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Published by vdewit on April 30th, 2009
Trip Details
Trip Activity: 
Scramble
Attained Summit?: 
Yes
Location: 
Kananaskis Country
Trip Date: 
September 26, 2004
Summit Elevation: 
2,970m
Summit Elevation (ft): 
9,745ft
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Interesting Facts: 
(info from peakfinder.com) Named in 1922. HMS Cornwall was a cruiser engaged in the Battle of the Falkland Islands during WW I. Official name. First ascended in 1949 by A. Choquette.  
Related Trips: 
Glasgow, Mount
Banded Peak
Outlaw Peak
Other Trip Reports: 
http://www.freewebtown.com/ssbou/ssbou2004/glasgowbanded.html

Trip Report

After ascending Mount Glasgow we continued down to the col between Glasgow and Mount Cornwall and started ascending the 350m to Cornwall's summit. For some reason this ended up being the second toughest slog of the day. This is the most elevation gain not including the initial 1340m to Glasgow's summit and it really seemed to drain both Sonny and I.

The direct ascent of Cornwall can be seen from the Glasgow / Cornwall col and it looks really really long! The ascent was basically a hike and as soon as I popped out on the summit ridge I got a real burst of energy. The snow only came up to the ridge so we were actually just walking on scree and the glorious views were more than enough to make up for the aches and pains!

We took some summit photos, had a bite to eat and were off to Outlaw Peak...