Tag: hike

Mt. Lougheed (1380 m elev. gain)

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Kona on Mt. Lougheed in August

Kona on Mt. Lougheed peak 2, the official Lougheed summit. Behind is Mt. Lougheed peak 1 and Big Sister.

Mt. Collembola and Mt. Allan from Mt. Lougheed

View of Mt. Collembola and Mt. Allan with Centennial Ridge Trail from Mt. Lougheed.

View of Mt. Assiniboine from Mt. Lougheed

View from Mt. Lougheed of Mt. Assiniboine and Mt. Lunette (bump on left shoulder of Assiniboine), with Mt. Eon and Mt. Aye to their left.

Mt. Eon and Mt. Aye from Mt. Lunette Aug 1990

Mt. Eon and Mt. Aye from Mt. Lunette on a Lunette / Assiniboine long one-day car-to-car ascent from the south side in August 1990.

Mt. Lougheed and Mt. Sparrowhawk from Old Goat Mtn. July 27, 1996

View of Mt. Lougheed peaks (from left – 1, 2, 3 and 4 (Wind Mountain) from Old Goat Mountain across Spray Lakes Reservoir July 27, 1996.

Grotto Mountain from Mt. Lougheed

Grotto Mountain from Mt. Lougheed showing four common scramble ascent routes.

Mt. Haffner (1100 m gain)

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Kona on Mt. Haffner – Mt. Stanley behind left

Kona on Mt. Haffner after tedious bushwack from Numa Creek parking lot. Mt. Stanley, Beatrice Peak and Mt. Ball behind, all scrambles from Haffner Creek valley below.

Vermilion Peak from Mt. Haffner

Vermilion Peak from Mount Haffner.

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.