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.
View of Wind Tower (centre peak) from Wind Ridge July 2020. Mt. Lougheed peaks at left.
Early July on Mt. Sparrowhawk, view to the Lougheed peaks and Wind Mountain. Top of Pigeon Mountain and Mt. MacGillivray visible behind.
View north to Spray Lake Reservoir with Three Sisters, Rimwall Summit and Wind Tower at right, “Little Lougheed” short scramble at centre.
Kona descending the back side of the Mt. Sparrowhawk summit block – view to Upper Ribbon Creek / Memorial Lakes cirque.
Kona at col below summit block with Mt. Bogart behind at left.
Upper Ribbon Creek cirque with Memorial Lakes, Bogart Tower and Ribbon Peak at left. Guinn’s Pass and Peak behind, and Mt. Bogart at right.
View of Sparrowhawk and Lougheed peaks 2, 3, and 4 (Wind Mountain) from Ribbon Peak in 1997. Bogart Tower at lower left.
Close-up of Lougheed peaks 2 and 3 showing normal scramble ascent and alternate descent routes.
Mt. Sparrowhawk in clouds from Mt. Lougheed in 2007.
View of Mt. Sparrowhawk and Read’s Tower (right of the Lougheed peaks, just right of centre) from Old Goat Mtn. (Unnamed 3125m) July 27, 1996. Mt. Bogart at extreme right.
Kona on Read’s Tower in mid-June, view towards Sparrowhawk summit in clouds. Visibility and icy conditions turned us back from Sparrowhawk at 70 m below summit (pic below), so this (and the breakfast burrito) is the ‘consolation prize’ for the day’s effort.
Too cold, icy and foggy to continue to Sparrowhawk summit.
Returning from upper slopes of Mt. Sparrowhawk to below Read’s Tower.
Otto (5 yrs) and Fletcher (3 yrs) on Read’s Tower. Summit of Sparrowhawk in clouds behind.
Kona on Middle Sister in early June. Little Sister (Hope), Wind Ridge and Pigeon Mountain behind.
View towards Wind Tower, Rimwall Summit, Mt. Lougheed peaks 1 and 2, Mt. Sparrowhawk, and beer cooling in snow.
View to adjoining ridge with Ship’s Prow and Mt. Lawrence Grassi.
Quick descent down snow slopes. French and Robertson glaciers left of 3,406 m Mt. Sir Douglas, Mt. Birdwood, Mt. Nestor and Old Goat Mtn. on skyline. The Orphan (alternate approach) above the scree slopes.
Kona enjoying the snow.
Mort Morrow’s summit register tribute and less developed Canmore in 1988.
Close-up of Wind Tower, Mt. Lougheed 1 and 2, and Mt. Sparrowhawk.
Kona on Mt. Kidd in early June. View to south with The Wedge and Opal Range at left, Mt. James Walker on right skyline. Still good step-kicking and glissading snow for most of route.
View from Mt. Kidd to west of Mt. Bogart, Mt. Sparrowhawk and Mt. Lougheed.
Kona near summit ridge looking at glissader making a quick descent.
Kona and glissader coming down the lower bowl.
View of Mt. Kidd snow slopes from Opal South a few days earlier.
DOGS ON PEAKS 