# @kirstenalana on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BgWB2rkliGz
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/2429972-kirstenalana-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2018-03-15T12:40:21.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Kirsten Alana (@KirstenAlana) — https://gondola.cc/KirstenAlana

## Caption

After a few days in and around Calgary to #ExploreAlberta before #attaELEVATE, we finally began to make our way up into the Canadian Rockies. I took these photos as part of an ice walk with Jordan Ede of Mahikan Trails. They offer walking and snowshoe tours from the perspective of their Indigenous Culture. From bushcraft to plant medicine, tanning hides and making moccasins, they provide the opportunity for visitors to learn time honoured skills which are part of their Indigenous traditions. Jordan taught us all about the plants that we passed as we walked to the canyon and once we were in the canyon, he pointed out pictographs that are 4,000 years old. It was awe inspiring to see and learn about evidence of people living here that long ago. Now the walk itself might not be for the faint of heart in winter because as you’ll see when you swipe left, in winter it requires crampons. And you’re walking ON what is a deep, raging river at other times of the year!! Right now it’s an uneven yet stunning expanse of solid ice, the color of which changes with the light. All that being said, Jordan provided the equipment we needed and he made sure we were safe. I never felt uneasy and it was so much fun!! The first photo shows the wide entrance to the  Canyon, guarded by soaring peaks. The last two show where the tour ends with a few frozen waterfalls in a sort of glen. The spot seemed so unspoiled and wild in a way and yet the pictographs Jordan showed us prove that Indigenous people have been coming here for at least 4,000 years. Mahikan Trails is not on IG either but you can learn more on their website at Mahikan.ca #HostedTravel #ExploreCanada #TravelAlberta #mahikantrails #indigenouscanada #sonya7rii #sonyalpha #grottocanyon

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grottocanyon, explorecanada, sonyalpha, mahikantrails, sonya7rii, travelalberta, indigenouscanada, attaelevate, hostedtravel, explorealberta

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