Kona – Page 14 – DOGS ON PEAKS

Grotto Mtn. (1425 m elev gain)

Kona Grotto Jun 2019 — Kona on Grotto Mtn. June 15 2019

Kona on Grotto summit on a cloudy mid-June day after ascending by the Bataan climbing wall trail. Summit cairn behind Kona has fallen or been taken apart so we rebuilt it – see below.

Kona Grotto Canmore June 2019 — Kona on Grotto Mtn. with rebuilt cairn – Canmore below

Quickly rebuilt summit cairn on Grotto Mtn. Canmore and Bow Valley behind with Mt. Lady Macdonald at distant right.

Three Sisters Grotto Mtn June 2019 — View of The Three Sisters across Bow Valley from Grotto Mtn.

Nice view of Three Sisters on way up Grotto Mtn. – left to right – Little Sister (Charity), Middle Sister (Hope), Big Sister (Faith).

Kona Grotto Mtn Middle Sister — View of Grotto Mtn. from Middle Sister June 12 2017 – Little Sister rappel descent route at right foreground

View of Grotto Mtn. from Middle Sister across the Bow Valley June 12, 2017. Our ascent route is just right of the high point in the middle of the summit ridge.

Wind Tower (1,000 m elev. gain)

Kona Wind Tower — Kona on Wind Tower – Mt. Lougheed peak 1 and Mt. Sparrowhawk behind

Kona on Wind Tower on a hot mid-June day. Lougheed (Peak 1) and Sparrowhawk behind. Part of Lougheed Peak 2 is jutting out behind Peak 1.

View of Spray Lakes and Mt. Nestor on way up.

View toward Rimwall showing upper part of scramble route, Big Sister and Middle Sister behind.

Kona Wind Ridge Tower July 2020 — Kona on Wind Ridge, Wind Tower behind

View of Wind Tower (centre peak) from Wind Ridge July 2020. Mt. Lougheed peaks at left.

Grizzly Peak (900 m elev gain)

DSCF9583 — Dogs on Grizzly Peak June 2019

Kona Grizzly Peak Jun 2019 — Kona on Grizzly Peak June 2019

Dog park on Grizzly Peak June 1st (can’t remember their names).

Mt. Evan-Thomas Grizzly — Mt. Evan-Thomas, Opal Range from Grizzly Peak

Mt. Evan-Thomas, highest peak in Opal Range from Grizzly Peak (Kona’s “dad” climbed in October 1987 when the 1954 first ascent register was still there and mistakenly naming the peak Packenham).

Opal Range from Mt. James Walker Sept 1996

View of Opal Range with Opal South Peak, Grizzly Peak, Packenham Jr. and King Creek Ridge from Mt. James Walker across the Kananaskis River Valley on Sept 2, 1996.

Midnight Peak (920 m elev gain)

Kona Midnight Peak May 2019 — Kona on Midnight Peak – Mt. Baldy behind

Kona on Midnight Peak in late May. Smoky from High Level, AB area forest fires. Mt. Baldy behind.

Kona Midnight Peak Nakiska May 2019 — Kona on Midnight Peak – Mt. Kidd, Nakiska / Mt. Allan, Mt. Collembola and Lougheed peaks behind

Mts. Kidd, Bogart, Lougheed, Nakiska, Allan, Collembola from Midnight Peak.

Kona Mt Baldy Midnight May 2020 — Kona on Mt. Baldy May 2020 – Midnight Peak at left

View of Midnight Peak (large mainly snow-covered peak at left) from Mt. Baldy May 2020

Mt. Hoffman (462 m elev gain)

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Aura (6 months) on Mt. Hoffman at end of May.

Kona Hoffman Burns May 2019 — Kona on Mt. Hoffman May 2019 – Mt. Burns behind

Kona on Mt. Hoffman with Mt. Burns massif behind. “Burns East” directly above Kona’s ear, main higher peak further to right.

Burns East Jul 19 2013 — View towards Mt. Hoffman from Burns East sub-peak of Mt. Burns

July 19, 2013 view from “Burns East” back towards Mt. Hoffman, at extreme left. (Mt. Burns is not a dog hike although part way up the north ridge would be OK.)