To The Mountains I Go: Prairie View

Day Hike
Distance: 5km (Up)
Height gain: 500m
High point: 1875m
Time: 4-5 hours
Difficulty: Moderate

Access:
Take Trans-Canada Highway out to Canmore. Take the turn off onto Kananaskis Trail (Hwy 40). Then at the Barrier Dam day use area.

Experience:
This was a really nice hike! Its about 7km to where we stopped which is by a large metal plate. The weather was perfect because it was cloudy with a bit of sun. For most of the hike it was just my Mom, Gabi, and I and it was really fun to walk and talk with them. If I was to rate this hike it would be about a medium hike for my skill level. Even though it was easier than last week's hike it still made me sweat and I will be a bit sore tomorrow. Surprisingly I'm not too tired, it was definitely a nice day hike to take some friends on. There were steep parts and flat parts, and the view was very rewarding. Nothing really interesting happened other than the cute chipmunks stealing Gabi's bread haha. My 3 older brothers also came along (Jesse, Robert, and Devon) but they went ahead by themselves to leave the snails in the back. On the way back we were debating about if we should go into the water but our feet were starting to hurt so we just wanted to get home. All in all it was wonderful to get out into the woods and seeing some wild flowers with pretty amazing people.