Mount Sparrowhawk
Mt. Sparrowhawk stats.
28 July 2006
Easy scramble with Shawn. We did this one as a daytrip from St. Albert. We hit the road at 04:30 and got back really damn late.
Most of this mountain is a looooong, easy plod. Once you hook around the summit block it is simply a steeper plod on loose scree.
Since it is 10240 feet high, you get some great views. From the summit I could see Assiniboine and Joffre easily. Although Joffre kept slipping behind cloud cover and eluding my camera.
From the ridge. Follow the drainage to get past Reads Tower, then plod plod plod up to the right side of the summit block and curve around the the easily ascended back.
On the summit, Assiniboine in the distance.
The Big Sister stands tall. A layer of stratus cloud kept Canmore socked in all day.
Shawn heading down, Mt. Nestor across the lake.
28 July 2006
Easy scramble with Shawn. We did this one as a daytrip from St. Albert. We hit the road at 04:30 and got back really damn late.
Most of this mountain is a looooong, easy plod. Once you hook around the summit block it is simply a steeper plod on loose scree.
Since it is 10240 feet high, you get some great views. From the summit I could see Assiniboine and Joffre easily. Although Joffre kept slipping behind cloud cover and eluding my camera.
From the ridge. Follow the drainage to get past Reads Tower, then plod plod plod up to the right side of the summit block and curve around the the easily ascended back.
On the summit, Assiniboine in the distance.
The Big Sister stands tall. A layer of stratus cloud kept Canmore socked in all day.
Shawn heading down, Mt. Nestor across the lake.
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