Causing a detour at top of C-Level Cirque trail in early July.
View to east, Bow Valley, Mount Rundle massif and Lougheed peaks in the distance.
Curious Bighorn Sheep
Glacier Lilies on C-Level Cirque trail.
Western Spring Beauty on C-Level Cirque trail.
Few-flowered Anemone on C-Level Cirque trail.
Marmot on the lookout.
Sweet-flowered Androsace / Rock Jasmine along C-Level Cirque trail.
Kona on Grant MacEwan peak via the east ridge (normal descent route for the Heart Mountain loop) at 8:30am in early July to beat the heat and afternoon thunderstorms.
View of upper ridges of Gap Peak with Anklebiter Ridge in the foreground.
Large cairn on the east high point on the Heart / MacEwan loop. Goat Mountain massive behind at right.
Hedysarum (maybe) on Heart Mountain
Spotted Saxifrage / Prickly Saxifrage on Heart Mountain
Moss Campion on Heart Mountain.
Mountain Fleabane (maybe) on Heart Mountain
Forget-Me-Nots on Heart Mountain.
Alpine Cinquefoil on Heart Mountain.
Kona on Yamnuska at 9:15 am in early July via the newly constructed West Col trail. Goat Mountain immediately behind with Lougheed peaks in distance behind McGillivray and Pigeon.
Upper slopes are getting ready to have a Turtle Mountain moment at any millennium now!
View of route from west col (Yam-Goat col).
White / Mountain Lady’s Slippers along trail to west col.
Yellow Lady’s Slippers along trail.
Alpine Cinquefoil on Yamnuska slopes
Blue Beardtongue (maybe) on Yamnuska slopes
Rock Jasmine Wild Buckwheat on Yamnuska slopes
Western Wood Lily “Tiger Lily”, one of many along trail
Double Bladderpod along upper trail.
Alpine flowers on Yamnuska trail.
Ledge Stonecrop on Yamnuska traverse a few days earlier.
Kona on Wasootch Peak on a misty +4C early July day.
Upper ridge free of snow.
Blue Clematis on Wasootch slopes.
Sweet-flowered Rock Jasmine / Androsace on Wasootch Peak slopes
Red and White Wind Flowers / Cut-leave Anemone (maybe) on Wasootch Peak slopes.
Kinnikinnick / Bearberry on Wasootch Peak slopes.
Brown-eyed Susan on Wasootch Peak slopes
Indian Paintbrush on Wasootch slopes.
On way down ridge of Mt. Baldy on Canada Day, Barrier Lake below.
Gap Peak and Mt. Fable with snow in the distance, Heart Mountain / Grant MacEwan Peak traverse route in midground.
Few-flowered Milkvetch (maybe) on Baldy slopes.
Alpine Cinquefoil (maybe) on Mt. Baldy slopes.
White Dryad / White Mountain Avens (maybe) on Mt. Baldy slopes.
DOGS ON PEAKS 