Kimberleysa国际传媒檚 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. Tersmettesa国际传媒檚 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 hesa国际传媒檚 elected not to track the kilometres hesa国际传媒檚 put on his car, Tersmette thinks hesa国际传媒檚 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 sa国际传媒渙dd timesa国际传媒� as it was during the peak of the pandemic, but it turned out to work out better than he anticipated.

sa国际传媒淚t almost couldnsa国际传媒檛 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,sa国际传媒� he said. sa国际传媒淲esa国际传媒檙e just trying to keep the excitement going with these next two books for the Canadian Rockies.sa国际传媒�

Thatsa国际传媒檚 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 itsa国际传媒檚 all been worth it, Tersmette said.

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

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sa国际传媒淎nd the great thing about waterfalls for the kids, is they get this really cool reward after a hike and you donsa国际传媒檛 have to get super high in the mountains or on top of a mountain to appreciate it.sa国际传媒�

Tersmettesa国际传媒檚 books can be found here:

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