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Window Mountain Lake | 2009-07-18

Window Mountain Lake
  • Location: Crowsnest Pass
  • Activity: Backpacking
  • Height: 2,000 m (6,562 ft)
  • Elevation Gain: 300 m (984 ft)
  • Distance: 3.7 km / One Way (2.3 mi)
  • Avg Steepness: 4.6°
  • Estimated Time: 0.75-1.5 hrs
  • Technicality: Novice
  • Fitness Level: Easy

Red line is the actual track I took up to where I went which was recorded by my GPS.

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Window Mountain Lake | 2009-07-18

Kirsten has bad feet and maybe the load on her or the quick sudden move she did trying not to fall in a river made her foot hurt. So she taped a flat rock on her heel to help the pain. Also pay attention to her socks, she's actually wearing white plastic bag because her socks and boots got wet falling into a river. She used everything she can use to deal with her situation. She's like The A-Team!!

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Window Mountain Lake | 2009-07-18

So for the 3rd day, we moved camp site to Window Mountain Lake.
(Photo by Kirsten Buhr)

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Window Mountain Lake | 2009-07-18

Window Mt Lake and Mount Ward.

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Window Mountain Lake | 2009-07-19

Ward-Allision Ridge
  • Location: Crowsnest Pass
  • Activity: Scrambling
  • Height: 2,562 m (8,406 ft)
  • Elevation Gain: 570 m (1,870 ft)
  • Distance: 4.2 km / Round Trip (2.6 mi)
  • Avg Steepness: 15.2°
  • Estimated Time: 2.5-4 hrs
  • Technicality: Expert.2b
  • Fitness Level: Moderate

Red line is the actual track I took up to where I went which was recorded by my GPS. Data is from Window Mountain Lake not from parking.

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Window Mountain Lake | 2009-07-19

The last day, we went up the Mount Ward, but Kirsten decided to stay low considering her bad feet. When I took this picture, she was trying to fly a kite.

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Window Mountain Lake | 2009-07-19

At the col where you can take left to Mount Ward or right to Allison Peak. Crowsnest Mountain and Window Mountain.

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Window Mountain Lake | 2009-07-19

Since I have done Ward two months ago, I decided to go half way to Allison. I had such fun scrambling this ridge.

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Window Mountain Lake | 2009-07-19

This is as far as I went that day at the unnamed peak. Allison Peak on the left and I have to bring the crazy UK guy here since he loves ridge scramble. Pretty view for sure.

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Window Mountain Lake | 2009-07-19

I was supposed to meet up Kirsten where we separated, but I totally checked on wrong place and I thought "Huh, it's windy so she maybe got cold and whet back to tent." Every time this happened in the past, ended up meeting at the start point instead. So I went all the way down and checked the camp site and she wasn't there... I walked the lake and hiked up again to find her at the place we separated. Hahahaaaa extra extra. Didn't I have GPS?

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