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Ha Ling Peak
Elevation:
Height Gain:
Location:
 7,900 feet (2408M)
2,297 feet (700M)
Canmore
Note for 09 Aug 97: Solo trip. Sunny skies, 25°C. Lots or people, but great scree skiing on the way down.

Note for 23 Sep 01: My wife and I took Colin, his wife Shelley, and their 10-year old daughter Nicole on their first scramble. Sunny, dry, and hot conditions accompanied by large crowds everywhere.

Note for 21 Apr 02: Solo trip early in the morning. I left Goat Creek at 0630 to ascend while the snow was still frozen. 0°C, mostly cloudy with a light breeze. Nobody else on the mountain.

Note for 20 Apr 03: Dan Ronsky and I did a predawn scramble to watch the sunrise from the summit. We left the parking lot at 0500. Very icy conditions below treeline.

Note for 06 Jul 03: I went with my family (Tina, Samantha (1), Dustin(11), and Delaney(7)) and Lane Dunbar (11). Great conditions, but Lane had an accident on the way down. Click for a detailed trip report

Note for 22 Oct 05: I went with the Sunshine Ski Club as a form of dryland training. Awesome day out. Started at 1000 with clear skies and 0°, but warmed up to 15° and sunny. A solid dusting of snow made conditions entertaining for the kids.
  Date Ascent Time Descent Time
1st Time 09 Aug 97 1:22 0:28
2nd Time 23 Sep 01 2:38 1:45
3rd Time 21 Apr 02 1:36 0:39
4th Time 20 Apr 03 1:26 1:10
5th Time 06 Jul 03 1:58 2:10
6th Time 22 Oct 05 1:41 2:17
23 Sep 97 - Chinaman's Peak is a very quick climb. It's good for when you don't have much time. The trail is rather steep, but it makes for a fast ascent as well as a fast descent. Also, with Chinaman's Peak, there is a traverse you can do to go to another peak between Chinamans and Lawrence Grassi. That traverse only took me 13 minutes. The front side of this mountain is a popular rock climbing spot. For scrambling, you go up the back side. This is Colin's picture.


09 Aug 97 - Looking back at Chinaman's Peak from the traverse, you can see the two sides of Chinaman's Peak. The left side (the south side) is for scramblers. The right side (the north side) is for rock climbers. As you can see on the south side, there are a bunch of different paths to the top. It doesn't matter which way you go. It's all about the same.


09 Aug 97 - Using my zoom lense from the traverse, you can see the scores of people that climb this mountain. This is a VERY popular mountain.


29 Sep 97 - Chinaman's Peak is across the road from the east side of Mt. Rundle. From East Rundle, you can see the south slope of Chinaman's Peak.


23 Sep 01 - This is from when I went with Colin, Shelley, Nicole, and Tina. Here we see them quickly approaching the summit. When I did the peak in 97, there wasn't much of a trail. Once out of treeline, you just went straight up for the summit. Now, there is a well beaten trail that goes waaay over to the right, then cuts back toward the summit. It's less steep this way, but a little bit longer. This was also the case for the "new" trail down below treeline. There use to be lots of trails going up, and I had taken the "straight up" version. Now due to the long switchbacks, it's a little longer.


23 Sep 01 - Here we see everybody on the summit. Shelley was a bit nervous because of Nicole's "I wanna look over the edge" attitude. I thought it was funny. As always, the summit was crowded, and a couple of rock climbers even came over the edge.