Prairie Mountain
July 2, 2007, fisher range, kananaskis country
- Summit
- 2010 m
- Gain
- 700 m
- Distance
- 7.5 km
- Round trip
- 2 hr
- Technical
- TL3 YDS (Hiking)
- Activity
- hike
- Quick 'n dirty
- Class 2 - you fall, you sprain something
- Difficulty
- Easy hiking on a good trail. The hordes of other people and dogs (!) might be the crux here.
Not much to say here. This is a good hike to take the family on - including the family dog! It’s only 700 meters of height gain and you can probably go up any time of the year. Hey! I’m not fussy, I take the hard peaks so I guess I’ll take this one too.
The first time I hiked Prairie it was a good 3 hours on my own on a beautiful day. Hard to complain about that. The second time was 4 hours with the family. I have friends who make this mountain a weekly training run and now in 2024 after moving to SW Calgary, I’ve done over 400 laps of it myself.