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Mount Invincible East Ridge
Kananaskis, Alberta
September 8, 2000
While going through photos I had taken in 2000, I came across a scramble I had never posted. I remember little about that trip now, but those photos and my GPS track tell the story. (GPS receivers weren't very accurate at the turn of the century and some of my track is missing; my distance is estimated.)
Starting at Peninsula day-use area, I along with Zora, Kari, Elizabeth and Sue followed Rick as he led us up an exploration road to a gypsum quarry. The trip didn't end there, however. After leaving the road, we started up the east ridge of Mount Invincible. It began as a hike but ended with a scramble to a rocky point.
After spending half an hour there, we continued past our little summit to a col. From there we descended the drainage north. Once at the bottom, we worked our way southeast back to the road. Hiking back along the road, we were surprised to find an unbelievably bountiful strawberry patch. We all stopped to gorge on the tiny fruit before continuing on.
The view northwest after we get above the treeline
Starting up the open ridge
Looking back at a cairn we passed
Scrambling up
Mount Indefatigable lies south
Looking back at the high point that we reached
Mount Invincible
Hiking back down the road
Strawberries were plentiful
Elizabeth, Kari, Zora, Rick and Sue feasting on the fruit
82 J/11 Kananaskis Lakes