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Tangle Ridge | 2009-06-13
Tangle Ridge
- Location: Jasper National Park
- Activity: Scrambling
- Height: 3,000 m (9,843 ft)
- Elevation Gain: 1,235 m (4,052 ft)
- Distance: 13.6 km / Loop (8.4 mi)
- Avg Steepness: 10.3°
- Estimated Time: 4.5-8 hrs
- Technicality: Intermediate
- 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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Tangle Ridge | 2009-06-13
Less than 10 km farther north of the Icefield Centre.
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Tangle Ridge | 2009-06-13
It looks quite windy up there.
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Tangle Ridge | 2009-06-13
Mount Athabasca on the left and part of Mount Andromeda on the right. Athabasca Glacier is the one at the bottom looks like a river. Columbia Icefield feeds eight major glaciers and Athabasca Glacier is one of them.
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Tangle Ridge | 2009-06-13
It was a blast hiking Tangle Ridge because mountains you see here are among the highest mountains in Canadian Rockies.
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Tangle Ridge | 2009-06-13
Columbia Icefield is about 325 km² in area, 100 to 365 meters (328' to 1,197') in depth according to wake. That's smaller than my house.
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Tangle Ridge | 2009-06-13
Tangle Ridge is mostly or I should say pretty much hike rather than scramble.
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Tangle Ridge | 2009-06-13
What a great view. I could even see Mount Alberta. As an Albertan, I have to check out Mount Alberta right?
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Tangle Ridge | 2009-06-13
I think it was the first time since last summer that I did over 3 km high. I got light headache.
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Tangle Ridge | 2009-06-13
Looking at North. Sunwapta Peak on the left.
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Tangle Ridge | 2009-06-13
View of Columbia Icefield and mountains. Mouse over to see names and heights. I found that the heights of mountains varies from source to source. My source is from the book "The 11,000ers of the Canadian Rockies" by Bill Corbett. Bill is only the 3rd climber who have climbed all 54 11,000ers in the Canadian Rockies.
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Tangle Ridge | 2009-06-13
One day I will go the other side of the road, yes that is right go right into the icefield and stand on there.
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Tangle Ridge | 2009-06-13
Zoom in to the Mount Alberta.
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Tangle Ridge | 2009-06-13
This trip was such a inspiring trip for me. Made me wanting to learn more and go further more that I can go right now. Maybe it is a bad news to my mom.
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Tangle Ridge | 2009-06-13
Now I have seen the second highest mountain in the Canadian Rocky Mountains.
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Tangle Ridge | 2009-06-13
Big cornices still hung over the ridge.
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Tangle Ridge | 2009-06-13
The other end of Tangle Ridge, there was a cairn.
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Tangle Ridge | 2009-06-13
At the parking, I think this is called Tangle fall I believe.
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