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Ascent Time |
Descent Time |
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01 Jul 98 |
3:11 |
2:28 |
01 Jul 98 - Mt. Allan is a long hike. You go up 1350 vertical meters
over 11k. The trail starts out of Ribbon Creek's parking lot (the very back one). The
trail-head is labeled "Hidden Ski Trail", but you quickly get to a sign for Mt. Allan
Centennial Trail. The trail is well marked, so you can't go wrong. The beginning of the
trail is quite wide and goes through forest periodically yielding great views of the
Kananaskis Valley. Eventually, you break out of the forest onto a grassy slope with
hundreds of switchbacks. Here, you can see the switchbacks. This part of the trail is much
steeper than the picture implies. Most of the height gain comes on this slope.
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01 Jul 98 - As you get towards the top of the grassy slope, you can look
down to the valley on the north side to see Nakiska Ski resort (site of the 1988 Olympics).
From this viewpoint, the ski slopes look amazingly flat.
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01 Jul 98 - Upon reaching the top of the grassy slope, you will see this
peak off to the right. What looks like a separate mountain is actually the true summit of
Mt. Allan.
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01 Jul 98 - The grassy slope ends at a flat section of the trail. Allow
two hours to get to this part. From there, you will see the path to the true summit.
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01 Jul 98 - Along the second ridge, you will go through a rock field,
which I found to be quite neat. Talk about some big rocks!!!! If you look closely, you
can see a group of people going through this section (circled in red).
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01 Jul 98 - From Mt. Allan, you have a excellent view of Mt. Bogart's
north face. At the bottom of the picture, you can see Bogart Tower and if you look close
enough, you can see two of the Memorial Lakes.
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01 Jul 98 - On this particular day, I went hiking with Saskia (a
friend from work). You can see the size of those rocks.