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| Nose Hill |
I was super excited for Sunday as it was time for the first hike of the season! C and I got up early, packed our backpacks, visited Safeway to stock up on hiking snacks and headed off to Canmore to meet one of C's friends for a sunny Sunday hike. It was not to be. We hadn't even left the city when we had a call to say that it was 8 degrees and pouring rain in Canmore (only an hour out of Calgary). Hiking in the rain didn't appeal to me so we decided to stay in town. Still wanting to get out for a wander, our first hike turned into a stroll around a city park, Nose Hill. Funny name, hey? I looked into the history of the name and there seems to be some disagreement about where the name comes from. One theory is that it is description of the hill by an Aboriginal translator, way back in the 1770s - from a distance, the hill looked the chief's nose. Another is that a bunch of Indians had a drunken brawl on the hill, ending with a woman's nose being bitten off. Nose Hill is a park I hadn't been to before, but it was a great discovery - 11.5 square kilometres of rolling hills covered with numerous pathways, most with great views of the city and the mountains. We spent about 2 hours wandering the hills and admiring the views before the rains that were in Canmore headed our way.
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| Downtown Calgary from Nose Hill |
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| The rainy mountains |
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| Some deer out for an afternoon stroll |
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| Walking paths everywhere |
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| A great day to fly a kite |
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| Spring time flowers (and pretty weeds!) |
2 comments:
Never believe the weather in the mountains! It just pretended to be miserable for a few hours, then the rest of the day was gorgeous and sunny and warm! Although you got and had fun anyway, so it's all good :)
Ah! Don't tell me that!!! We're planning for a Canmore hike in the next few weeks, so fingers crossed it stays lovely!
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