Peaks visible from Opal Ridge South
A few pictures taken during our Opal Ridge South Loop hike, with visible peaks later labeled by PeakVisor application.
Opal Ridge (South Loop)
This is definitely an undervalued route. It’s steep from the very beginning, and that is good because you don’t have to warm yourself up for several kilometers through a boring forest just to get to the fun stuff. There are a few scrambling sites, and by scrambling I mean hanging the hiking poles on one arm and using teeth and both hands to pull up. Some sections have loose rocks, and one might say even “exposure”, but nothing too scary […]
Mount Sarrail (angles)
Mount Sarrail is a 3,159-metre (10,364-foot) mountain summit located in Kananaskis Country. Mount Sarrail is situated 1.0 km north of the Continental Divide, within Peter Lougheed Provincial Park. Its nearest higher peak is Mount Foch, 1.0 km (0.62 mi) to the southeast. Mount Sarrail can be seen from Upper Kananaskis Lake and Alberta Highway 40. The mountain was named in 1918 for General Maurice Sarrail (1856-1929), the commander of the French Third Army in World War I (Wikipedia). Here are […]
Mount Sarrail
Start early: it’s a long hike. Park at the Upper Kananaskis Lake lot closest to the Rawson Lake. First 9 kilometers along the shore of Upper Kananaskis Lake and then after left turn on the fork to Aster Lake through the forest next to Hidden Lake are plain and easy. After the tree line an established and scenic path ascends through a couple of boulder fields. And this is where all the fun begins. The ridge goes on, and on, […]
Fisera Ridge (Collembola 2nd solo attempt)
The original idea of this hike was to summit Mount Collembola using South-West approach which connects Allan and Collembola via Fisera Ridge. My previous attempt to summit Collembola via North Route was unsuccessful – I turned around at the base of summit block because I could not figure out a way to avoid exposure on this last scrambling push. Unfortunately my second solo attempt was also a miserable failure, but the reason was exactly the opposite: when I reached the […]
Mount Collembola (solo attempt)
Because of BC wildfires smoke here and there I was not sure about a hike this weekend till the very last moment, and only when saw that Three Sisters are more or less visible from Bear & Bison Inn life cam, decided not to drive far but finally to try North Mount Collembola Route from Dead Man’s Flats. The original intention was to do the Collembola – Allan loop to avoid bushwhacking on the way back, but everything above 3000m […]
Wind Ridge (angles)
There is a well maintained 12.7-km out-and-back trail to Wind Ridge near Dead Man’s Flats. Parts of Wind Ridge hike are closed from December 1 to June 15 each year for elk and bighorn sheep sustainability. Here are photos of Wind Ridge from different perspectives taken during our hikes. From Wind Ridge Trail From West Wind Pass From Windtower From Centennial Ridge trail at Dead Man’s Flats side From Mount Collembola North Route
Little Lougheed (angles)
Little Lougheed is an outlier of Mount Lougheed. I tried to summit it two times, successfully second time. Here are the photos of Little Lougheed taken from different perspectives at different times during our hikes. From Windtower From Sparrowhawk