Please see Meetings sub-page
Thurs. Nov. 30 - 7 p.m.
We need your help!!
CORE needs more members to get involved and contribute to the trips being done by the club (not just the 10-12 members who coordinate most of the trips). With a membership of over 125, we should be able to have a lot more trips on our schedule. Learn more about how to coordinate trips or co-coordinate with another person at the Nov. 30 Potluck and Trip Planning Night!
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Note: Due to under-use, and maintenance overhead
(not to mention cost!), the CORE events phone
line (214-7500) was disconnected on Sept.
13, 2006. Please refer to our on-line calendar for upcoming events instead. The CORE executive sincerely apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause. |
Don't be Chicken!
Send in nominations for CORE's CHICKEN MOUNTAIN AWARD now!
Every year at
CORE's Annual General Meeting, we give out the
Chicken Mountain Award (rubber chicken) to the
coordinator of a trip that has "gone afoul" or
where something memorable or unusual has
happened. The award is named after one of CORE's
first ever hikes back in 1999. A group of
members were attempting to hike up Pigeon
Mountain, but ended up on the mountain beside
it. Since there were prairie chickens
spotted on the unknown mountain, it became known
as "Chicken Mountain".
You are encouraged
to send your nominations to
mailbox@corehike.org
throughout the year, rather than wait until the
AGM in May.
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CORE October Monthly Meeting
Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006 - 7 p.m.1111 Memorial Drive N.W., old Firehall in Kensington
Members’ Photo Night!
Attention All CORE Members!
Here's your chance to share some of your most amazing photos from hiking, biking, scrambling, backpacking, or canoeing trips done during 2006. Or you can bring photos from other outdoor adventures you have experienced this summer. You will show your photos to the group using a digital project and tell us your stories associated with the photos. Audience participation is encouraged, e.g., comments and questions. The format will be fairly informal and, hopefully, fun.
Email Harvey if you’d like to present a “mini-slideshow” at the October meeting. The pics must be digital images (JPEGS) on a CD or DVD. Notebook PC and speakers will be provided by Mark P. The maximum number of participants for the evening will be 10, so be sure to register as soon as possible. No more than 10 minutes will be set aside for each “slideshow,” deadline to register is October 23. Harv will moderate the proceedings and will try to keep things moving along smoothly.
For further information and details, or to register to show your pictures, contact Harvey. Also, if you'd like to bring any hard copy prints to share with other members, please feel free to do so.
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Sept. 19, 21 &
23:
 Map
& Compass Course - Especially for CORE members
CORE has arranged for Nomadic
Routes Inc. to do a Map & Compass course for our members in
the fall. Five CORE members have already signed up and paid
a deposit, however, there is still room for at least five
more members to register.
The course costs $98 and consists of 2 three-hour lectures and a field trip on Saturday September 23. Please call Carol at (403) 249-8028 or E-Mail cmiyagawa@shaw.ca |
Thursday, August 31, 2006, 7 PM
Desert
Adventures!
This meeting sponsored by "Acme". Specializing in archery devices for coyotes.
Thursday, July 27, 2006:
by Brad Clute, Mountain Equipment Co-op
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Glacier Backpacking Trip Approved Itinerary:
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Please
view itinerary in
Potluck
& Trip Planning Evening
Don't miss this chance to enjoy delicious food, meet &
greet fellow CORE members, and get involved with
planning and suggesting trips for July, August and
September. The potluck will be held at Carol &
Harvey's. Simply contribute an entree, appetizer, salad
or dessert to the potluck and show up with your
enthusiasm and ideas for great hikes and events this
summer. Call Carol at (403) 249-8028 to RSVP and for
directions to her house in Lakeview.
We need more members to contribute to CORE's events
schedule: hikes, backpacks, canoe trips, cycling outings
(in the city or mountains), barbeques, ethnic nights,
etc. Please contact Jeanette at
jeanettenz@hotmail.com to
find out how you can co-coordinate a trip with an
experienced member. Or to get ideas for easy and
moderate hikes. An easy hike is defined as less than 10
km and less than 300 m elevation gain. A moderate hike
is typically 10-15 km and 300-500 m gain. Go to
the Hike Ratings page
for more details about trip ratings.
