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Ptolemy Plateau | 2009-07-16
Ptolemy Plateau
- Location: Crowsnest Pass
- Activity: Backpacking
- Height: 2,100 m (6,890 ft)
- Elevation Gain: 820 m (2,690 ft)
- Distance: 8.7 km / One Way (5.4 mi)
- Avg Steepness: 5.4°
- Estimated Time: 4-6 hrs
- Technicality: Novice
- Fitness Level: Hard
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Red line is the actual track I took up to where I went which was recorded by my GPS.
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Ptolemy Plateau | 2009-07-16
Look how serious I look, lol. Well I really did not want to fall in the river.
(Photo by Kirsten Buhr)
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Ptolemy Plateau | 2009-07-16
Kirsten, my neighbor. Originally we had more peeps joining this trip but they couldn't make it.
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Ptolemy Plateau | 2009-07-16
Last 2 km was steep and hard especially carrying heavy backpack not the day hike pack, but it didn't matter because it was all for this. Welcome to Ptolemy Plateau.
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Ptolemy Plateau | 2009-07-16
There are few small caves you can fool around in this place. This entire area is known for caves, namely Gargantua Cave and Cleft Cave.
(Photo by Kirsten Buhr)
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Ptolemy Plateau | 2009-07-16
Panorama view of Ptolemy Plateau. When Kirsten told me this trip, I thought I have been here before. Well I did camp near but not this place, so it was nice to be here for the first time.
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Ptolemy Plateau | 2009-07-16
Another panorama. Looking towards BC side, where we came from.
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Ptolemy Plateau | 2009-07-16
We had this beautiful place for only ourselves for the entire time we were there.
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Ptolemy Plateau | 2009-07-16
Checking the treasure map I downloaded… Does that mean it's no secret?
(Photo by Kirsten Buhr)
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Ptolemy Plateau | 2009-07-16
Cleft cave. I should have gone there when Kirsten was sleeping in early morning… After all less peeps means more share of treasures. If someone want to go there it's should be about GR730924. I hope you find nothing.
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Ptolemy Plateau | 2009-07-16
This friendly frog, I named him John, sneaked behind us. Even after we spotted him, he kept coming closer to us.
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Ptolemy Plateau | 2009-07-16
See how close he came? Two days after in the morning, he visited us again. I was already hiking up little high and he followed me. I stopped for a while, and so he did. Then he left.
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Ptolemy Plateau | 2009-07-16
In the dark, we encountered an alien. He said "Give me some money!!"
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Ptolemy Plateau | 2009-07-17
Next morning, I woke up at 5 AM and hiked up little higher.
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Ptolemy Plateau | 2009-07-17
After laying down on rock for 2 hours, I got this panorama.
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