Tower of Babel (450m elev. gain)

Kona Moraine Lake Wenkchemna Pass Valley of the Ten Peaks Tower of Babel
Kona on Tower of Babel, Moraine Lake, Wenkchemna Peaks and Pass behind.

Kona glad to be out of the loose ascent gully by 9am in late July – Moraine Lake below, Peaks Six thru Ten behind with Wenkchemna Pass right of centre and Eiffel Peak on far right.

Kona Tower of Babel Consolation Valley Bident Mtn. Mt. Quadra Mt. Bell Panorama Ridge
Kona on Tower of Babel, view up Consolation Valley

The rock sofa pose with Bident Mtn. and one of the four Mt. Quadra peaks and glacier above Consolation Lakes. Panorama Ridge at left and Mt. Bell in centre distance.

plein air painting Tower of Babel Moraine Lake Consolation Lakes
Kona critiquing the plein air painting on Tower of Babel

Mount Babel looming over the Tower of Babel. Bident Mtn. and part of Mt. Quadra at left. Mt. Bowlen at extreme right. Photo by Bernice.

Eiffel Peak Moraine Lake Tower of Babel Mt. Babel Mt. Fay Glacier Mt. Little Mt. Bowlen
Descending Eiffel Peak with Moraine Lake and Tower of Babel below left.

Kona on descent of Eiffel Peak – view l. to r. – Panorama Ridge, Tower of Babel, Moraine Lake, Mt. Babel, Mt. Fay and Fay Glacier, Mt. Little, Mt. Bowlen, Mt. Perren.

Moraine Lake from Tower of Babel oil painting
Moraine Lake from Tower of Babel oil painting

Studio-finished oil of view to Moraine Lake from Tower of Babel.

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Wastach Peak (965 m elev. gain)

Kona Wastach Peak Eiffel Peak Mount Temple
Kona on Wastach Peak – Mt. Temple, Pinnacle Peak and Eiffel Peak behind

Kona on Wastach Peak in mid-August – Mt. Temple, Pinnacle Peak (hard to distinguish from Temple behind it) and Mt. Eiffel in background. Didn’t find the Graeme Pole register that was here on a previous visit in 1995.

Kona Wastach Peak Wenkchemna Peak
Kona nearing summit of Wastach Peak with Wenkchemna Peak behind

Nearing the summit with Wenkchemna Peak (Peak 10 of Valley of The Ten Peaks) behind, steep step on normal ascent ridge visible.

Valley of the Ten Peaks Wastach
Valley of The Ten Peaks Sept 1993

View of Wastach Peak (centre of photo, left of Eiffel Peak) from Mt. Bowlen (Peak 3, Yamnee) across the Valley of The Ten Peaks in Sept. 1993. Skyline peaks – Mt. Hungabee, Ringrose Peak, Glacier Peak, Mt. Lefroy, Mt. Aberdeen, Haddow Peak.

Wastach Peak Eiffel Peak
Route from Wastach Pass to Wastach Peak from Eiffel Peak July 31 2016

Wastach Peak from Eiffel Peak 2016 with Wenkchemna Pass at head of the Valley of The Ten Peaks behind.

Wastach Peak
Wastach Peak from Paradise Valley side July 31 1993

Wastach Pass and Peak from Paradise Valley side July 31, 1993. Deltaform Peak behind pass.

Mount Temple (1690 m elev. gain)

Layla and Thor on Temple
Layla and Thor on Mount Temple

Layla and Thor on Mount Temple. Moraine Lake and Valley of the Ten Peaks below. Tower of Babel (small peak) to left of Moraine Lake, adjoining from left to right – Mount Babel, Fay Glacier and Mount Fay (Peak 1), Mt. Little (Peak 2), Mt. Bowlen (Peak 3), Unnamed (Peak 3-1/2), Tonsa Peak (Peak 4). Consolation Valley to left of Mt. Babel with Panorama Peak, Mt. Bell, Bident Mountain and Mount Quadra. Snow-capped Storm Mountain beyond Consolation Valley (upper left).

Tower of Babel (450 m elev. gain)

Buddy on Tower of Babel
Buddy on Tower of Babel

Buddy (6 yrs) on couch on Tower of Babel. Consolation Valley behind with Panorama Ridge, Mount Bell, Bident Mountain and Mount Quadra visible.

Buddy cooling off on Tower of Babel

Buddy found a snow patch on top of Tower of Babel.

Valley of the Ten Peaks from Tower of Babel

View of Wenkchemna Pass and Valley of the Ten Peaks. Deltaform Mountain, Neptuak Mountain, Wenkchemna Peak and Eiffel Peak visible. Moraine Lake below.