Mt. Baldy (700 m gain)

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Kona on Mt. Baldy Ridge in late September – Barrier Lake reservoir below

Kona on Mt. Baldy West in late September. Kananaskis River / Barrier Lake and ridge of Heart Mountain / Grant MacEwan Peak behind right.

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Kona on Mt. Baldy in late September – McConnell Ridge / Barrier Lookout and lake behind

Kona relaxing on summit of Mt. Baldy. Grant MacEwan Peak / Heart Mtn. and Barrier Lookout (McConnell Ridge) behind. Barrier lake dam and reservoir below. Gap Peak, Mt. Fable, Door Jamb Mtn., Loder Peak, Wendell Mtn., Mt. Yamnuska and Black Rock Mtn. on distant skyline.

Buddy Heart November 2005
Buddy on Heart Mtn. / Grant MacEwan Peak in November – Mt. Baldy and Barrier Lake Reservoir behind

View of Mt. Baldy from Grant MacEwan Peak / Heart Mtn with Buddy in late November 2005. Midnight Peak at extreme right.

Ha Ling Peak (740 m gain)

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Shelly (10 yrs old) from Austria on HaLing Peak in early fall. East End of Rundle behind.

Kona and Shelly on Miner’s Peak

Kona and Shelly on Miner’s Peak – Ha Ling Peak and Mt. Rundle behind

Shelly on “Little Lawrence Grassi” Peak

Shelly on “Little Lawrence Grassi” Peak

Kona on “Little Lawrence Grassi”

Kona on Little Lawrence Grassi Peak – view back to Ha Ling Peak.

Mt. Temple (1690 m gain)

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Kona on upper slopes of Mt. Temple July 2017

Kona still having fun after being pulled /  pushed up the crux chimney. (l. to r.) Mt. Neptuak (Valley of Ten Peaks peak 9), Eiffel Peak, Pinnacle Peak, Wenkchemna Peak (peak 10), and Mt. Hungabee with Horseshoe glacier below in Paradise Valley.

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Scramblers nearing summit of Mt. Temple July 2017

Hordes of peak scramblers on summit ridge (counted 59 summiters this late July day);

Kona on Mt. Temple summit
Kona on Mt. Temple summit – Ten Peaks 4 to 9 behind

View of peaks 4 to 9 (Tonsa, Perren / Sapta, Allen / Shappee, Tuzo / Sagowa, Deltaform / Saknowa, and Neptuak) from summit. Goodsir peaks behind.

Kona on snowy summit of Mt. Temple
Kona on snowy summit of Mt. Temple

Kona and “dad” on slightly higher summit snow cap.

Kona on Mt. Temple - Consolation Valley behind
Kona on Mt. Temple – Consolation Valley behind

Summit view to Consolation Lakes. Surrounding the lakes are Panorama Ridge, Mt. Bell, Bident Mtn., Mt. Quadra, Mt Babel and Tower of Babel. Abov the glacier l. to r. – Mt. Fay (peak 1/ Heejee), Mt. Little (peak 2 / Nom), Mt. Bowlen (peak 3 / Yamnee), Peak 4 / Tonsa and Mt. Perren (peak 5 / Sapta).

Mt. Temple and Eiffel Peak from across Valley of The Ten Peaks
View of Mt. Temple from across Valley of The Ten Peaks 1993

View of Wastach Peak, Eiffel Peak, Pinnacle Peak, Sentinel Pass, and scramble route up Mt. Temple from Mt. Bowlen in 1993.

ACC group on Fay glacier
ACC trip to climb Mt. Babel 1984

ACC trip up Mt. Babel in 1984 threading way through Fay Glacier seracs

Crux chimney on Mount Temple
crux chimney on Mt. Temple

Crux chimney on Mt. Temple.

On Mt. Temple 1982 – Victoria Glacier behind

Kona’s “Dad” on Mt. Temple in 1982 (survived despite the jeans and cotton shirt) and, below, painting of summit view done later.

Mt. Temple oil painting KrisT 1993

Eiffel Peak (1200 m gain)

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Kona on Eiffel Peak at end of July – Mt. Temple scramble route behind

Kona on Eiffel Peak summit on late July day with Mt. Temple upper part of normal scramble route behind.

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Kona and friends on Eiffel peak summit

Mt. Temple summit from Eiffel Peak – Kona waiting on top.

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Eiffel Tower and Eiffel Peak summit – Mt. Aberdeen behind

View of Eiffel Tower and main summit of Eiffel Peak. Mt. Aberdeen, Haddow Peak, part of Sheol Mtn. and Saddle Peak visible above Paradise Valley below. Mt. Temple summit at right.

Kona on Eiffel ridge
Kona on ascent ridge of Eiffel Peak – Pinnacle Peak and Mt. Temple behind

Below, Kona near summit of Eiffel Peak enjoying the climb.

Kona on snow patch near summit of Eiffel Peak
Kona on snow patch just below Eiffel Peak summit

Finally found a good snow patch to cool off.

Kona on way down Eiffel Peak
Kona on descent ridge of Eiffel Peak – Moraine Lake below

On descent from Eiffel Peak with Tower of Babel, Mt. Babel, Mt. Fay (Peak 1 / Heejee) and Fay Glacier, Mt. Little (Peak 2 / Nom), Mt. Bowlen (Peak 3 / Yamnee) and Peak 4 / Tonsa visible above Moraine Lake and Valley of the Ten Peaks.

Mt. Fay oil painting
Mt. Fay from Larch Valley 12×16 oil 1993

Artistic impression of view to Mt. Fay from Larch Valley.

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Top of Mt. Fay North Face West Couloir ice climb 1988

Close-up of corniced Mt. Fay after north face ice climb in 1988.

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Mt. Fay and Glacier – 12×16 oil 2005

Artistic impression of Mt. Fay and Fay glacier from top of the Perren rappel descent route.

Bella on Eiffel Peak
Bella on Eiffel Peak – Mt. Hungabee behind

Bella (5 years) on Eiffel Peak in late July with Wenkchemna Peak and Mt. Hungabee behind.