Waterton Hiking Weekend!
June 29:
We'll be showing a film called "Being Caribou". We'll also have trip planning and news and updates from the club. Park for $1 all evening.
All CORE members and
potential members are encouraged to attend...
CORE's Annual General
Meeting
May 25,
2006
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Note to existing members:
We will be issuing expiry stickers at the meeting.
Also: Cards for new memberships received before May 14th will also be available at the meeting.
Remember that only paid-up members can vote at the A.G.M., so you are encouraged to renew your memberships before the meeting, or download/complete the forms and bring them to the meeting with your membership fees. This will save time at the meeting. However, forms will also be available at the meeting for people to join at that time.
Please note that only paid-up 2006/07 members can join the hikes after May 25, 2006.
A Blast from the Past slideshow of CORE's favourite moments from the past year will be featured at this Annual General Meeting.
If you'd like to submit CORE photos (from May 2005-May 2006) for the presentation, please email your digital images to Harv at harvk@shaw.ca, or call him at (403) 249-8028 to arrange to drop of hard prints of your favourite photos. Deadline for submitting images is May 18.
Seeking Nominations for This Year's Executive
Would you like to contribute in a valuable way to the hiking club by serving on the executive for 2006-2007? CORE's current executive, consisting of Branko, Julia, Geoff, Sherry and Jude, are seeking nominations for a new executive committee. If you would like to volunteer or nominate another member, or if you would like more information about the positions available, please contact Branko at brankopeterman@shaw.ca or Julia at juliatr@shaw.ca.
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May Long Weekend: Canoeing Down the Milk
River
Paddle approximately 75 km down the Milk River. Starting with a gentle paddle through open grassland valleys, then getting into the class II section with sandstone cliffs. The river then calms down again through the hoodoos in Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park. For more information, please phone Jeanette at
(403) 286-3840 before Friday May 4. |
Extra!
 Read the May 2006 edition of "Outdoor Update", the Calgary Area Outdoor Council's bulletin. Highlights of this issue: Commuting by bike and C-Train; bears in Paradise Valley; and planned wildland fires. |
Rating "moderate" - some class II rapids
(1-meter high waves possible). Urban Hikes are Back!
Urban
hikes have started again – every Wednesday evening at 6:30 PM (unless
otherwise posted).
All CORE members are invited to sign up for any of the urban hikes, to get some mid-week exercise and discover parts of Calgary you never knew existed. Come and see wildlife, nature, do some trail training on stairs and hills, walk through historic neighborhoods, through parks and green spaces, into ravines and up escarpments and bluffs. See interesting homes, funky architecture and beautiful gardens, views of downtown and the Rocky Mountains. Above all, meet your fellow hikers and have fun!
For further information contact: Julia at (403) 685-2945 or email juliatr@shaw.ca.
[Please note: This item has been superseded with a more current message above]
Attention all Members: |
A company named Nomadic Routes Inc. has offered to put on a Map & Compass Navigation Course for CORE this coming fall. To book this course with Nomadic Routes, we need to know if any members are interested. We need a minimum of 6 people and a maximum of 12. The dates Nomadic Routes has suggested are: the week of Sept. 18 with an outing to the mountains on Sept. 23 or 24, or during the first two weeks of October (before Oct. 16).
To book dates for the course with Nomadic Routes, we need to put 25% down to secure the dates. The cost of the course is $98 plus GST for each person (or if we get 10 or more, the price would drop to $95 each).
Please send
email to
cmiyagawa@shaw.ca
if you're interested and are willing to pay a 25% deposit to
secure the course dates. (We still need to confirm if the
25% is refundable if we have to cancel the course.) The
sooner we know if there's enough interest, the sooner we can
book the course for the fall. If you'd like to contact
Nomadic Routes to get further information, here is their
contact info:
Outdoor Adventure Specialists
(403) 807-3700
E-Mail: info@nomadicroutes.com
Web Page: http://www.nomadicroutes.com
Trip
Coordinators Needed!
