Wild Her Ways: Women's Hiking Studio

03/02/2026

Me! Still huffing and puffing after 3 years of hiking! lol

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02/14/2026

02/14/2026

What a fun afternoon to do "almost" 8km at Griffith Woods. Too many stops, too much laughter, and too many wonderful things to see and so many milestones to celebrate--and so what if we were closer to 7km than 8km! LOL! We wouldn't have wanted it any other way.

The chickadees flitted all around us as we walked and a bald eagle even soared overhead when we walked down to the Elbow River to bask in the sun. The path may have been crazy icy but our hearts were warm!
..a visit to Wonder Donut (truly the most delicious) after the walk was the sweetest end to a very sweet day! 💗💗💗

02/12/2026

Green Monster! You're magnificent! I've waited a looooong time to hike you and today we did! 12.85km 233m. Waterfalls galore! Ropes and chains were thrilling with heavy backpacks and microspikes trying to dig in to hard ice. But we were amazing! Valley views outstanding! Sunshine and more blue skies!

02/11/2026

We squeezed in a lovely 6km walk this afternoon before dinner. Great weather, tons of sunshine and a cool breeze made it perfect! Along Crescent Heights, down into Sunnyside, climbing a trail back to Crescent Heights, then down a trail back into Sunnyside and over the bridge into Eau Claire. Finally the hill back up to McHugh Bluff! Great February day! Nice to feel the sun on our chests and the wind on our faces as we looked out to the Rockies!

02/08/2026

Another spectacular day for our L*D walk! Thank you Mother Nature for the beautiful day, a few geese to cheer us on, sun on our faces, a breeze to cool us off!

We made a great pace and were feeling good and very encouraged by our efforts!

Thank you Barbara, Caroline, Louise, Minette, and Susan for your enthusiasm and endless excitement!

Thanks to my niece and nephew, Jac and Nic, for putting some pep in our step at the Memorial Drive overpass--expecting more of that on race day!

Thanks to all the rest of our troupe for taking GOOD care of yourselves and for making your schedules flexible to do what you need to do to stay healthy and on track for May 24th!!!

This is soooooo much fun! 🤗

02/06/2026

Woo hoo!!! What a good/looking team! Fantastic!!! 🇨🇦

02/06/2026

Team Canada we are eagerly awaiting your entry at the Olympic Opening Ceremony! Go Canada Go! 🇨🇦

02/05/2026

While we were a smaller party to Chester Lake, we were a mighty one! We were gifted a stunning bluebird day with sunshine, big mountain views, and some unforgettable trail companions — including 27 Grade 8 snowshoers from École Manachaban Middle School and a group of 7 who wished they had a tarp (while we wished we had their cooler full of beer

We moved at a relaxed, joyful pace through forest and meadow to the lake, had lunch, flirted with gray jays, debated Elephant Rocks but wisely respected daylight. On the way down, we wondered about mysterious cracking tree boughs, spotted what looked like a bear/wolverine/fox den (admired from afar!), appreciated our microspikes in the slush and some of us decided to just slide down on our butts to be safe!

Special moment of the day: Samah made her very first snow angel with expert coaching, and we all enjoyed playing with our long winter shadows on the white snowy canvas.

Mary Oliver’s poem “Praying” opened the door to heartfelt gratitude for being alive and outdoors together on such an extraordinary day. As my Dad used to say when moments were special, "That's just GRAND!"