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Published by vdewit on April 30th, 2009
Trip Details
Trip Activity: 
Hike
Attained Summit?: 
Yes
Location: 
Kananaskis Country
Trip Date: 
September 15, 2002
Elevation Gain: 
1,350m
Distance: 
13.00kms
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Interesting Facts: 
(info from peakfinder.com) Named by M.B.B. Crockford (a geologist who, in 1947, mapped the coal seam which was mined on Mt. Allan) in 1948. Allan, Dr. J.A (A Professor of Geology an the University of Alberta, Dr. Allan was responsible for locating much of the coal reserves in the province.) . Official name.    
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Trip Report

Mount Allan is probably one of the closest you can get to a scramble and still call it a hike! I've done this one twice now - and loved it both times. Awesome views and a two-summit day make this one very highly recommended.

Here's the view going up to Olympic Summit. This is one of the highest maintained trails in the Canadian Rockies - even higher than the Skyline trail in Jasper.


Jeff prepares for the final summit push on Mount Allan.

Jeff grinding up the final scree slope.

Exploring the pinnacles above Olympic Summit on the way back down.

One of Lougheed's summits beyond the ascent slopes of Allan.

Heading down from Olympic Summit.

Another pinnacle.

Heading down again.

The trail up past Olympic Summit on my second climb.

What a gorgeous view of Mount Lougheed!

Another stunning view west.

A whole gang on top this time.

The gang on the way back down through the pinnacles.

One of my all-time favorite shots off this hike.

Another fantastic late fall day in the hills.

Another favorite shot looking back towards Mount Sparrowhawk.

both abundance and lack exist

Submitted by alandoland on September 17, 2009 - 00:44.
both abundance and lack exist simultaneously in our lives, as parallel realities. It is always our conscious choice which secret garden we will tend... when we choose gas stoves not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that's present -- love, health, family, concrete countertops friends, work, the joys of nature and personal pursuits that bring us pleasure -- the wasteland of illusion falls away and we experience Heaven on earth. it is in these acts called trivialities that the seeds of joy are forever wasted, until laminate countertops men and women look round with haggard faces at the devastation their own waste has made, and say, the earth bears no harvest of sweetness -- calling their denial knowledge.