Ptolemy Plateau

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Ptolemy Plateau
  • Location: Crowsnest Pass
  • Activity: Backpacking
  • Height: 2,100 m (6,890 ft)
  • Elevation Gain: 820 m (2,690 ft)
  • Distance: 8.7 km / One Way (5.4 mi)
  • Avg Steepness: 5.4°
  • Estimated Time: 4-6 hrs
  • Technicality: Novice
  • Fitness Level: Hard
Red line is the actual track I took up to where I went which was recorded by my GPS.

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Look how serious I look, lol. Well I really did not want to fall in the river.
(Photo by Kirsten Buhr)

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Kirsten, my neighbor. Originally we had more peeps joining this trip but they couldn't make it.

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Last 2 km was steep and hard especially carrying heavy backpack not the day hike pack, but it didn't matter because it was all for this. Welcome to Ptolemy Plateau.

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There are few small caves you can fool around in this place. This entire area is known for caves, namely Gargantua Cave and Cleft Cave.
(Photo by Kirsten Buhr)

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Panorama view of Ptolemy Plateau. When Kirsten told me this trip, I thought I have been here before. Well I did camp near but not this place, so it was nice to be here for the first time.

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Best camp spot ever!!

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Another panorama. Looking towards BC side, where we came from.

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We had this beautiful place for only ourselves for the entire time we were there.

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Checking the treasure map I downloaded… Does that mean it's no secret?
(Photo by Kirsten Buhr)

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Cleft cave. I should have gone there when Kirsten was sleeping in early morning… After all less peeps means more share of treasures. If someone want to go there it's should be about GR730924. I hope you find nothing.

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This friendly frog, I named him John, sneaked behind us. Even after we spotted him, he kept coming closer to us.

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See how close he came? Two days after in the morning, he visited us again. I was already hiking up little high and he followed me. I stopped for a while, and so he did. Then he left.

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Sunset in Rockies.

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In the dark, we encountered an alien. He said "Give me some money!!"

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Zzz…(*´～｀*)｡o○

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Next morning, I woke up at 5 AM and hiked up little higher.

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After laying down on rock for 2 hours, I got this panorama.

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