Crowsnest Mountain

Published by vdewit on April 30th, 2009

Trip Details

Trip Activity:

Scramble

Attained Summit?:

Yes

Location:

Crowsnest Pass

Trip Date:

September 2, 2004

Summit Elevation:

2,785m

Summit Elevation (ft):

9,138ft

Trip Report

Crowsnest Mountain has long been a goal of mine - it just sounded like a lot of fun! It didn't disappoint but like all our scrambles in the first week of September 2004 (6 in all) this one was rushed because of thick clouds and rain moving in from the west in the early afternoon hours.

We didn't start up the mountain till 1530 so we knew we were going to be a bit rushed but since this was our first scramble of the week we knew we could push it a bit. We went hard up to the gully with the chain at the top and had to wait for a guided group to come down the scree. They cautioned us that they had needed a climbing rope above the chain but when we got there we found the route to be quite easy without any further assistance. The chain was not strictly necessary but it's probably saved some people from careening a bit faster then normal down that chute!! ;-)

As we got higher on the mountain it became quite obvious that we were in for a good wind-lashing and some thick cloud cover. We still managed a few minutes on the top but after a few snapshots we headed back down.

A great scramble that I recommend doing on a nice sunny day so that you have time to enjoy the views from the summit. After all that is part of the point of doing all these summits isn't it?