Need quick suggestion for a hike

[urban1]

I need a quick suggestion for a hike. Something in K-Country would be fine. Any specific trails? Im looking for something a more challenging then novice and maybe 2 hours up, 2 hours down type thing.

[Kybosh]

Nihahi Ridge? You could hike up to the ridge and do the small scramble up to the ridge. Walk on a bit of the ridge and come back down the way you came. Walking the entire ridge would take too long for your time constraints.

http://www.braggcreek.ca/kananaskis/trails/nihahi.htm

[Cowperson]

Originally Posted by urban1

I need a quick suggestion for a hike. Something in K-Country would be fine. Any specific trails? Im looking for something a more challenging then novice and maybe 2 hours up, 2 hours down type thing.

In Kananaskis . . . .

Galatea Creek to Lillian Lake is fairly difficult. A couple of hours at least.

Pickejar Lakes via the Lantern Creek trail is pretty challenging and gets worse the higher you go . . . . . about 3 hours or so up.

Circumfrence of Upper Kananaskis Lake is about 4.5 hours.

Walking up Nakiska to the first summit ridge is about two hours and 15 minutes, the ridge higher than the last lift line, stay to the left or use the Centennial Trail on the back side of the mountain . . . . . longer to reach the true summit.

Cowperson

[redforever]

Originally Posted by Cowperson

In Kananaskis . . . .

Galatea Creek to Lillian Lake is fairly difficult. A couple of hours at least.

Pickejar Lakes via the Lantern Creek trail is pretty challenging and gets worse the higher you go . . . . . about 3 hours or so up.

Circumfrence of Upper Kananaskis Lake is about 4.5 hours.

Walking up Nakiska to the first summit ridge is about two hours and 15 minutes, the ridge higher than the last lift line, stay to the left or use the Centennial Trail on the back side of the mountain . . . . . longer to reach the true summit.

Cowperson

I would vote for Picklejar Lakes.

[Superfraggle]

Yamnuska

[urban1]

Thanks for the suggestions guys.

We ended up doing another hike near Bragg Creek. We had a group with people of varying fitness levels so it we picked something easy everyone could enjoy.

I havent done Nihahi but it was one that caught my eye when i was searching. How do you like this trail? Ive done some searching and everything I find is back from '04. Is this still a good trail? Im finding conflicting info. How tough does the scramble get at the top?

Originally Posted by Kybosh

Nihahi Ridge? You could hike up to the ridge and do the small scramble up to the ridge. Walk on a bit of the ridge and come back down the way you came. Walking the entire ridge would take too long for your time constraints.

http://www.braggcreek.ca/kananaskis/trails/nihahi.htm