The Mountain Diary

a notebook by Margaret Donnelly

I walk. Then I write it down.

I am Peg. I have lived in Banff since 1991. The mountain at the edge of town is part of the week, like the library used to be. This site is my notebook. It is not a booking desk and it does not sell tickets.

Bow Valley and Banff town from a high trail
The valley after a clear morning. Photo: Wikimedia Commons / Wilson Hui, CC BY 2.0.

If you came from an advertisement, you are still reading a personal journal. Same pages. Same rules. I do not run a lift or a tour.

Latest from the journal

First snow on the peaks A thin white line above town. The path was still dirt. Maple wanted to turn back at the first wet stone. Morning light over the valley The Bow held the sky for twenty minutes. Then the usual grey. I still count it as a good walk. Elk on the path Three of them, unhurried. We waited. The mountain does not need us to be on time.

The rest of the dated notes live on Journal. Practical habits — clothes, hours, weekdays — are on Planning notes.