Janice Strong researched, photographed and authored
Mountain Footsteps Selected Hikes in Southeastern British Columbia

TEMPORARILY OUT OF PRINT -
look for the 3rd and New Edition Spring 2009,

Look for it as it will have several new Hikes and Updated Roads and Trails.


So visitors will still have access to the trails, CHECK THIS SITE FOR 5 FAVOURITE HIKES FROM THE BOOK.

I will change these hikes as I get new ones for the new edition.

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Mountain Footsteps Book Cover

Published by Rocky Mountain Books, Calgary

Order a backorder copy when new editon comes out - spring 2009 from the publisher.

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 to explore on their own, using her book as their guide.

Mountain Footsteps
Hikes in the East Kootenay of Southeastern British Columbia
by Janice Strong
ISBN 0-921102-64-X

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 muliti-day backpacking trips into the mountain wilderness.

  • Table of Contents:

  • Mountain Weather and Safety
  • Wilderness Ethics
  • Wildlife
  • East Kootenay Ecosystems
  • How to Use this Guidebook
  • East Kootenay Road Map

  • Southern Rockies
  • Height of the Rockies Provincial Park
  • Elk Valley
  • Creston Valley
  • Short and Easy Hikes in the Rocky Mountain Trench
  • Southern Purcell Mountains
  • Northern Purcell Mountains
  • Cities and Regions in the book:

  • Cranbrook
  • Kimberley
  • Invermere
  • Radium
  • Fernie
  • Elkford
  • Creston

  • Upper Kootenay River Valley
  • Upper Columbia River Valley
  • Creston Valley
  • Elk River Valley
  • The Bugaboos in the Purcell Mts.
  • Top of the World Provincial Park
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