Mt. Thompson to Mt. Rhondda to the Onion | 2012.05.19

Mount Thompson
  • Location: Banff National Park (Icefields Parkway)
  • Activity: Mountaineering
  • Height: 3,084 m (10,119 ft)
  • Elevation Gain: 735 m (2,412 ft)
  • Distance: 5.6 km / One Way (3.5 mi)
  • Avg Steepness: 7.5°
  • Estimated Time: 2.5-4 hrs
  • Technicality: Expert.I
  • Fitness Level: Moderate

To Thompson:
Nothing much... much at all... If not for the glacier travel and snow slope this is just a hike. Having little bit of snow made this ascent even easier than walking on rocks I bet.

The tricky part was to figuring out which high points was the summit. As far as I could see there could be 3 high points. We decided to go for 2 of these in case. The high point at north end actually had a pole so I assumed that is the true summit.

To Rhondda:
Nothing much... We saw a tail of bergschrund reaching SE slope, but it looked tiny. Perhaps it is too tiny to see it in pictures I took. Near the ridge top the SE facing slope got bit steep, but after that it is a flat ridge.

To the Onion:
... Onion what? It's easier than walking up 14th street hill in Calgary.

* Grid References (GR) is based on WGS84 which can be considered as NAD83 (The difference is inciginificant)

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