Stunning 1494 sq. ft. 4-bedroom, 3 bath bungalow.Incredible Italian tiled entry, stairs and main floor, heated tile floor in the amazing ensuite, kitchen is large and has a ton of countertop space, island with sit up bar, skylight and pantry, excellent size deck and backyard. Downstairs enjoy a large family room, one bedroom and a beautifully finished bathroom with a glorious walk-in shower. Do not miss the oversized attached garage. It is amazing! Yard also has a dug-in trampoline and firepit.

Stunning bi-level 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom condo with A/C, beautiful tile work, granite countertops, 2 decks, and best of all pride of ownership! WOW! This condo shows like a show home! Excellent colors and floor plan. Living room windows face south, enjoy the lovely sunshine! 2 car parking in front of condo. The $135 condo fees include exterior maintenance, snow removal, garbage removal, lawn mowing and building insurance.

Loaded with tile and upgrades! This 1224 sqft bi-level home is a 10 out of 10 for sure! When you walk through the door you will notice lots of beautiful tile work. Stairs are bull nosed with hard wood and tiled, dining room, kitchen, hallway, bathrooms and fireplace are all tiled! The kitchen has a massive island with sit up bar and countertops are beveled. Take note of the extra drawer under all the sink cabinets and also central vacuum floor sweeps and faux wood blinds, main floor laundry and ensuite!! Home is air conditioned and offers hot water on demand, high efficiency furnace, completely finished garage, large rear covered deck with pot lights and a garden shed. Fully landscaped and home is fully developed with massive family room and play area! See it today!

This 1089 sq. ft. raised bungalow is perfectly situated just a few blocks from the rec centre with pool, hockey arena, schools, parks and shopping! This home has 2 garages, one attached to the home, a super single and detached double garage, alley access and a corner lot gives you tons of parking for the RV or family and friends. Massively updated and full of pride of ownership, this home can easily become a 5-bedroom home with hardly any effort! Massive trees blanket the home from the summer sun and the owners stay cool in summer without any air conditioning because the home is very well insulated. Excellent kitchen with island, mostly new windows, new flooring, new tiled entryway and lovely curb appeal make this home very unique! New basement windows but may not meet egress.

Look no further! This exciting Lynwood North floor plan has lots to make you lose your breath! Brand new laminate flooring has been installed (very nice) and a computer desk was made to match kitchen cabinets that is attached to kitchen area. Situated close to the south main entry and being on the main floor close to the amenities makes this unit a quick sell. Included in price is a 16,000 underground heated parking stall with storage, games room, gym, pool, hot tub, theatre room, hair salon, library and wood working shop! Large living room entertainment unit and washer dryer are negotiable with a fabulous offer.

This beautiful bi-level come to you completely developed with an attached double garage, 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms, fireplace, air conditioning, stainless steel icemaker fridge, s/s stove, s/s dishwasher, Nutone hood fan, massive ensuite with 2 sinks, walk-in closet, jetted tub and corner shower. The entry is very spacious and enjoy tile floors in the kitchen, entry and all three bathrooms. Large deck off of dining room with storage underneath, enjoy the RV parking and corner lot.

You will be delighted to call this 1/2 duplex home! It has a nice entryway that brings you into the living room, kitchen and dining room that`s very open. Then in the back of the home upstairs are 2 bedrooms and a full bathroom with tub and shower. You can enter the yard through the side door or go downstairs where you will find a large bedroom, 2 piece bathroom, huge laundry area, lots of storage and a large family room. Home owners just installed brand new shingles on the roof! Exterior also has newer vinyl siding, gutter and soffits. Inside, the home is freshly painted, basement windows may not meet egress.

For an hour and a half, we traversed uphill on loose scree and small boulders. We heard the loud crack and rumble of a serac letting go from a cliff right in front of us. It really made me think about the potential dangers that glacier climbers face! Soon we were scrambling up a small rock cliff. It was really neat, because glacier streams danced down the valley beside us creating small waterfalls – beautiful!

As we got over the top of the rock wall, we found ourselves on the edge of the Athabasca glacier which leads us directly to the AA Col. We stopped here for a snack and to rope up for our traverse on the glacier. The risk of ice crevasses is constant on this slope of the glacier, adding to my excitement and apprehension. Soon we met two groups coming down that told us the winds were too high and the snow was too slushy for them to continue on up. Our guide (Erica Roles from Yamnuska Mountaineering Adventures) decided that we would go find out for ourselves.

We travelled across the glacier. The poor snow conditions often found us post-holing, adding to the intensity. Thank goodness I only disappeared up to my waist and not into an ice crevasse! The wind started to pick up its tempo here – it was very gusty, making us stop and hold onto our ice picks until it died down. And we travelled on. At about 8500′, it started to sleet, then hail. That’s about the time I started to think about beaches…and wondered why I’m on a mountain…in the snow…in July!!

We pushed on to the bottom of the AA Col, where we stopped for a short break and to short-tie for a steep ascent. As we started to climb, the quality of the snow was even worse than before. The howling winds and exhaustion were making it difficult to climb. We pushed up and up and we could feel ice under our feet with every step. Apprehension and anxiety about falling mounted with every step we took. We reached the top of the AA Col around 9:30 and had another snack and a short break.

We headed up toward the summit of the Silverhorn on Mount Athabasca. Bad weather and low-lying clouds were setting in and the wind was blowing wet, granulated snow chunks in our faces. We trudged on. Because we have a reason to be here – we’re climbing for kids! By 11:00 we were on top of Silverhorn peak, where we huddled together like horses in a blizzard! We tried to get warmth from each other and wait out the storm. Turns out the storm waited us out!

Erica decided to make a dash for a rock face over the edge of the Silverhorn, where we took shelter from the raging winds. There WAS NO SHELTER! The wind was blowing around 50K there – and she said it would be way higher where we had just moved from! We huddled again. The storm didn’t let up. With fears of being literally blown off the mountain if we attempted the final 200 feet to the summit of Athabasca, we decided the kids would rather have us alive! We turned around and headed for lower ground. Good thing we turned around – that storm didn’t let up for 3 more hours!

By the time we got back to the Jeep, we had put in 13 and a half gruelling hours of hard work. We were exhausted and very hungry! It was an experience that enriched our lives.

Our day ended around 5:00. We returned to the campsite, had supper then packed up our gear for the climb tomorrow. It was early to bed, because we’re looking at a 2:00 AM wake-up! It doesn’t appear that it will freeze tonight, so we need to get on the trail early to make sure we’re up and down before the snow becomes unsafe.

There’s a big folk festival going on in town this weekend.  It’s really helping us channel the spirit of the mountains!  This is a pic of 3 Sisters mountain, here in Canmore.  Enjoy…plenty more to come!