Found a viewpoint between the trees and deadfall on Horton Ridge just past Horton Hill in early May. View up Lusk Creek valley with significant snow load still on peaks.
Horton Hill and Ridge (600 m elev. gain)
Pass Mountain (400 m elev. gain)
Kona’s cousin Izzy with his Afi on Pass Mountain in Usery Mountain Regional Park, Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona in mid-April.
On way up Pass Mountain – North Peak
Prairie Mountain (700 m elev. gain)
Kona on Prairie Mountain in early March. Moose Mountain behind.
View back down summit ridge of Elbow River Valley. Forgetmenot Mountain in distance.
Grotto Mtn Hike (940 m elev. gain)
Kona at high point of hike up Grotto Mountain. Main summit in distance at far left. Didn’t meet anyone else on this route although parking lots at other trailheads were overflowing with vehicles on a Sunday during Covid.
Three Sisters are lined up across the Bow Valley.
Oil sketch of Three Sisters above clouds, view from Grotto Mountain.
Grotto Mtn. trail (600 m elev. gain)
Kona on short hike up Grotto Mountain trail in mid-January. Mount Rundle and Town of Canmore behind.
Wind Mountain and Lougheed Peaks in morning alpenglow from Grotto Mtn trail. Wind Ridge at right foreground.
Oil sketch of morning alpenglow on Three Sisters from Grotto Mtn trail.
Summer view watercolour of Three Sisters – Western Silk by Karin
