(8) Twitter. BCKOR: Kananaskis from space... well... Facebook. The Great Divide Trail. Tramping on the Spine of Canada The Great Divide Trail, Summer 2004 About The Great Divide Trail is an ambitious effort to constuct a route following the Continental Divide through the Canadian Rockies. After the glory of last summer on the Pacific Crest Trail, I needed more. I needed Wilderness in my blood just as much as I need oxygen. My Experience Questions and Answers Location Map Dealing with Permits Resupply on the GDT Personal Updates to the Guidebook Birdie's Updates to the Guidebook Gear. Friends of Kananaskis - November Newsletter (fossils) The greater Kananaskis area protects numerous special places, and in this series of articles, I’m going to take you to a number of my favourites.
Some of these hide, and some are in the open but get passed by. All are worth exploring if you want to see the unique bits of our beloved space. I’m a bit of a geology geek, having spent 30 years working with geologists. While I find rocks cool, I think fossils are the best things to find in the rocks. There are a number of rock formations in K-Country that have fossils, but the easiest to find, and the one with the greatest density of fossils, is the Mount Head formation. Hikes that cross the Mount Head, from the westernmost thrusts to the easternmost ones, include (but are not limited to): Aster Lake (and coincidentally Fossil Falls) and Three Isle Lake set up by the Borgeau Thrust; Rummel, Chester, Headwall Lakes and James Walker Creek, all set up by the Sulphur Mountain Thrust.
On any of these hikes you can expect to encounter fossils.