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Spirko's Road not taken
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The objective is visible (left) from the road.
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Snowshoe
trip:
RT 5.0; 3.0 up. Alison and I got together for this short
trip. We met at the base of the Lougheed not too early, we located the
packed trail and got on the way.
After crossing a bridge, we kept following the wide trail that appeared
newly built. The trail seemed to be paralleling the mountain without
gaining much height; just as we started thinking we might be travelling
away from our ascent line, we saw a cairn and an uptrack. We casually
continued on the uptrack and reached the boulder field in good time.
The
existing uptrack took all thinking out of the trip, we chatted and
stopped often to take pics and sip tea. Once above treeline, fierce
wind made us hustle up the talus pitch. We stayed at the top long
enough to
take pictures before retreating to shelter. The cold wind made us hurry
back to treeline with frozen hands. The rest
of the trip was more pleasant and it definitely took little time to get
back to the trailhead!
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The trail is well-packed.
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This bridge leads to a wide trail that we left further along to start ascending.
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The boulder field.
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Nice melo day for Alison and I.
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Mount Nestor (left) and Old Goat Mountain on the right.
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North-western view along Spray Lakes.
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Continuing towards a spur.
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The summit is not far away.
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Approaching treeline.
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Final pitch.
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No need for snowshoes here!
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The top with Mount Sparrowhawk in the background.
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Alison celebrates.
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Mount Lougheed.
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Unsettled weather slowly moving in.
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Back to the boulder field.
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