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Canyon Creek Ice Cave | 2011-04-18
Canyon Creek Ice Cave
- Location: Kananaskis Country (Highway 66/68)
- Activity: Caving
- Height: 1,735 m (5,693 ft)
- Elevation Gain: 350 m (1,148 ft)
- Distance: 13.7 km / Round Trip (8.5 mi)
- Avg Steepness: 2.9°
- Estimated Time: 3-4 hrs + Caving
- Technicality: Novice
- Fitness Level: Easy
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People like me there is nothing frustrates to know both Saturday and Sunday’s weather will be horrible… Well this weekend was that, so my buddies and I decided to go for caving.
There isn’t much difficulty to get to the cave. Most of the way until way point “Trail Sign”, we stayed on road. At the sign we followed hiking trail and soon we could see the entrance of the Ice Cave. We explored every square inch of the cave as much as we could fit and ended up spending 3 hrs and 30 min in the small cave.
According to Wil and Ali who have done this in February said there was more ice this time, I am guessing that is because in April, freezing and melting circle helps to build more ice. So many be it’s better to try this in spring.
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Canyon Creek Ice Cave | 2011-04-18
Apparently you can't go any where on this road.
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Canyon Creek Ice Cave | 2011-04-18
This is a huge entrance. Wonder what kind of big animal might have lived here…
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Canyon Creek Ice Cave | 2011-04-18
An ice column and an old old old old old man.
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Canyon Creek Ice Cave | 2011-04-18
How ice reflect light from headlamp was pretty.
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Canyon Creek Ice Cave | 2011-04-18
Shaun checking on Ice Wall.
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Canyon Creek Ice Cave | 2011-04-18
Squeezing in. Zofia waits for her turn.
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Canyon Creek Ice Cave | 2011-04-18
This is where I wished I brought Playboy magazine to share with Shaun right at this moment.
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Canyon Creek Ice Cave | 2011-04-18
Somebody was here in 1449. I didn't know white folks were here that early day.
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Canyon Creek Ice Cave | 2011-04-18
Some difficult scrambling.
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Canyon Creek Ice Cave | 2011-04-18
Roof top near the entrance. Ali leading the way.
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Canyon Creek Ice Cave | 2011-04-18
Coming down from the roof top to the entrance using this crack.
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Canyon Creek Ice Cave | 2011-04-18
Back inside cave again to explore more. Checking this ice.
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Canyon Creek Ice Cave | 2011-04-18
When we came out from the cave there was an angry dragon. I guess the cave belongs to this dragon. It burned down Shaun with fierily breath. I learned one thing. I will never enter a cave with big entrance again.
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Canyon Creek Ice Cave | 2011-04-18
Big foot. Bears out folks!!
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