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Heart Mountain Horseshoe Loop Scramble - Point taken...
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Heart Mountain Horseshoe Loop Scramble - Due to budget cuts...
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Heart Mountain Horseshoe Loop Scramble - Beautiful vistas
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Heart Mountain Horseshoe Loop Scramble - Taken from half-way up the front face, the "heart" shape is slightly visible here
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Heart Mountain Horseshoe Loop Scramble - This is the general angle for much of the route
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Heart Mountain Horseshoe Loop Scramble - Ben midway up the front face
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Heart Mountain Horseshoe Loop Scramble - From midway up the front face, Mt Yamnuska in the distance on the right is in nice light
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Heart Mountain Horseshoe Loop Scramble - Breadcrumbs required, or else!
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Heart Mountain Horseshoe Loop Scramble - Ben on the first sligthly steeper section
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Heart Mountain Horseshoe Loop Scramble - Larry finds a nice route
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Heart Mountain Horseshoe Loop Scramble - Ben in a gully
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Heart Mountain Horseshoe Loop Scramble - Larry on an even more slightly steeper section
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Heart Mountain Horseshoe Loop Scramble - Ben at the cairn atop the front face of Heart Mountain
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Heart Mountain Horseshoe Loop Scramble - After the front face comes this undulating to the high point
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Heart Mountain Horseshoe Loop Scramble - Larry high-stepping it on Heart Mountain
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Heart Mountain Horseshoe Loop Scramble - Part of the 'horseshoe' follows a beautiful ridge with an easy gradient
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Heart Mountain Horseshoe Loop Scramble - Ben marches along the ridge
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Heart Mountain Horseshoe Loop Scramble - Ben arrives the true summit (aka Grant MacEwan Peak) with its summit register
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Heart Mountain Horseshoe Loop Scramble - From Grant MacEwan Peak, Grotto Mountain in the distance in beautiful light
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Heart Mountain Horseshoe Loop Scramble - Ben approaching the descent route
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Heart Mountain Horseshoe Loop Scramble - Selfie from the descent route, showing the mostly treed, undulating summit ridge behind
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Heart Mountain Horseshoe Loop Scramble - Ben starts down the descent route
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Heart Mountain Horseshoe Loop Scramble - Larry on the descent route
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Heart Mountain Horseshoe Loop Scramble - Krummholz along our descent route
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Heart Mountain Horseshoe Loop Scramble - Now back in the valley we follow a power line back to the trailhead
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Heart Mountain Horseshoe Loop Scramble - A large pond on the way back to the trailhead
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Heart Mountain Horseshoe Loop Scramble - Passing through one of the lovely forests on the route
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Heart Mountain Horseshoe Loop Scramble - A short boardwalk section at the edge of the pond
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Heart Mountain Horseshoe Loop Scramble - View north to Mount Loder (centre) from the pond
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Heart Mountain Horseshoe Loop Scramble - Just the facts
