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Gillean Daffern

Gillean Daffern has been exploring Kananaskis Country for decades and understands its landscape and history intimately throughout every season of the year. She has also been writing and publishing bestselling trail guides to Kananaskis Country for over 30 years and is the author of the renowned five-volume series Gillean Daffern’s Kananaskis Country Trail Guide, which is moving into its 5th edition and has sold well over 100,000 copies since it was first published in 1979. She also travels to mountain areas outside of Kananaskis Country, and in particular enjoys visiting countries off the beaten tourist path. Gillean is the co-founder of Rocky Mountain Books and, along with her husband, Tony Daffern, was awarded the Banff Mountain Festival’s Summit of Excellence Award in 2006. She lives in Calgary, Alberta.

Books by Gillean Daffern

Gillean Daffern’s Kananaskis Country Trail Guide - 5th Edition: Volume 3

The Ghost, Bow Valley, Canmore, Spray

by (author) Gillean Daffern

Gillean Daffern’s Kananaskis Country Trail Guide – 5th Edition: Volume 1

Kananaskis Valley—Kananaskis Lakes—Elk Lakes—Smith-Dorrien

by (author) Gillean Daffern

Popular Day Hikes: Kananaskis Country – 2nd Edition

by (author) Gillean Daffern

Popular Day Hikes: Kananaskis Country - Revised & Updated

Kananaskis Country - Revised & Updated

by (author) Gillean Daffern

The Great Kananaskis Flood

A Disaster That Forever Changed the Face of Kananaskis Country

by (author) Gillean Daffern & Derek Ryder

Gillean Daffern's Kananaskis Country Trail Guide - 4th Edition

Volume 5: The Highwood - Flat Creek - Upper Livingstone - Willow Creek

by (author) Gillean Daffern

Gillean Daffern's Kananaskis Country Trail Guide - 4th Edition

Volume 3: The Ghost—Bow Valley—Canmore—Spray

by (author) Gillean Daffern

Gillean Daffern's Kananaskis Country Trail Guide - 4th Edition

Volume 4: Sheep—Gorge Creek—North Fork

by (author) Gillean Daffern

Gillean Daffern's Kananaskis Country Trail Guide - 4th Edition

Volume 2: West Bragg—The Elbow—The Jumpingpound

by (author) Gillean Daffern

Popular Day Hikes 1

Kananaskis Country

by (author) Gillean Daffern

Gillean Daffern's Kananaskis Country Trail Guide - 4th Edition

Vol. 1: Kananaskis Valley—Kananaskis Lakes—Elk Lakes—Smith-Dorrien

by (author) Gillean Daffern

Canmore & Kananaskis Country

Short Walks for Inquiring Minds

by (author) Gillean Daffern