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Wasootch Ridge summit hike-scramble - Video
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Wasootch Ridge summit hike/scramble - Ben starts out
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Wasootch Ridge summit hike/scramble - From the parking area, it's a steep hike up to the ridge
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Wasootch Ridge summit hike/scramble - We were surprised how much autumn colour was still in the Kananaskis River Valley
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Wasootch Ridge summit hike/scramble - Still ascending to the top of ridge
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Wasootch Ridge summit hike/scramble - Looking north toward Prairie View Mountain
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Wasootch Ridge summit hike/scramble - Ben topping out at the beginning of the long ridge to the summit
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Wasootch Ridge summit hike/scramble - Views north fom ridge early in the hike
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Wasootch Ridge summit hike/scramble - Larry with Mt Collembola in the background
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Wasootch Ridge summit hike/scramble - The ridge to the summit, the highpoint on the left
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Wasootch Ridge summit hike/scramble - Ben on the ridge
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Wasootch Ridge summit hike/scramble - Great skies for the hike!
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Wasootch Ridge summit hike/scramble - The undulating trail continues to climb
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Wasootch Ridge summit hike/scramble - The trickier route follows the top of the ridgeline, the easier route the base of the slabby cliff
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Wasootch Ridge summit hike/scramble - Today we chose a slightly easlier route that goes below the slabby cliff
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Wasootch Ridge summit hike/scramble - Having scrambled up to the ridge from the left, we approach the summit
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Wasootch Ridge summit hike/scramble - Summit selfie
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Wasootch Ridge summit hike-scramble - Summit video
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Wasootch Ridge summit hike/scramble - Yup, the trail DOES pass under that balancing rock...
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Wasootch Ridge summit hike/scramble - Larry with rocky ridge back to the trailhead
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Wasootch Ridge summit hike/scramble - Some of the groundcover has turned a lovely red
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Wasootch Ridge summit hike/scramble - Larry passes by a gnarly tree
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Wasootch Ridge summit hike/scramble - Looking back at the ridge and summit we have just come down from
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Wasootch Ridge summit hike/scramble - A grouse we spotteed on the way to back to the trailhead
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Wasootch Ridge summit hike/scramble - Views north west as head back down the trail
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Wasootch Ridge summit hike/scramble - Heading back along the undulating trail
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Wasootch Ridge summit hike/scramble - The only red tree we saw on the trail today
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Wasootch Ridge summit hike/scramble - Just the facts
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Wasootch Ridge summit hike/scramble - Hike profile
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Wasootch Ridge summit hike/scramble - Our GPS track on a 3D topo