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.
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
Kitsy on way down from summit via the ACC hut route in mid-June.
Kona at about half-way point on descent with Canmore Industrial area below.
Kona resting after a snack and drink on summit – a blustery day with Lougheed peaks, Wind Mtn, Wind Tower, Allan and Collembola behind. Wind Ridge and Rimwall Summit at right.
Kona at high point of hike up along the Bataan Wall climbers access route on a pleasant mid-February day.
Viewpoint about halfway up. Ha Ling Peak and EEOR (East End of Rundle) behind above Canmore.
Kona on Grotto summit on a cloudy mid-June day after ascending by the Bataan climbing wall trail. Summit cairn behind Kona has fallen or been taken apart so we rebuilt it – see below.
Quickly rebuilt summit cairn on Grotto Mtn. Canmore and Bow Valley behind with Mt. Lady Macdonald at distant right.
Nice view of Three Sisters on way up Grotto Mtn. – left to right – Little Sister (Charity), Middle Sister (Hope), Big Sister (Faith).
View of Grotto Mtn. from Middle Sister across the Bow Valley June 12, 2017. Our ascent route is just right of the high point in the middle of the summit ridge.
