Kona at high point on ridge, view to south of Mt. Wintour and Kananaskis Lakes to the right, in mid-January.
View back along ridge on way up.
View to west across Kananaskis River valley of Lawson South ridge.
View to north of Mts. Lawson and Inflexible. Hwy 40 below.
Kona on Little Lougheed in late June with West Wind Pass behind, Rimwall Summit at left, Wind Tower at right. The trail has improved greatly since last visit 25 years ago and is a nice hike.
View of Lougheed Peak 1 from Little Lougheed.
Reflection of Mt. Nestor on Spray Lakes Reservoir from 1/2 way up Little Lougheed.
North wall of Mount Sparrowhawk from Little Lougheed.
View of tops of the Three Sisters behind The Orphan and Rimwall Summit from Little Lougheed.
Close-up of Lougheed Peak 1 – Kona’s “Dad” climbed the left skyline NW Ridge in September 1982 (multi-pitch roped climb) and the south ridge (facing and angling left) in July 1989 to start the traverse of the four Lougheed peaks (including Peak 4, now known as Wind Mountain).
View of Little Lougheed (pointy peak right of centre) across Spray Lake reservoir during a painting day.
Kona near top of south-west ridge of Limestone Mountain in late May, Mount Kidd behind.
View of The Wedge from Limestone Mountain.
Still lots of snow on The Fortress and Gusty Peak.
View of the normal alpine ascent route up Mount Kidd following the snow gully. A scrambling party is on the snow slopes somewhere today but we couldn’t locate them.
Found a viewpoint between the trees and deadfall on Horton Ridge just past Horton Hill in early May. View up Lusk Creek valley with significant snow load still on peaks.
Kona on Little Lawson / Lawson South peak on a warm early December day. Kent North, Mt. Lawson main summit and Mt. Kidd South behind.
King Creek Ridge and Kananaskis River valley behind.
On descent with Mount Pocaterra just right of centre and Mt. Roberta, a high point on the near end of the ridge from Pocaterra. Highwood Ridge and Grizzly Ridge at centre. Gap Mountain just left of centre. Mt. Elpoca at left background, Mt. Wintour at left foreground. Elk Pass at right.
DOGS ON PEAKS 