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Old Goat Glacier | 2008-06-14
Old Goat Glacier
- Location: Kananaskis Country (Highway 742)
- Activity: Hiking
- Height: 2,300 m (7,546 ft)
- Elevation Gain: 590 m (1,936 ft)
- Distance: 15.6 km / Round Trip (9.7 mi)
- Avg Steepness: 4.3°
- Estimated Time: 4-7 hrs
- Technicality: Intermediate
- Fitness Level: Easy
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Orange line is the actual track we took which was recorded by my GPS.
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Old Goat Glacier | 2008-06-14
This trail was one of the most enjoyable trail I'd ever done. Start with the vegetation area where pretty much ground was covered with mildew.
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Old Goat Glacier | 2008-06-14
Once out of the vegetation area, it's time to do hard work. The actual climbing but only for about 450m which is most of the elevation gain for this trail.
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Old Goat Glacier | 2008-06-14
Bright sun. Please some one make prescription sun glasses with more than 3.5. My eyes are too bad they don't make strong enough colored glass.
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Old Goat Glacier | 2008-06-14
Look still got 5 feet of snow.
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Old Goat Glacier | 2008-06-14
Almost the end of slope. Looking back, I can see Spray Lakes Reservoir.
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Old Goat Glacier | 2008-06-14
My research with the Internet, a lot of this snow should melt, but coming here in June, there were tons.
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Old Goat Glacier | 2008-06-14
Too much snow that I wished I had snowshoe because too often when I stepped, my legs fell as deep as it could. I had to walk with 2 arms and 2 legs like a dog.
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Old Goat Glacier | 2008-06-14
So to avoid snow, I climbed up hill then I saw a route from high ground which the route went all the way close to the end.
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Old Goat Glacier | 2008-06-14
It feels so nice when there is no body's foot prints but mine on the snow surface.
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Old Goat Glacier | 2008-06-14
I believe these mountains are actually one mountain called Mount Nestor.
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Old Goat Glacier | 2008-06-14
I absolutely loved this hike. Snow made it far more fun too, despite of straggle to walk.
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Old Goat Glacier | 2008-06-14
On the way back, I was butt sliding and I created this small avalanche… That was excellent idea, now I could just walk the avalanche path!!
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