To make our day easier, we first hiked the steep and steady path up to the top of Nose Hill Park (from the John Laurie entrance). For quite a ways, snow on the path challenged our stamina and our icers. The reward at the top was staring at a pair of distant coyotes surveying the dried grasses and patches of snow, no doubt seeking prey.
One of our group that we follow the path round, and then follow round in another direction, then round, and around by returning to our starting point. We all agreed to this plan. In a couple of places, the path descended more steeply than the ski jumps at Canada Olympic Park, and we detoured to safer ground. Turning back towards the west, we revelled in the warming sun and gazed with wonder at the craggy mountains.
