Marsh Loop Snowshoe includes spectacular mountain scenery in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada.

Wintour Snowshoe is an easy, beginner snowshoe in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada.

The early day drive west from Calgary holds promise for a variably sunny day and the 50 KM (31 mile) drive south on Kananaskis Trail is on good road under lightly overcast sky. 

Burstall Lakes Snowshoe is easy and scenic in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada.

Hiking around Upper Kananaskis Lake is spectacular on a bluebird day in Kananaskis Country, Alberta.

Rummel Lake Snowshoe near Mount Engadine Lodge in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada.

King Creek is located at Kananaskis Trail Winter Gate in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada.

The weather forecast is favorable with mixed skies, mild temperatures and wind building throughout the afternoon. 

The snowshoe on the shoreline of Upper Kananaskis Lake is a scenic hike in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada.

Everything is going fine until cresting Scott Lake Hill begins the descent into the Bow Valley Corridor.

Then all Hell breaks loose.

Winter snowshoeing along the Lower Kananaskis Lake shoreline is an ethereal winter experience.

Heels are compromised from the Coal Creek Ice Climb on New Years Day.  The off trail return hike, through very challenging terrain in ice climbing boots with crampons, chewed the heels up.

The Lower Kananaskis Lake Penstock was a winter attraction in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada.

Black Prince Cirque passes Warspite Lake in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada.

The early morning drive west from Calgary, Alberta on the TransCanada Highway, then south on Kananaskis Trail (Hwy 40) is over clear, dry road.