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Scrambles (from my guidebook)
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Mount Hungabee from Mount Temple's scramble route, Banff National Park
Here are selected scrambles with photos from the new 1999 edition of my best-selling guidebook, SCRAMBLES in the CANADIAN ROCKIES, (by me, Alan Kane) which won the Canadian Rockies Award at Banff Mountain Book Festival, 1999.
What is Scrambling?
Scrambling lies somewhere between hiking and technical climbing/mountaineering, but a rope is not usually required for experienced parties if conditions are dry. Scramble routes range from steep, off-trail hiking while other ascents are more difficult requiring frequent use of hand and foot holds while ascending rock steps or traversing narrow ridges. The scrambling objective is usually a mountain top.
What is in the book Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies?
Actual descriptions in the guidebook include detailed firsthand information about starting points, level of difficulty, round trip time, plus a wealth of other useful information. Most of the 155+ scrambles in the book are day trips. All routes in the guidebook are illustrated with red lines on photos accompanied by in-depth text descriptions.
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route description of Mount Temple (3543 m), Banff
National Park, taken from the Scrambles book. Don't walk on the east
face cornice like some idiots have done...
Follow the links below to see photos taken on selected scramble ascents described in Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies. These photos are not intended as a source of route information but merely to whet your appetite. After all, I am hoping to $ell book$!
Representative Canadian Rockies scrambles
Mount Richardson, Banff National Park (featured in August 1999 Backpacker Magazine)
Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies includes route descriptions for 155+ peaks with a wide range of difficulty suitable for novice climbers and experienced hikers who want a little more challenge. It is profusely illustrated with 188 route photos complete with red route lines.
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Email: peakbagger2 "at" hotmail.com with errors or any oversights but please, spare me the complaints about how tough it was. Thanks!
Alan Kane.
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Warning: Climbing and scrambling can kill you. So can smoking, overeating and lying on the couch watching TV. Check with your doctor before overdoing any of these last three. And if you are going to climb a peak, don't take this info as gospel or as a substitute for experience. People die doing this...Get a guidebook. Click here to see all the climbing related accidents and deaths in the Canadian Rockies.
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