Tag: climb

Turtle Mtn (900 m gain)

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Kona on Turtle Mountain in Crowsnest Pass area on a rare low wind day (gusting to 61 kph only). Frank Slide and Interpretive Centre and Livingstone Ridge below. Seismic monitoring equipment scattered across summit ridge. Thunder Mountain at far end of long ridge on horizon.

Mt. Rundle (1577 m elev gain)

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Kona on Mt. Rundle – Cascade Mtn. behind

Kona (2-1/2 yrs) having a well-deserved rest on Mt. Rundle (peak 2) ascended from Bow Falls parking lot in Banff. Cascade Mtn. at left, Lake Minnewanka and Mt. Aylmer, highest point behind the lake. Mt. Inglismaldie at right. The true summit of Mt. Rundle is further along the ridge, a technical climb from this end.

Kona on Sulphur Mtn. – view to Mt. Rundle

Kona on Sulphur Mountain Jan 2018, view to Mt. Rundle. Highest point of Mt. Rundle is at extreme right. Common scramble summit is fourth peak from the right.

View to common scramble summit from true summit of Mt. Rundle Sept. 1999

View back to common scramble peak of Mt. Rundle from true summit Sept 19, 1999. Cascade Mountain behind, Mt. Norquay and lower slopes of Sulphur Mountain at left.

Morrowmount (Jura) Peak (1220 m elev. gain)

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Kona and Riley on Morrowmount / Jura Peak

Kona (2 yrs) and Riley (6 yrs) on Morrowmount (Jura Peak). 21.5 km return up Jura Creek. Yamnuska upper descent routes in scree at left. Goat Mtn., Loder peak at right, behind Old Fort peak on this ridge.