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Mount Proctor Summit Hike - Short Video
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Mount Proctor Hike-Scramble - Up with the chickens to beat the heat
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Mount Proctor Hike-Scramble - Trailhead sign
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Mount Proctor Hike-Scramble - Well signed, and lots of route cairns to help out
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Mount Proctor Hike-Scramble - Ben at a nicely done viewpoint
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Mount Proctor Hike-Scramble - Ben, with Fernie, BC below
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Mount Proctor Hike-Scramble - The Fernie Trails Association does a great job on the trails out here
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Mount Proctor Hike-Scramble - Lush forests and meadows
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Mount Proctor Hike-Scramble - Some smoke in the air from distant wildfires
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Mount Proctor Hike-Scramble - False Helibore, not yet in bloom
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Mount Proctor Hike-Scramble - Not sure what this is, but possibly moulted skin of a cicada?
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Mount Proctor Hike-Scramble - Self-heal, aka heal-all, woundwort, heart-of-the-earth, carpenter's herb, brownwort or blue curls,
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Mount Proctor Hike-Scramble - Beautiful vistas
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Mount Proctor Hike-Scramble - The route up the ridge is easier than it looks!
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Mount Proctor Hike-Scramble - Orange Mountain Dandelions, one in bloom, one in seed
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Mount Proctor Hike-Scramble - Not sure what these yellow wildflowers are...
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Mount Proctor Hike-Scramble - The orange dot on the rocks is a trail marker, looks a little narrow, though...
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Mount Proctor Hike-Scramble - This is a Mariposa Lily - on this visit, they were in great abundance
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Mount Proctor Hike-Scramble - Another gorgeous vista
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Mount Proctor Hike-Scramble - Lush forests and meadows (1)
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Mount Proctor Hike-Scramble - Ben looks ahead to the false summit on the left, and the true summit on the right
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Mount Proctor Hike-Scramble - Ben just before the false summit, with the true summit on the right
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Mount Proctor Hike-Scramble - Ben working his way up a grassy ridge
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Mount Proctor Hike-Scramble - The true summit on the right is much closer than it looks here..
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Mount Proctor Hike-Scramble - Paintbrush with distant mountains in the background
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Mount Proctor Hike-Scramble - Ben, with views to the southwest
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Mount Proctor Hike-Scramble - A long grassy ridge leads up to the summit area
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Mount Proctor Hike-Scramble - Ben starts his way up the rocky section
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Mount Proctor Hike-Scramble - The Mariposa Lilies were in great abundance
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Mount Proctor Hike-Scramble - Ben looking ahead to summit and its approach ridge
