Mount O’Hagan (1,055 m elev. gain)

Buddy – O’Hagan

Buddy and friend on Mount O’Hagan in late August. We found a register with Rick Collier’s name on this “rarely ascended peak” according to Rick’s solo trip report in Bivouac.com. Behind is Utopia, our intended destination, but after taking the wrong drainage too far to return we continued to explore new high points. Utopia was completed the following week and Pyramid the week after that by Buddy’s “dad” to complete the “Kane scrambles book”.

King Creek Ridge (830 m elev. gain)

Kona King Creek Ridge Grizzly Peak Packenham Junior Peak
Kona on King Creek Ridge in winter – Grizzly Peak behind

Kona on King Creek Ridge in early December with Grizzly Peak and Packenham Jr. Peak behind.

Kona King Creek Ridge Lawson South
Kona on King Creek Ridge looking towards Lawson South ridge

View across Kananaskis valley to the ridge of Lawson South (Little Lawson).

Kona King Creek Ridge Lawson South
Kona on Lawson South – King Creek Ridge behind

View of King Creek Ridge from Lawson South across the Kananaskis River Valley earlier in the year.

Little Lawson (740 m elev. gain)

Kona Lawson South Grizzly
Kona on Lawson South – Opal South Peak, Grizzly Peak, Packenham (sic) Jr. Peak behind

Kona on Little Lawson (Lawson South) on a windy but warm late November day. Opal South, Grizzly Peak and Packenham Jr. behind across Kananaskis River valley.

Kona King Creek Ridge Lawson South
Kona on Lawson South – King Creek Ridge behind

King Creek Ridge from Lawson South.

Kona Little Lawson South
Kona descending Lawson South – Lower Kananaskis Lake below

View down ridge to Lower Kananaskis Lake. Mt. Indefatigable at right.

Packenham Junior (630 m elev. gain)

Kona Packenham Jr. Peak
Kona on Packenham Jr. Peak with herd of bighorn sheep behind

Kona ignoring the herd of sheep just below the summit on a warm Chinooking day in mid-November.

Kona Packenham Jr. Peak
Kona on Packenham Jr. Peak view south to King Creek Ridge

On the summit looking south toward King Creek Ridge.

Kona Packenham Jr. Grizzly Peak
Kona on Packenham Jr. Peak view north to Grizzly Peak and Grizzly Evan-Thomas col

Looking north to Grizzly Peak and Grizzly / Evan-Thomas col.

Kona Lawson South Grizzly
Kona on Lawson South – Opal South Peak, Grizzly Peak, Packenham (sic) Jr. Peak behind

View of Packenham (sic) Jr. at right from Lawson South across the Kananaskis River Valley later in November. Grizzly Peak and Opal South Peak to the left.

Anklebiter Ridge / Grotto Pond Peak (875 m gain)

Kona Anklebiter Ridge Gap Peak Lake
Kona heading down Anklebiter Ridge – Gap Lake below

Kona heading down from summit (outlier of Gap Peak) on a pleasant mid-November day.

Kona Anklebiter Ridge
Kona on Anklebiter Ridge with Rimwall Summit, Three Sisters and Grotto Mtn. behind

On summit with Rimwall Summit, Three Sisters, and Grotto behind.