City Parks, Rivers, and Wildlife

[ByeByeBaby]

This is prep work for the Mission Bridge rehab, which also includes repairing the retaining wall, which is in pretty rough shape. It's unfortunate that it doesn't seem to include ped/bike improvements like were done on the east side of the Mission Bridge about 15 years ago.

 

[whatchyyc]

 

[ByeByeBaby]

Here's before the tree removal:

And recently:

A couple more shots of the retaining wall:

 

[Mountain Man]

Sucks to lose trees, but more will grow.

 

[CalgaryTiger]

Crews putting in the work on the park of 17th Ave, I forget the name.

Dog park portion is well on its way. And on the topic of dog parks the one at Pixel Park was very busy, good to see Pixel Park getting used.

 

[Mountain Man]

City is doing an engagement on habitat management in Edworthy Park. Link

 

[Surrealplaces]

 

[Mountain Man]

Is that Edworthy? Looks like my area!

 

[Surrealplaces]

Is that Edworthy? Looks like my area!

The first pic is in Bowness, the second two from Edworthy.

 

[Surrealplaces]

 

[CalgaryTiger]

Beyond Local: Calgary councillor to bring forth motion on Nose Creek greenbelt

Read the full story and comment on WesternWheel.ca

www.westernwheel.ca

I saw the word green belt and thought of Ontario. Would be nice to maintain this asset.

 

[lemongrab]

https://calgaryherald.com/news/loca...ils-douglas-fir-trial-proposed-route-concerns

I understand why people are disappointed, but I think a new section to replace the problematic part is fine. It's better to have the trail open more often than not at all.

If and when the train tracks get twinned for Banff train then maybe there will have to be even bigger changes, including the paved path.

 

[Mountain Man]

Allow for a lower section for some people, but closing the upper part is overkill. The trail is challenging and that's the beauty of it, it's a proper hiking trail, not a pathway.

 

[lemongrab]

Allow for a lower section for some people, but closing the upper part is overkill. The trail is challenging and that's the beauty of it, it's a proper hiking trail, not a pathway.

The problem is that part is facilitated by artificial aides that aren't holding up well enough. But the very precise nature of the problem isn't even totally clear to me - I think it's that this bridge gets very quickly compromised due to erosion? I'm not sure if there are other trouble spots?

While it doesn't look too bad in this next photo, I think it's well into spring...I wouldn't be surprised if the ice flow makes contact with the bridge in late winter?

I'm curious about the faint trail I marked with the grey icon here. It's still on the east side of the drainage like all the other trail parts you can see here, but I'm curious if it descends right down to the creekbed and what the crossing looks like at that point. Perhaps the trail in the first photo could ascend up the west side and make a crossing there?

Whatever the case, we can still end up with inexperienced hikers in running shoes trying to traverse this, which is actually pretty darn dangerous:

 

[Mountain Man]

The problem is the slope is slowly shifting and slumping. I've hiked that part many times and while it's a tiny bit gnarly, it's what makes it unique. The city should allow and partially fund volunteer groups to go in there and do trail maintenance every year. Unless they shore up the entire slope, it's not going to stop moving.


Here are some of my pics of the DFT (including the spot you show, and what looks like abandoned construction materials that have been there for at least 8 years). It would be a damn shame if we abandoned this very unique trail in favour of a boring straight path.