Arnica Lake is a challenging winter stroll due to the elevation gain including a km long climb out of the valley at the end, but the sweeping views are amazing.
Despite a -21C weather start, it was a beautiful relaxing stroll with great views of the Hopi pictographs, icefalls, hoodoos, and a cave.
Despite doing this trail a number of times in the summer and winter we ended up taking a wrong turn at the start which added a half hour to the journey.
Fullerton Loop is a relatively short and easy trail that is close to Calgary and offers some nice vistas of the Kananaskis Range and along the Elbow River.
Lillian Lake is mostly in a treed valley, but it does offer picturesque views of Galatea Creek, numerous small waterfalls, and several majestic peaks, especially on the bluebird day that we had.
Rummel is always a fun jaunt that provides a decent workout without ripping the lungs out. On this overcast day, we weren't able to enjoy the usual mountain views.
Despite a chilly temperature of -18C on the way up the trail, we had a very pleasant stroll to the base of Buller Mountain on a bluebird day.
Commonwealth Creek is a nice gentle winter stroll unless you don't wear snowshoes and end up post-holing through the whole trek like a few of us did.
There are tons of trails in West Bragg Creek to choose from, but you need to be careful to follow the signs with all the intersections.
Spencer Creek always seems to hold a bit more adventure than we realize going in as four of our tribe took a wrong turn near the bottom and ended up at Sparrowhawk.