Buddy (5 yr) on Goat Mountain ridge past Loder Peak via Door Jamb Mountain. Shoulder of Goat Mountain right background, Mount Yamnuska behind.
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Grotto Mountain (1425 m elev. gain)
Buddy (10 yrs) on Grotto Mountain via the Bataan climbing wall access route.
Buddy (1-1/2 yrs) on Grotto Mountain. Mount Lougheed peak 1, Wind Tower, Wind Ridge, Rimwall Summit, The Orphan, and The Three Sisters behind.

Kona on Grotto Mountain, via the Bataan climbing wall access route, Mt. Fable in background at right.
Mount Lady Macdonald (1250 m elev. gain to ridge)
Buddy (6 yr) on ridge of Mount Lady Macdonald, one of the Triple Crown of Canmore peaks. Travel along ridge to true summit 50 m higher is very exposed and not for dogs (or hikers). Grotto Mountain in background.

Kona (1-1/2 yr) on Mount Lady Macdonald summit ridge above teahouse. Main summit along ridge out of sight behind.
Gap Peak (1200 m gain)
Kona (1-1/2 years) on Gap Peak, Mt Fable in background. Gap to Fable traverse is a long day with over 1900 m elevation gain and loss and 22 km total distance. Below, view of traverse ridge from Loder Peak – Gap at extreme left, Fable at extreme right.


View from Mount Fable along ridge from Gap Peak (at left). Grotto Mountain at right.

Buddy (6 yrs) on scramble ridge to Gap Peak in January.
Mount Yamnuska / John Laurie (900 m elev. gain)
Buddy (4 years) on Mount Yamnuska, ascended by the left / east skyline ridge, the normal descent route for the traverse.

Buddy (3 yrs) with “brother” Jason on Mount Yamnuska in December. Goat Mountain behind.

Buddy (4 yrs) with “sister” Karin on Mount Yamnuska in July.

View of the “dog route” up Mount Yamnuska from Goat Mountain.






