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Also available in several book stores and outdoors stores in the Kootenay Region of BC.
Most hikes in the book are day hikes or backpacking trips into the mountains, while some other hikes are short and easy walks in the lowlands. Janice's detailed trail and road directions and her enthusiastic personal narratives, help hikers of all skill levels
The hiking trial guide book features short and easy hikes for beginner or casual hikers. Most of the hikes are moderate full day hikes into the backcountry of the East Kootenay mountains and her book also offers directions and routes for multi-day backpacking trips into the mountain wilderness.
Things change in the mountains.
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I post information as it becomes available throughout the summer about
the condition of the Kootenay Backroads.
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Published by Rocky Mountain Books Distributed by Heritage House Publishing |
Deleted Hikes from the OLD BOOK I had various reasons why I deleted the hikes. But the largest reason is that I needed room for 20 new hikes in my 3rd Edition Some hikes were deleted because the road is undrivable, other hikes have lost popularity and have been left overgrown. While other hikes were deleted simply because I don't want to go there anymore.
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Janice Strong is an avid hiker, snowshoer and skier, exploring the East Kootenay outdoors year round.
Janice is an established outdoor photographer with many of her Kootenay images appearing on several respected publications. Her photographs hang in collections all over the world.
She openly shares her passion of the outdoors with others and has introduced hundreds of people to the joys of hiking. For a decade she led hikes for the City of Cranbrook – Parks and Recreation. With her guidance, many people have themselves become enthusiastic hikers.
Climbing mountains, finding new places and enjoying the journey have always been important to Janice. She cherishes the little things she sees along the trail as well as the destinations.
When Janice is not writing, hiking or taking photographs, she is involved in various creative digital or photographic projects for clients. She and her husband Jamie Levine, enjoy rural property, near Cranbrook, BC.
Mountain Footsteps is one of Rocky Mountain Books' best selling hiking guides. Covering spectacular trails in the area between the Rocky Mountains in the east and the Purcell Mountains in the west --
including the Akamina Kishinena Recreational Area and Top of the
World, Height of the Rockies, Elk Lakes, St. Mary's Alpine and Bugaboo Glacier Provincial Parks.
Hikers of all levels will appreciate the author's detailed
descriptions and personal anecdotes related to one of the most
stunning areas in western Canada.
Follow trails through old growth forest, along side rushing creeks or hike in the open alpine high above treeline. The hikes in this book are for a diversity of skill levels and the trails and routes travel through many topographies and elevations from grasslands to highlands.
This new edition of Mountain Footsteps is completely revised and
updated, including full colour maps and photos, enhancing the outdoor experience for hiking enthusiasts from across the country and around the world.
The cities and regions included in the book are: Invermere, Fairmont, Canal Flats, Wasa Lake, Cranbrook, Kimberley, Fernie, Elkford, and Creston.
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There are about 10-15 hikes that I deleted from the 2nd edition of my hiking book. They are detailed on separate PDF files.