April 21st: Stewart Creek Hole #7

Stewart Creek Hole #7 "Outcrop" 405yd Par4

http://www.stewartcreekgolf.com/golf/vrtour/golf_window.php

(Look at the chute out of #7...Treeeees!)

Stewart Creek:
The mine entrances were the least of the worries for construction crews. With over fifty miles of tunnels under the course, the greatest worry, according to an Alberta provincial safety board, was centered on reinforcing fairways that, with substantial rainfall or constant pressure from golf carts, could sink and endanger the public. Enter 120,000 square feet of a geo fabric (or geo grid), which was used as underlay to strengthen the ground on two of the fairways that posed the greatest risk. Hypothetically, you could have portions of a golf hole that are actually suspended by the fabric, with nothing but hollow ground underneath.

Canmore (a little more detail):

Canmore has a permanent population of only 12,005. The town lies in the Bow Valley, named so for the Bow River that passes through it. Its mountain setting is noted for The Three Sisters (see if you can pick them out from the pictures previously posted). Canmore's climate is relatively mild compared to most regions of Canada, with the coldest day in January averaging only 18 degrees F, with very low humidity that makes it feel considerably warmer than the thermometer indicates. Summers are short and cool. The area boasts, on average, 330 days of sunshine annually, with the short wet season occuring through mid-May to early June. The rest of the summer is considered semi-arid. Mountains located adjacent to and visible from the townsite are Grotto Mountain (8,878ft), Mount Lady Macdonald (8,550ft), Mount Lawrence Grassi (8,809ft), and most famously, the Three Sisters (9,633ft, 9,084ft, 8,839ft). More pictures/details soon to follow about Canmore's surrounding mountains.

(Bow Valley pictured above)

Check out the flag/logo for Canmore ... the must have really put a lot of thought into it.