Canadian Rockies - 2014-2022

PanShiBo · 发表于 2015-7-22 15:47:00

2015.07.08 Town of Ha Ling Peak in the centre.

In 1896 Ha Ling, a Chinese cook for the Canadian Pacific Railway (some say the Okaloosa Hotel in Canmore) was bet 50 dollars that he could not climb the peak and plant a flag on the summit in less than 10 hours. According to the Medicine Hat News of October 22, 1896, he started the ascent at 7:00 am the previous Saturday morning and was back in time for lunch. As nobody believed his story, he led a party of doubters to the summit where he planted a much larger flag beside the original, this one visible to the naked eye from Canmore. The townsfolk referred to the mountain as Chinaman's Peak in his honour.

PanShiBo · 发表于 2015-8-18 15:49:26

CANADIAN ROCKIES TIP #15 - Consider Ridge Walking

At the end of summer just before grey rainy shoulder arrival, when higher elevations become less safe because of fresh snow and dynamic rapid weather changes, consider Ridge Walking - something between hiking and climbing：you still get pretty good views, a lot better than of just "regular flat-ground hiking". Parker Ridge is a classic example. Panorama Ridge in BC would be sort of example too, if you ignore crowded long nothing-to-see approach, shorter view time and possibility of finding your car vandalized upon returning. A handy book was written, not coincidentally titled "Ridgewalks in the Canadian Rockies"- just flipping through pages can make one excited and start packing. 140 routes no less! 8)

RIDGEWALKS IN THE CANADIAN ROCKIES, SECOND EDITION presents over 140 ridgewalks from Waterton Lakes National Park to Jasper National Park and in British Columbia. There are over 50 pages of maps and more than 160 photos. Ridgewalking is an enjoyable, often challenging way to experience the landscape. Ridgewalks hold great appeal because of the views they offer: it's like being on a summit all day.

beijihu · 发表于 2015-8-18 18:57:44

You are top gun

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sgbPo7ijhw0

仅以此歌献给在这片土地上留下足迹的人们

PanShiBo · 发表于 2015-9-28 11:17:14

CANADIAN ROCKIES TIP #16 - The place is good for hiking, but not the best in North America.

Remember that story about 井底蛙? He thought his place was so good until the turtle came along and told him about the sea...

If you are looking for a good outdoors workout (in terms of your comfort distance + elevation gain), 360 degrees views (preferably from high(est) summit), personal safety (from animals as well from humans - car break-ins etc.) and comfort ( well maintained trails - preferably all the way to the summit - zero bushwhacking and no route-finding headache) - what many of us go hiking for, then Canadian Rockies is not the best place in North America - presence of grizzly bears and infamous shale limits your fun experience.

In case you were curious, here is the list of North American hiking areas in order: higher score = better hiking.

Ontario - 1 ( Lake Simcoe / Algonquin Park anybody?)
Southern BC - 2 ( No Lake Simcoe but Garibaldi Lake instead with high probability of car vandalism, Mt. Mulligan as typical representative - like it or not - somehow comes to mind too)
U.S. Cascade Range (WA, OR) - 2.5 - Same terrain as in Southern BC but a lot safer and trails are a lot better.
Canadian Rockies - 3 ( National Park status delivers quality and safety , good views - if only no grizzly bears and shale)
Sierra Nevada - 4 ( no grizzlies, granite instead of lime stone, pretty safe, open clean forest leading to alpine leading to a lot taller summits )
Colorado Rockies - 5 ( nothing to complain about - big selection of various routes will make anybody satisfied )

PanShiBo · 发表于 2016-4-27 09:19:47

2016.04.26 Mount Robson

Mount Robson is the most prominent mountain in North America's Rocky Mountain range; it is also the highest point in the Canadian Rockies.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Robson

vera · 发表于 2016-4-27 09:47:15

2016.04.26 Mount Robson - contd.

Berg Lake之行还历历在目，今次竟又再见Robson，没想到已难现真容闻名的Robson，今天可是给足了面子，毫无保留地展现在我们面前，看吧看吧，让你们看个够！（看来我们的人品真是好得没得说）真棒，看得我们欲罢不能，想要登山的欲望被它一点点引出来，没有足够的定力还真的很难把持住。博士说，这是登山的人常常面对的挑战，得学会有耐心，学会可以克制内心的冲动，理智地冷静地分析各种因素，而不是片面地鲁莽地做决定。Robson再诱人，在登山的条件没有完全具备时，我们也只能带着敬畏的心，从远处欣赏它。我想，也只有这样，它才会善待我们。

晨曦中的的Mt Robson

PanShiBo · 发表于 2016-4-27 10:34:55

2016.04.26 Jasper - Mt. Cinquefoil

Yet another perfect day.

Not the summit yet. 8)

PanShiBo · 发表于 2016-4-27 17:14:52

2016.04.26 Jasper NP - Cinquefoil Mountain, Alberta

Camera-tolerant goats

vera · 发表于 2016-4-27 17:21:07

2016.04.26 Jasper NP - Cinquefoil Mountain, Alberta - contd.

名不虚传："...high tolerance for cameras and will pose willingly"

PanShiBo · 发表于 2016-4-27 18:07:13

2016.04.26 Jasper NP - Cinquefoil Mountain, Alberta - contd.

vera · 发表于 2016-4-27 18:15:18

2016.04.26 Jasper NP - Cinquefoil Mountain, Alberta - contd.

PanShiBo · 发表于 2016-4-28 06:32:30

2016.04.26 Jasper NP - Cinquefoil Mountain, Alberta - contd.

Cinquefoil is one in the Canadian Rockies that opens earliest. Trail was dry and surprisingly well maintained.

