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Doorjamb Mountain Scramble - Our destination from the newly opened Jura Creek Trailhead
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Doorjamb Mountain Scramble - A warbler, perhaps a Yellow-rumped Warbler, greeted us near the begin
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Doorjamb Mountain Scramble - Ben starts out
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Doorjamb Mountain Scramble - Views start to open on the lower slopes
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Doorjamb Mountain Scramble - Prairie Crocuses (AKA Purple Pasque Flowers) abounded
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Doorjamb Mountain Scramble - The southward views open up
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Doorjamb Mountain Scramble - The Bow River Valley comes into view
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Doorjamb Mountain Scramble - The destination summit in the distance
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Doorjamb Mountain Scramble - Larry with the Bow River Valley behind him
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Doorjamb Mountain Scramble - Larry takes the lead
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Doorjamb Mountain Scramble - Good trails on this mountain
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Doorjamb Mountain Scramble - The green hill in the middle is actually Exshaw Mountain, not very high but still a named mountain
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Doorjamb Mountain Scramble - The route steepens
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Doorjamb Mountain Scramble - Ben working hard
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Doorjamb Mountain Scramble - Ben on a ridge midway up
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Doorjamb Mountain Scramble - Krummholz with the Rockies in the background
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Doorjamb Mountain Scramble - Getting closer to the summit, we encounter snow
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Doorjamb Mountain Scramble - Thankfully, the snow still supported us
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Doorjamb Mountain Scramble - Snow in the summit area - Mt Fable rises on the right
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Doorjamb Mountain Scramble - In the near distance, the orangey Mt Loder; in the far distance, Mt Yamnuska
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Doorjamb Mountain Scramble - From left to right, Mt Loder, Mt Yamnuska, and Ben
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Doorjamb Mountain Scramble - Larry at the summit
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Doorjamb Mountain Scramble - Our summit selfie
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Doorjamb Mountain Scramble - From the top of Doorjamb, the Bow River, Seebe Dam and the prairies beyond
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Doorjamb Mountain Scramble - Back we go!
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Doorjamb Mountain Scramble - Prairie Crocuses with a view
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Doorjamb Mountain Scramble - Prairie Crocuses with Kinnikinnick in early blossom
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Doorjamb Mountain Scramble - Mourning Cloak butterfly
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Doorjamb Mountain Scramble - Just the facts