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
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”.
DOGS ON PEAKS 