u00a0All in all, a great way to spend a day and \u00a0we all resolved to not\u00a0wait so\u00a0long between hikes the next time.<\/p>\n

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Hike: Prairie Mountain
Download the gpx file<\/a> of our hike.
Distance: 8.63 km; Elevation Gain: 690 m; Elevation Loss: 690 m<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Visit the photo set 2014: Prairie Mountain Hike\u00a0on Flickr. One of the downsides of moving…<\/p>\n

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