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Mount Tecumseh | 2012-10-07

Mount Tecumseh
  • Location: Crowsnest Pass
  • Activity: Scrambling
  • Height: 2,549 m (8,363 ft)
  • Elevation Gain: 1,230 m (4,036 ft)
  • Distance: 14.7 km / Round Trip (9.1 mi)
  • Avg Steepness: 9.5°
  • Estimated Time: 5-7 hrs
  • Technicality: Advanced
  • Fitness Level: Hard

Mount Tecumseh was my last peak in Kane's Crowsnest section. I actually attempted it before but once I got bottom of it, I changed my mind and went up Phillipps Peak instead.

Approach:
There are 2 ways to get to Tecumseh, from BC side or AB side. I always approach from AB side. I park near a railway crossing, Phillipps Pass is very close from there. After 3.5 km from the parking, I went off-road and started ascending. It is probably good idea to go off-road at a drainage but I was little impatient and I went up before the drainage. After this, the route is pretty straight forward. Follow the drainage and then curve slightly to NW to get to scree slope.

Scree and Ridge:
Not much to say. I went straight up a typical scree slope with some slabby sections then followed the ridge to the summit.

Note:
Many peaks near Crowsnest tend to be early season peaks. However this one is not one of them, maybe due to its shape and accumulate more snow.

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Mount Tecumseh | 2012-10-07

Tttttttt..Tecumseh what? I don't even know how to pronounce it.

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Mount Tecumseh | 2012-10-07

It didn't snow a foot or the temperature wasn't -20 like some other Thanksgiving weekends I had in the past.

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Mount Tecumseh | 2012-10-07

You can see the ascending slope ahead.

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Mount Tecumseh | 2012-10-07

Up up up…

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Mount Tecumseh | 2012-10-07

Phillipps Peak.

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Mount Tecumseh | 2012-10-07

View from ridge.

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Mount Tecumseh | 2012-10-07

Almost at the summit.

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Mount Tecumseh | 2012-10-07

Crowsnest Mountain and Seven Sisters.

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Mount Tecumseh | 2012-10-07

Waterton's condition looked very different from Crowsnest area.

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