Hoodoos in the Rocky Mountains? Many people are familiar with the
sandstone Hoodoo's in the badlands region of Alberta, but do not
know that glacial till hoodoo's are common where the basal valley
till is exposed along the cliffs above the bow valley.
These Hoodoo's where formed from glacial till that was deposited
there at the end of the last ice age. A cap of resistant material
sometimes a rock, sometimes just a hard layer - protects the hoodoo
from the erosional forces that have been at work on the hillside
for a thousand years.
These Hoodoos are located on the Town of Canmore trail system,
and are located on the mountain side above the Cemetery.
Like all Hoodoos these can also be damaged by people touching
them, so please stay on the trails and never attempt to climb on a
Hoodoo.
Please email the answers to the following questions to the cache
owner. Do not post to the cache log.
- What changes have taken place to these hoodoo's since
1896?
- Please estimate the height of the tallest Hoodoo, and the
current height of the smallest Hoodoo.
Include a picture of you and your GPS at the Hoodoo Site in your
cache log.