Calgary Weekend Hikers - Event Archives

Today's Hiking Stats - 2024 Season
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Total Signups	56	16	46	105	0	0	32	43	0	0	0	0
Cancellations	12	2	5	12	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
Waitlisted	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0
Hike Spots	64	18	61	115	0	0	37	25	0	0	0	0
Open Spots	20	4	20	26	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0

Home/Calendar

   Upcoming Events
   Past Events
   Etiquette Guidelines
   Guest Waiver

Member Info
   Member Login

About CWH
   General Info
   Statistics
   How You Can Help
   Become a member
   Contact Us

2015.08.29 - Mist Mountain via East Ridge - Sat, Aug 29 2015 - (View Original Event Details)

Event Coordinator(s):		(To see who coordinated the hike, log in to the Member Area)
Participants:		(To see who hiked, log in to the Member Area)

Write Up:
At 3140 m Mist Mountain towers above the upper Highwood Valley. We started on the old trail, which is still passable but overgrown and badly damaged at the creek crossing by the flood of 2013. A new, direct trail has been developed, which we took on the way back. The trail to the high grassy col was good but frequented by bears as evidenced by their scat. From the col we traversed on a trail high above steep scree slopes to the cirque on the other side of the col. From there we tackled the 500 m high south face. I followed a gully offering good footing and enjoyable scrambling on its many slabs, while the other members of the group went first left and then right of the gully. The east ridge greeted us by gale-force winds. We took a shelter among boulders and had our lunch. After lunch we scrambled along the east ridge which was interesting and comfortable despite its threatening appearance and the north side precipice. A short, narrow neck brought us to the summit where it was smoky, cloudy, and very windy. The smoke did not bother us but the wind did, which intensified on descent. From the summit we took a different route down. We descended on the south ridge and then ran down the scree to the cirque below where we rejoined our ascent route. Near the grassy col we met a group of hikers and their dog returning from a visit to the Mist Mountain Hot Springs. Peter Minarik

Have some photos from this event that you'd like to share in our photo album?
Please forward them to Photo Historian at photos.team@calgaryweekendhikers.com.

Please note that we prefer to receive the photos in full size as a .jpg file
However, please recognize that we will re-size the photos to below 4MB.
Therefore, if other members choose to download your photos, they will receive the photos at below 4MB.

If you have a LOT of photos, please submit up to twenty favorites (only) for a day event.
Or up to forty of your favourites for a multi-day event. Thank you.

PLEASE: send files in emails as "attachments."

DO NOT: send photos "embedded" in the email. Thank you.