The penultimate TW Hike Club of the season was yesterday. Our plan had been to walk the length of Pocaterra Ridge in Kananaskis country. However being agile practitioners we are comfortable with embracing change which is just as well as it had dumped snow on K country the night before!


Seeing as we were starting from the highest public road in Canada the snow only got deeper as we drove on. Luckily we had an alternative, a short 6K loop into Ptarmigan Cirque that started from the same place. Having never been hiking in the snow before it turned out to be a perfect introduction. This was just as well as for once I managed to get a good number of colleagues to turn up for Hike Club


More pics here.

The round trip took about 2 hours which left plenty of time to drive on through K Country, leave the snow behind and head back into the golden fall. Our next destination was Marv's Classic Soda Shop in the town of Black Diamond. Do check the link because Marv's is a fantastic retro-joint serving great burgers, milkshakes and floats. There's a strong Elvis theme so if you want somewhere to go for a burger with peanut butter and banana then Marv's is your place. Mikey managed the one with peanut butter and no banana which he thought was a hit. When he gets the time Marv himself pops out from behind the counter, picks up his guitar and treats the customers to some of the King's greatest. We got "That's all right" which I've decided is my favourite Elvis track. Which was nice.