Long Shot -- Banff in Late August?

[anne37]

Hey hikers! Anyone want to join a duo for some intermediate alpine hikes in Banff the last week of August? I know it's a long shot, but if you're heading up there and want safety in numbers, let me know.

[arundodonax]

I might be interested - I've wanted to head up there and I'm a little grizzly wary without others. How long? Backpacking or just day hikes? Any routes planned? I'll probably send you a PM.

[dfs1109]

Hey hikers! Anyone want to join a duo for some intermediate alpine hikes in Banff the last week of August? I know it's a long shot, but if you're heading up there and want safety in numbers, let me know.

I would if I already didn't have a Zion trip planned! Banff looks gorgeous!

Daniel

[HanfordHiker]

For what it is (randomly) worth, I was planning to try to make an extended weekend in calgary and do a couple days of day-hikes just at sentinel pass and lake o'hara (or maybe camp one night or something; yoho national park allows backcountry permits to be reserved 3 months in advance)


I would not be able to commit to any specific time for that :/


Though I will plug Mt Assiniboine (leaving from sunshine village ski area) as an absolutely fantastic backpack. I did that in 2015 in mid september time and it really blew my socks off! Highly highly recommended.

[drm]

I've been considering heading up there for a return trip this summer, but not that late. I went a few years ago in August and the weather was terrible. I later read that a monsoon of sorts sometimes hits that far north in August. The year I went it was gorgeous and sunny all of July so if I go again this year it would more likely be around then. I was looking at the Mystic/Badger Pass loop.