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Ascent Time |
Descent Time |
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21 Oct 00 |
3:37 |
1:24 |
Grizzly Peak makes for a fun, quick day. There is practically no approach
as the mountain sits right next to the highway. From the road, the mountain
looks rather insignificant, but it's still an enjoyable day, and the views up and
down the Kananaskis Valley is superb. This picture isn't the best picture.... it got
bleached out by the sun.
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As you start, you instantly gain a small shoulder, then hike along side (and high above)
the creek. The red line shows the path, as you make your way to the back side of the mountain.
It's easiest to traverse along the side of the mountain at mid-height across the slope. If you
look closely, you can see Tina making her way up the trail.
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Tina and I cut up the mountain a little earlier than the "easy route" suggests. We went up
one of the rock gullies on the southeast side of the mountain. We should have gone around
further to the east and ascended grassy slopes. Nonetheless, the rocks were fun.
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Going up our route, you encounter some really cool pinnicles. As you can see from the picture,
the weather wasn't the best in the world. As we got closer to these pinnicles, we headed further
east toward the grassy slopes.
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Once you get to the top of the grassy slopes, you arrive at a very broad saddle between Grizzly Peak
and Mt. Evan-Thomas. From there, the summit is in view. Here we see Tina making her way up the final
slope to the summit cairn.
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At last, the summit cairn. Notice the storm clouds rolling in from the south.
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As the storm rolls in from the south, the valley to the north is still sunny. There is a cairn at
the northern end of the summit ridge, but there was no register in it. Actually, there wasn't a
register at either end.
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