Summit of Ha Ling.
The reconstructed Ha Ling/Miners Peak trail is finally open after an almost two season closure. We hiked it a few days ago along with hoards of hikers, trail runners and dogs. It’s different; a new style of Kananaskis Country trail with some interesting features…
Approaching the rocky section of the ridge.
There is an interesting ridge between Raspberry and Pasque in the series of ridges lining the west side of Highway 40 before the road starts its winding ascent to Wilkinson Summit. We set out to climb it on a cold, blustery July day with rain in the air.
Looking down on the Castle from the ridge near the summit.
There is a new approach trail to the top of Green Mountain that’s a lot easier than the now overgrown original route. Possibly a game trail once, there is a horse trail that takes you to the foot of the open slopes below the summit.
New editions of our Popular Day Hikes book have just been released in time for the hiking season. Gillean’s Popular Day Hikes in Kananaskis Country has been substantially revised and updated, while;Tony’s Popular Day Hikes in the Canadian Rockies has seen few changes.
From the summit we descended the rocky gully (The Gates) and found the debris a little way above the main valley floor (hidden in the picture).
On our way down from one of the peaks of the Hunchback Hills Gill found a debris patch that could possibly be an old crash site. There were small pieces of sheet metal and a few larger pieces containing what looked like fuel lines embedded in chunks of metal that were obviously fused together by very high temperatures.
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