| Ref: Alan Kane's
Scrambles
in the Canadian Rockies |
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Hamilton Lake
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| Scramble:
Awesome, awesome, awesome! A great lead for me with some friends,
Pascale and Matt. We quickly made it to the lake where Pascale set-up a
tarp to wait out the scramble. It turns out, after a good break, she
decided to tag along and give it a shot. We ascended the hillside to
the ridge in about an hour, which was the easy part. As we neared the
summit block, moderate scrambling impeded Pascale's progress. She
waited for us at a cairn indicating an easier
route that traverses climber's left towards a gully. We scrambled up a
rib with great holds to the top of the gully and shortly to the false
summit. That section was near the limit of my comfort zone, I would not
have done it alone... From there the true summit is easier and
quicker to reach than it appears. The view is phenomenal; I wish we
could have stayed longer. Going back down wasn't too bad, there is a
lot of cairns and I really made an effort to memorize the route on the
way up. We backtracked the exact same way and soon joined Pascale. She
was glad to see us, a little bit apprehensive about the situation. The
descent to the lake was fast. We stayed there for a while and had a
long picnic; we gradually made our way down to the parking lot. |
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Looking north-east
towards The Presidents. |
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Ascending the hillside
to the south ridge. |
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Near the summit
block on the ridge. |
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Pascale and Matt
along the ridge. |
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Self-timed picture
at the summit cairn. |
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The Presidents. |
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Southern view. |
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