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Published by vdewit on April 29th, 2009
Trip Details
Trip Activity: 
Scramble
Attained Summit?: 
Yes
Location: 
Yoho National Park
Trip Date: 
July 3, 2005
Summit Elevation: 
2,643m
Summit Elevation (ft): 
8,672ft
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Interesting Facts: 
(info from peakfinder.com) Named in 1883. Field, Cyrus West (As a guest of the CPR which was then under construction, Cyrus Field visited the "end of steel" in 1884 which was then in the area of the present town of Field. Cyrus Field was a promotor of the first trans-Atlantic cable.) Official name.

Trip Report

Dave walks beneath imposing cliffs on the Wapta Highline trail.
Dave walks beneath imposing cliffs on the Wapta Highline trail. Dave ascends the crux.
Dave ascends the crux.
Dave ascends the final slopes before the summit of Mount Field.
Dave ascends the final slopes before the summit of Mount Field. Dave on the summit of Mount Field.
Dave on the summit of Mount Field. Panorama from the summit of Mount Field including the Trans Canada and Mount Stephen.
Panorama from the summit of Mount Field including the Trans Canada and Mount Stephen. Panorama from the summit of Mount Field towards Emerald Lake and Wapta Mountain.
Panorama from the summit of Mount Field towards Emerald Lake and Wapta Mountain. Views off the Wapta Highline Trail.
Views off the Wapta Highline Trail.
Mount Burgess from the summit of Field.
Mount Burgess from the summit of Field.
Mount Stephen from the summit of Field.
Mount Stephen from the summit of Field.