KimberleyB次元官网网址檚 Steve Tersmette has published Waterfall Hikes in the Canadian Rockies, a follow-up to his 2020 book Waterfall Hikes in Southern British Columbia.

In the first book, Tersmette covers southern B.C., from the Alberta border to the Okanagan corridor. TersmetteB次元官网网址檚 latest offering covers Kootenay National Park and the Fernie area, as well as the Crowsnest Pass, Waterton, Kananaskis and southern Banff.

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While heB次元官网网址檚 elected not to track the kilometres heB次元官网网址檚 put on his car, Tersmette thinks heB次元官网网址檚 done 1000 kilometres of hiking for each book.

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He released the first Waterfall Hikes in 2020, which he realizes was an B次元官网网址渙dd timeB次元官网网址� as it was during the peak of the pandemic, but it turned out to work out better than he anticipated.

B次元官网网址淚t almost couldnB次元官网网址檛 have released it at a better time; when people were needing to get outdoors and do something, so it actually worked out really, really well,B次元官网网址� he said. B次元官网网址淲eB次元官网网址檙e just trying to keep the excitement going with these next two books for the Canadian Rockies.B次元官网网址�

ThatB次元官网网址檚 right, with his second Waterfall Hikes just published, Tersmette already has a third in the works that will cover the north Rockies, from Lake Louise to Valemount.

These projects have been a huge undertaking requiring a great deal of work, but itB次元官网网址檚 all been worth it, Tersmette said.

B次元官网网址淭he places that IB次元官网网址檝e had a chance to see the last few years, places I had no idea even existed,B次元官网网址� he said. B次元官网网址淚 grew up in the Rockies and been hiking around here my whole life and saw places and valleys and things that IB次元官网网址檇 never seen.

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So what is it about waterfalls specifically that make them so alluring?

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B次元官网网址淎nd the great thing about waterfalls for the kids, is they get this really cool reward after a hike and you donB次元官网网址檛 have to get super high in the mountains or on top of a mountain to appreciate it.B次元官网网址�

TersmetteB次元官网网址檚 books can be found here:

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