CORE
is looking for more members to coordinate or co-coordinate
x-c skiing, downhill skiing, and snowshoeing trips, or urban
walks over the next two months. The more that members get
involved, the more fun we can have in the outdoors! If
you'd like suggestions for trails or information on
coordinating trips, please call Geoff at (403) 210-1308 or
email him at
rockymountainlarch@yahoo.com
Elizabeth and John
show their Nepal trekking & Katmandu slides.
1111 Memorial Drive NW
2nd floor of old Firehall in Kensington
(Please use door on river-side)
Pot
Luck
Supper
and Trip Planning
A fellow CORE member is hosting a
CORE potluck supper and trip planning evening at her house on
April 19, 2006, at 7 PM. All members are welcome!
This is a chance to eat some great food and help full up CORE's
hiking schedule. Bring along your ideas and plans for
trips this summer.
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CORE March
Monthly Meeting - Thurs. March 23*, 2006 - 7 PM
Hiking
in Newfoundland Slideshow & Presentation2nd floor of old Firehall in Kensington
(Please use door on river-side)
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to hike, backpack or sea kayak in Newfoundland, Canada's most easterly province? On Thursday, March 23, the Calgary Outdoor Recreation Enthusiasts (CORE) and the Calgary Area Outdoor Council (CAOC) are hosting a slideshow and presentation on Newfoundland. CORE members are all welcome to attend. As well, some space is being set aside for members of the public who must register in advance at the phone number listed below. The slideshow is being presented by Sue Rendel of Gros Morne Adventures, a company which provides guided trips and outfitting throughout Newfoundland. Sue will focus primarily on hiking in Gros Morne National Park but she will also touch on the East Coast Trail near St. John's and a few more places around Newfoundland and Labrador. Sue and her husband Bob have lived and worked in Newfoundland all their lives. They both have a passion for many outdoor activities. Please note: Members of the public must register in advance to secure a seat at the presentation. Please call Robin at the Calgary Area Outdoor Council, (403) 270-2262, to register.
*Note change of date -- it's not March 30th!
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CORE February Monthly Meeting - Thurs.
Feb.
23, 2006
Thursday, February
23, 2006
Slideshow by
Stefka - Hiking, Backpacking and Scrambling in Bulgaria
Join us for an
entertaining evening at the old firehall in Kensington.
Bring along your ideas and plans for skiing and snowshoeing
trips for March and April. Parking is $1 after 6 pm.
Stefka's slideshow will
begin with some facts about Bulgaria and its beautiful
mountains: Stara Planina (Old Mountain), Rila, Pirin, and
Rhodopes. She will present a 5-day backpack route in Stara
Planina, starting from Rai Chalet (Heaven Chalet) and
finishing at Kozia Stena Chalet (Goat's Wall Chalet). Next,
she'll show the longest backpack route in the country: Kom
summit - Black Sea Cape Emine (20-30 days). From there,
Stefka will transfer to Rila for a 3-day backpack route,
including hiking and scrambling, starting from Rilski Ezera
area (Rila lakes) and finishing at Rila Monastery. Also, her
slides will show Musala summit - the highest summit on the
Balkan Peninsula. A brief review of Pirin and Rhodopes
highlights and a mention of the Four Mountains traverse -
the Bulgarian section of the European Rambler Association's
E4 trail - will round out her presentation. Stefka's show
will cover examples of hiking, backpacking, scrambling and
traverse routes, in the Central and Southern part of
Bulgaria.
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Attention Trip Coordinators!
We're missing trip reports for some of the more
recent events. Please bring your trip reports
to the next CORE monthly meeting. Or, if you can't
make it, please mail your trip reports to the CORE
mailbox at the old firehall:
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