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Coffin Mountain | 2009-10-17
Coffin Mountain
- Location: Cowboy Trail (Highway 22)
- Activity: Scrambling
- Height: 2,407 m (7,897 ft)
- Elevation Gain: 800 m (2,625 ft)
- Distance: 7.8 km / Round Trip (4.8 mi)
- Avg Steepness: 11.6°
- Estimated Time: 3-5 hrs
- Technicality: Intermediate
- Fitness Level: Moderate
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Pink line is the actual track I took which was recorded by my GPS. I parked at parking 1 due to road condition. If road is good, then you can drive up and park at parking 2. Then you can cut 3.5 km walk.
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Coffin Mountain | 2009-10-17
This is Coffin Mountain. I wonder how it got this name. The left summit is North summit which is false summit. I soloed this one since I thought all the email from my buddies were about Saturday hike, but they were talking about Sunday. I ended up showing up a day too early at the usual meeting place.
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Coffin Mountain | 2009-10-17
I found this remain of an animal.
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Coffin Mountain | 2009-10-17
A few meters away I found its back born.
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Coffin Mountain | 2009-10-17
Mount Livingstone and you can see part of Saddle Mountain on the right side of Livingstone.
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Coffin Mountain | 2009-10-17
On the way back, I took the scree to get down. Both routes worked fine for me.
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Coffin Mountain | 2009-10-17
At the North summit, I found these footprints. Maybe cougar or wolf.
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Coffin Mountain | 2009-10-17
Once on the North summit, the true summit is only 20 minutes away.
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Coffin Mountain | 2009-10-17
I didn't expected to see Crowsnest Mountain and Seven Sisters from here.
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Coffin Mountain | 2009-10-17
So many mountains. One day I want to backpack all the way from Castle to Kananaskis conquering hundreds of peaks on Great Divide.
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Coffin Mountain | 2009-10-17
Summit picture. From left, Mount Livingstone, Saddle Mountain. I couldn't see Calgary.
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Coffin Mountain | 2009-10-17
Some people asked me what I'm goanna do now. They thought no more hiking until next spring. Well they are wrong. There is no such thing as off season in the Canadian Rockies.
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