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Forgetmenot Mountain true summit hike - Early morning shadows
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Forgetmenot Mountain true summit hike - Sunrise light
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Forgetmenot Mountain true summit hike - Our trail to the mountain begins where the Wildhorse Trail ends...
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Forgetmenot Mountain true summit hike - This is the mighty Elbow River, but here it's a dry creek bed...
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Forgetmenot Mountain true summit hike - On August 28, early morning frost at 1600 m elevation
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Forgetmenot Mountain true summit hike - On August 28, early morning frost at 1600 m elevation
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Forgetmenot Mountain true summit hike - About 500 m's beyond the dry Elbow River bed, we leave the Wildhorse Trail here to start our ascent
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Forgetmenot Mountain true summit hike - Still in the cool morning shadows of this mountain
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Forgetmenot Mountain true summit hike - The trail on the steepest part of nicely built and included many switchbacks
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Forgetmenot Mountain true summit hike - A little surprise partway up the mountain, a "Holey Rock Tree"
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Forgetmenot Mountain true summit hike - Forgetmenot Mountain true summit hike - Hiking into the light, as we top out onto the approach ridge
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Forgetmenot Mountain true summit hike - Looking down from our vantage point, we could see that the Elbow River is in an alluvial plain
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Forgetmenot Mountain true summit hike - Larry pauses on the approach ridge. The mountains just above his head are the Mt Glasgow sub-peaks we summited recently
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Forgetmenot Mountain true summit hike - Ben approaches the route cairn just below the summit ridge
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Forgetmenot Mountain true summit hike - Dwarf Fireweed in autumn colour
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Forgetmenot Mountain true summit hike - Larry on the wide summit ridge
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Forgetmenot Mountain true summit hike - A helicopter passes by
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Forgetmenot Mountain true summit hike - One more small climb to the ridge highpoint
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Forgetmenot Mountain true summit hike - A butterfly on Alpine Goldenrod
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Forgetmenot Mountain true summit hike - Ben on the final steep pitch
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Forgetmenot Mountain true summit hike - This is why they call it Fireweed..
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Forgetmenot Mountain true summit hike - The upper ridge is a field of frost-shattered rock
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Forgetmenot Mountain true summit hike - This section of the ridge is called the "Lookout"
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Forgetmenot Mountain true summit hike - The last blossoms of the Fireweed
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Forgetmenot Mountain true summit hike - Ben heading towards Forgetmenot Mountain summit, the "Lookout" on the ridge behind on the right
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Forgetmenot Mountain true summit hike - Ben approaches the true summit
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Forgetmenot Mountain true summit hike - Larry on the true summit, where many years ago there was a fire lookout
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Forgetmenot Mountain true summit hike - Larry heads back towards the "Lookout" area along the ridge
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Forgetmenot Mountain true summit hike - A selfie from the "Lookout" area, with Forgetmenot Ridge north peak in the distance above Larry's hat
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Forgetmenot Mountain true summit hike - Ben points out the mountains of the Banded Peak traverse completed in 2011
