Darl58
Active member
This scramble has been on my list for a while due to the description of the summit climbs.. Considered moderate/difficult include climbing a chimney to summit. That’s my kind of climb!!
Again I was hiking solo today and the weather was iffy, but decided to go for it and hope for the best! I had perfect weather all day!!
This hike is close to Banff and starts right off the Bow Valley parkway. Follow a path for a while then it becomes a scramble up over lots of loose scree and boulders.
The North Peak and highest has the chimney climb, a couple options of chimneys and since I was solo climbing took the hip-width south facing one.
I climbed the chimney on the right in picture:
After summiting the North peak and enjoying the views I scrambled down the chimney and over to the Centre peak and signed the log. The South peak is the hardest and involves route finding and climbing up a small tunnel and finally topping out between two boulders. This was a little sketchy and I was looking back to make sure I knew the route back down..
It was a perfect day for hiking and managed to bag 3 fun peaks!
Sorry for all the posts...all fun hikes..I'm done now!!
link to pics:
http://picasaweb.google.com/hikerdd13/BanffHikingAug09MtEdithHatTrick2554M8379Ft?feat=directlink
link to banff hooddo pics & Bald eagle:
http://picasaweb.google.com/hikerdd13/BanffAug09?feat=directlink
Again I was hiking solo today and the weather was iffy, but decided to go for it and hope for the best! I had perfect weather all day!!
This hike is close to Banff and starts right off the Bow Valley parkway. Follow a path for a while then it becomes a scramble up over lots of loose scree and boulders.
The North Peak and highest has the chimney climb, a couple options of chimneys and since I was solo climbing took the hip-width south facing one.
I climbed the chimney on the right in picture:
After summiting the North peak and enjoying the views I scrambled down the chimney and over to the Centre peak and signed the log. The South peak is the hardest and involves route finding and climbing up a small tunnel and finally topping out between two boulders. This was a little sketchy and I was looking back to make sure I knew the route back down..
It was a perfect day for hiking and managed to bag 3 fun peaks!
Sorry for all the posts...all fun hikes..I'm done now!!
link to pics:
http://picasaweb.google.com/hikerdd13/BanffHikingAug09MtEdithHatTrick2554M8379Ft?feat=directlink
link to banff hooddo pics & Bald eagle:
http://picasaweb.google.com/hikerdd13/BanffAug09?feat=directlink
