Tag: Buddy

Mt. Sparrowhawk and Read’s Tower (1,670 m combined gain)

Buddy on Sparrowhawk July 2003
Buddy on Mt. Sparrowhawk

Buddy (3 yrs) on Mt. Sparrowhawk in Mid-July 2003. Mt. Lougheed peaks 3 and 4 (Wind Mountain) behind.

Buddy on Read’s Tower

Buddy on Read’s Tower on way down from Mt. Sparrowhawk – summit block behind.

Mt. Nestor and Old Goat Mountain from Mt. Sparrowhawk

View from Mt. Sparrowhawk across Spray Lakes Reservoir to Mt. Nestor and Old Goat Mountain. Mt. Assiniboine and Lunette Peak on skyline at left.

Buddy on Mt. Sparrowhawk snow-patch

Buddy enjoying a snow-patch on Mt. Sparrowhawk.

Mt. Sparrowhawk and Read’s Tower from Old Goat Mountain

View across Spray Lake Reservoir from Old Goat Mountain to Mt. Sparrowhawk and Read’s Tower right of centre. Lougheed peaks and Wind Mountain left of centre.

Moose Mtn. (750 m elev. gain)

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Buddy and Kirsten on Moose Mountain

Buddy (8 years) with Kirsten (19 yrs) near summit of Moose Mountain.

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Buddy and Kirsten on Moose Mountain

Buddy and “sister” Kirsten at Moose Mountain summit.

Buddy on windy Moose Mountain

Buddy on Moose Mountain on a windy day a few years earlier.

Buddy on Prairie Mountain with Moose Mountain behind – April 2003

Buddy on Prairie Mountain April 2003 – Moose Mountain behind

Mt. Kidd (1350 m elev. gain)

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Buddy on Mt. Kidd 2004

Buddy (about 4 yrs in 2004) having a rest under a snow bridge on way back down Mt. Kidd.

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Buddy in tunnel on Mt. Kidd 2004

Buddy going through the tunnel made by meltwater runoff from winter snow.

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Bighorn sheep near summit of Mt. Kidd

Audience near summit of Mt. Kidd.

View of Mt. Kidd from The Wedge

View of scramble route on Mt. Kidd from The Wedge. Mt. Bogart behind.

Grotto Pond Peak / Anklebiter Ridge (875 m gain)

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Buddy on Anklebiter Ridge in 2006

Buddy (6 yrs in 2006) just below summit of what I used to call Grotto Pond Peak (now referred to as Anklebiter Ridge) looking back down the ascent route. Gap Lake at right.

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Bighorn sheep remains on Anklebiter ridge

Interesting find on Anklebiter Ridge on another day in 2011. Bighorn sheep kill.

Anklebiter Ridge from Gap Peak

View of upper part of Anklebiter Ridge from Gap Peak in 2006. Heart Mountain / Grant MacEwan Peak and Exshaw / Lac des Arcs behind.