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Mount Rundle Summit Scramble - Short video
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Mount Rundle Summit Hike-Scramble - Ben on the access equestrian-hiking route to the Mt Rundle turnoff
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Mount Rundle Summit Hike-Scramble - The trail through the lower slopes rises slowly via the many long switchbacks
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Mount Rundle Summit Hike-Scramble - Larry on the trail to Mt Rundle, just after the junction with the multi-use trail
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Mount Rundle Summit Hike-Scramble - We were surprised to see these native Cascade Azaleas, members of Rhododendron family next to the trail
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Mount Rundle Summit Hike-Scramble - Larry crossing one of the four gully-drainages
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Mount Rundle Summit Hike-Scramble - Ben walking past Cascade Azaleas
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Mount Rundle Summit Hike-Scramble - Across the valley is Sulphur Mountain with its gondola and ridgetop restaurant
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Mount Rundle Summit Hike-Scramble - Ben higher up but still on the forested slopes below the summit
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Mount Rundle Summit Hike-Scramble - Yellow Columbine on the lower slopes
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Mount Rundle Summit Hike-Scramble - Ben with Sulphur Mountain in the middle-ground
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Mount Rundle Summit Hike-Scramble - Ben starting up a section known as the Dragon's Back
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Mount Rundle Summit Hike-Scramble - I wonder why they call it the "Rockies"?
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Mount Rundle Summit Hike-Scramble - Having reached a lower section of the summit ridge views open to the east, still lots of elevation to go
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Mount Rundle Summit Hike-Scramble - From the summit ridge, peering eastwards, with Lake Minnewanka in the distance left
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Mount Rundle Summit Hike-Scramble - Fun scree slopes below the summit
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Mount Rundle Hike/Scramble - Larry on the final approach to the summit
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Mount Rundle Summit Hike-Scramble - Ben continuing up the summit ridge
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Mount Rundle Summit Hike-Scramble - Views west. Steep slopes and the pyramid-shaped Mount Assiniboine in the distance on the left
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Mount Rundle Hike/Scramble - Me on a wee downclimb getting to the summit
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Mount Rundle Summit Hike-Scramble - Views south of Canmore and the Bow River Valley from the summit
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Mount Rundle Summit Hike-Scramble - Summit selfie
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Mount Rundle Hike/Scramble - Views of the Bow River Valley and Lake Minnewanka from the summit
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Mount Rundle Summit Hike-Scramble - A portrait image of Cascade Mount from the summit of Mt Rundle
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Mount Rundle Summit Hike-Scramble - Ben starts the arduous return. PS. What IS holding those rocks there anyway...
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Mount Rundle Summit Hike-Scramble - One of Draba species on the upper slopes
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Mount Rundle Summit Hike-Scramble - A Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel in the forested section
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Mount Rundle Summit Hike-Scramble - Just the facts, with our summit in the distance