vera · 发表于 2016-4-28 06:42:39

2016.04.26 Jasper NP - Cinquefoil Mountain, Alberta - contd.

BC的Robson的visitor centre，我们知道可以上网，就想稍作停留，谁知这次它还没有开门。也许太早了？可在门上也看不到工作时间。再透过玻璃窗一看，里面乱七八糟，一看就是很久没有人迹了。啊，没戏了，而且“sweeper”要清扫停车场了，已经有人在提醒我们马上离开，因为等会就是尘土飞扬的局面。好吧，那就继续我们的旅程吧！

路上博士开始在落基山的“攀缘”类别里选择适合我们的路线，第一个就是这个Cinquefoil，不知道有多远，书上只写了“海拔2260米，拔高1230米，用时4-7小时”，博士的GPS里单程不到6公里，我们以为半天就差不多了吧，于是只带了1L水。气温很适宜，十几度，几乎无风，根据GPS顺利到了TH，进去了一段发现和GPS里的不符（其实后来合并了），便在林子里摸索着去找到GPS的线路，这一找，就是bushwacking，我看真的要把树枝上不知积了多少年的尘土收拢了过来，还碰到了很多令人恐惧的Devil's Club，好在博士有高超的找路技巧，三下五除二，很快我们就脱离了困境，走上了正途。

上了Trail，感觉就是不一样，不用只盯着那些带刺的Devil's Club，自然有了很多心思看周围的风景。一路尽是春夏的景色，温暖干爽，很快出了林子，碰到的第一个大大的斜坡，就有一群羊在列队欢迎我们！数一数，15只！书中所言非虚，它们泰然自若，处变不惊，你走你的山道，我吃我的草，该干嘛干嘛，想要拍我吗？那就摆个姿势给你瞧瞧！结果，大家都开心！

离开了羊群，自此"long, lazy ridge"就开始了，ridge上的风光自不必说（而且我真听见了“婉转”的带有旋律的鸟叫），但路途并不平坦。看到一个"peak",到了，哦，不是的，前面还有更高的。再上，坡度和GG差不多，前面那个总该是了吧？看看GPS，还有1.4公里，那这个也不可能。博士开始真有点以为GPS错了，因为这个太像peak了。怎么办？走上去再看呗！结果，上到这个”false peak“，才看到真正的summit还在后面，真的还要1公里。博士感叹说，"You never know. . .", It is so true. 人的视野有多少局限，常常爬山的人再清楚不过了。我们曾多少次迷惑了自己，做了多少次错误的猜测，最后都被GPS一一纠正，才站在了真正的顶峰上面啊！（山顶上碰到两人，一问就知道他们不用GPS，因为他们不肯定summit到底在哪里，最后还是通过博士才得到确认）

顶上的气温一测10℃，凉爽，面积也不小，是休息的好时候、好地方。接着我们下山，从上往下看，trail很明显，一路没有什么意外，只是不断地下，我们都戴着头盔的，这是ridge，还有很多碎石，如果摔跤，可别指望有什么好结果。只有回到了那个有羊群的斜坡，我才真正放了一些心下来。（那些可爱的羊，还在等着和我们道别呢！民风何等纯朴啊！）

谁也没有想到，就是这样的easy级的攀缘，我们用了8小时，下山的半道，我就对博士说，下Rainier也没有这样难，真的，事后证明，确实如此，两天后下楼梯大腿还疼。也许Cinquefoil就是要以这样的方式留在我的记忆里吧！

我们真有点小看了这个“easy scrambling”，10：13才出发！

PanShiBo · 发表于 2016-4-28 07:38:38

2016.04.26 Jasper NP - Cinquefoil Mountain, Alberta - contd.

vera · 发表于 2016-4-28 07:59:09

我们对"征友启事"此类的事一定很不陌生，报纸、电视等媒体上常见，可是在山顶的注册簿上读到它，对我来说还是头一次。我好奇地想看看我们之前还有谁来到这里，那这一则真的有趣，4月21日，来自Hinton（离此不远的小城），开头就直奔主题、目标明确，要找一个girl来dating（目前的社会，确实要注明“性别”），他仔细地写了自己的情况（肤色种族、年龄、喜好包括滑雪还有喝啤酒等），也写了对未来女友的期望（有同样喜好的，特别也注明了喝酒），最后留下了电话号码，希望有意者和他联系。我看了一看，这本登记册有5年的历史了，登上顶峰的人也没填满这只有64K的小薄本（不到一半遇到两个带狗的年轻人就放弃了），再除去男生，那单身的女性一定少而又少，照此推算，合适的人不知何年才会碰到。不过，反过来一想，若真有这样的人，那可真正是通过"攀缘"而结缘，不就是真正的缘分吗？

有谁心动了吗？那就去Cinquefoil走一遭吧！

PanShiBo · 发表于 2016-4-28 10:54:43

2016.04.26 Jasper NP - Cinquefoil Mountain, Alberta - contd.

Cinquefoil 是梅花的意思。 8)

vera · 发表于 2016-4-28 10:57:46

2016.04.26 Jasper NP - Cinquefoil Mountain, Alberta - contd.

无限风光在险峰

棉花糖 · 发表于 2016-4-28 11:00:33

精彩的旅程！羡慕！ :favor: :cb: :cb:

PanShiBo · 发表于 2016-4-28 17:46:37

2016.04.27 Mount Chephren is an icon of Canadian Rockies .. 8)

PanShiBo · 发表于 2016-4-29 04:50:31

2016.04.27 Jasper NP

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Canadian Rockies - 2014-2022

CANADIAN ROCKIES TIP #15 - Consider Ridge Walking

Thank you for sharing so beautiful trip

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