Mount Sparrowhawk

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Mount Sparrowhawk
  • Location: Kananaskis Country (Highway 742)
  • Activity: Scrambling
  • Height: 3,121 m (10,240 ft)
  • Elevation Gain: 1,415 m (4,643 ft)
  • Distance: 10.0 km / Round Trip (6.2 mi)
  • Avg Steepness: 15.8°
  • Estimated Time: 6-9 hrs
  • Technicality: Intermediate
  • Fitness Level: Hard
Pink line is the actual track I took which was recorded by my GPS.

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This is Mount Sparrowhawk. Mountains around this area are high and this one is not an exception.

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Spray Lakes Reservoir and the mountain in center is Mount Nestor. I have to try that one some times.

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These little dudes scared me. They didn't mind my present and kept eating. I didn't know they were right there and I wasn't expecting to see animals so close.

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That's the peak. To get there, has to go around the back side.

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It was very smoky day. Probably the worst of all entire summer I hiked. Who's smoking?

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This is part of Mount Bogart.

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Looks like there are three peaks but actually only two of them have name. Left one is Mount Lougheed, and right one is Wind Mountain. The middle is unnamed.

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360 from the summit of Mt. Sparrowhawk.

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It was so pretty day I actually took nap for a little while on the summit.

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