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2023-07-28

Mount Whymper

Mount Whymper, 2,844 m, is a mountain located in the Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada, in the Vermilion Pass area in Kootenay National Park. The mountain is named for its first conqueror, the English alpinist, explorer, writer and engraver Edward Whymper. Whymper was exploring the area sponsored by Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) to promote the Canadian Rocky Mountains and the railway in his conferences (Wikipedia). Here are photos of Whymper Mountain taken from different angles at different times during our […]

2023-07-28

Storm Mountain

Storm Mountain is a 3,158-metre (10,361-foot) mountain summit located on the Continental Divide on the shared border of Alberta and British Columbia in Canada. It is situated on the shared boundary of Kootenay National Park with Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies. It is a large peak near the north end of the Ball Range, in the Bow River Valley opposite Castle Mountain. Vermilion Pass is situated to the northwest of the mountain, and Stanley Peak to the southwest. […]

2023-07-26

Castle Mountain and Rockbound Lake

Castle Mountain is located within Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies, approximately halfway between Banff and Lake Louise. It is the easternmost mountain of the Main Ranges in the Bow Valley and sits astride the Castle Mountain Fault which has thrust older sedimentary and metamorphic rocks forming the upper part of the mountain over the younger rocks forming its base. The mountain’s castellated, or castle-like, appearance is a result of erosive processes acting at different rates on the peak’s […]

2023-07-25

Midnight Peak

Midnight Peak is located in the Kananaskis River valley along Highway 40. Here are the photos of the mountain which we took from different places at different times during or hikes, so you can see how the mountain looks from different perspectives.

2023-07-23

Bow Lake

Bow Lake is a small lake in western Alberta, Canada. It is located on the Bow River, in the Canadian Rockies, at an altitude of 1920 m. The lake lies south of the Bow Summit, east of the Waputik Range and west of the Dolomite Pass, Dolomite Peak and Cirque Peak (Wikipedia). Here are the photos of Bow Lake from different perspectives and times we took on our hikes.

2023-07-22

Mount Jimmy Simpson

Mount Jimmy Simpson is a 2,966-metre (9,731-foot) summit located 3 km (1.9 miles) northwest of Bow Lake in Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. It is a member of the Waputik Mountains, and is situated east of the Wapta Icefield and west of the Bow River valley. Mount Jimmy Simpson can be seen from the Icefields Parkway at Bow Lake. Mount Jimmy Simpson is named for Jimmy Simpson (1877–1972) who was a respected outfitter in the […]

2023-07-22

Peaks visible from Mount Jimmy Simpson

A few pictures taken during our Mount Jimmy Simpson hike, with visible peaks later labeled by PeakVisor application.

2023-07-19

Cirque Peak (take 2)

Most of people just hike 6km to the Helen Lake, spend some time there and return back to the cozy parking lot at HW93, right across the Crowfoot Glacier viewpoint. The lake usually provides a nice reflection and definitely worth a trip. But if you have extra 1.5-2 hours, the views from the nearby Cirque Peak are fascinating. And it’s a hike most of the time, with easy scramble in like only 3 places on the way up and 2 […]

2023-07-16

The Fortress

There are two approaches to Fortress – via Chester Lake or via Headwall Lakes. Both lead to the col between Mount Chester and The Fortress from different sides, and then you hike up the southwest ridge all the way to the summit. There are multiple routes on the ridge but they all end up on the left side of the summit block where there is an easy scramble up to the top. If you see there a path with exposure, […]

2023-07-09

Boundary Ridge via Powderface Trail

More photos from Boundary Ridge via Powderface Trail. A very good guide for this hike can be found here. Our track is here, but it’s not ideal – the trail is overgrown and we lost it and found again a few times.

Mount Whymper

Storm Mountain

Castle Mountain and Rockbound Lake

Midnight Peak

Bow Lake

Mount Jimmy Simpson

Peaks visible from Mount Jimmy Simpson

Cirque Peak (take 2)

The Fortress

Boundary Ridge via Powderface Trail

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