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Grotto Creek | 2008-05-31
Grotto Creek
- Location: Canmore
- Activity: Hiking
- Elevation Gain: 200 m (656 ft)
- Distance: 22.0 km / Round Trip (13.7 mi)
- Avg Steepness: 1.0°
- Estimated Time: 6-8 hrs
- Technicality: Novice
- Fitness Level: Moderate
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Orange line is the actual track we took which was recorded by my GPS.
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Grotto Creek | 2008-05-31
Back to Grotto but this time I am not climbing the mountain but go along the creek.
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Grotto Creek | 2008-05-31
Well It did look like I could ride bike by looking at topo map, but wasn't so I parked my bike and put my hiking shoes on.
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Grotto Creek | 2008-05-31
Hard to believe how much sand was washed out.
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Grotto Creek | 2008-05-31
I was pointing to the mountain I thought I was going, turned out to be the mountain I was planning to climb was far away.
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Grotto Creek | 2008-05-31
At the end of creek, I picked a mountain. I don't know the name of mountain. Map doesn't tell me, perhaps this is still part of Grotto Mountain?
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Grotto Creek | 2008-05-31
I hike up as high as I could but this slope was much steeper than I anticipated.
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Grotto Creek | 2008-05-31
Do I have to walk back another 11km + this slope…?
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