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Heart Mountain Summit Hike/Scramble - Short video
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Heart Mountain Summit Scramble - If you want parking at the busy trailhead, you have to depart Calgary at sunrise...
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Heart Mountain Summit Scramble - A low sun at the start of the hike
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Heart Mountain Summit Scramble - The early morning light made the leaves look more like they do in spring...
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Heart Mountain Summit Scramble - Views southwest from the lower slopes
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Scenics from our Sunday hikes and scrambles to the top of Heart Mountain in the morning, then Grizzly Peak in the afternoon
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Heart Mountain Summit Scramble - Early view of Mt Yamnuska in the distance through the trees
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Heart Mountain Summit Scramble - Ben with the Bow River Valley and the Exshaw cement plant behind him
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Heart Mountain Summit Scramble - Closer in, the mountains to the southwest
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Heart Mountain Summit Scramble - We were warned!
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Heart Mountain Summit Scramble - Ben below the second crux - it's MUCH steeper than it looks here
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Heart Mountain Summit Scramble - From the summit, a view of Lac des Arc and the surrounding peaks
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Scenics from our Sunday hikes and scrambles to the top of Heart Mountain in the morning, then Grizzly Peak in the afternoon
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Heart Mountain Summit Scramble - A westwards view up the Bow River Valley
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Scenics from our Sunday hikes and scrambles to the top of Heart Mountain in the morning, then Grizzly Peak in the afternoon
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Heart Mountain Summit Scramble - Larry ascending some fun rock early in the hike
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Heart Mountain Summit Scramble - A Least Chipmunk came to say hello
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Heart Mountain Summit Scramble - Ben descending the second crux
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Heart Mountain Summit Scramble - A view towards Canmore, just out of the picture
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Heart Mountain Summit Scramble - A zoom shot of climbers across the valley, above Heart Creek. Only crazy people would do something THIS dangerous! :)
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Heart Mountain Summit Scramble - Just the facts
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Heart Mountain Summit Scramble - Hike profile (showing a short descent from and return to the summit after realizing we had forgotten something)
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Heart Mountain Summit Scramble - Our GPS track on a 3D topo