Shawn Bags Reads Ridge – Kananaskis

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The trail starts with a nice easy to follow snowshoe path. Things look promising!
However, the trail ends shortly after and I am forced to break trail. Tedious work in the heavy, wet spring snow.
As I gain the ridge the snow really thins out. I decide to abandon my snowshoes. You can seem them sticking up in the bottom of this photo. I stick them up so I can easily find them on the return trip.
As I gain the next little ridge I realize this was a poor choice. Too much snow to easily walk through. I have to turn around and go back to collect my snowshoes.
View from the top.
Traditional summit selfie.
In the distance is the summit of mt sparrowhawk. Return the same way you came up.
Categories: SnowSnowshoeing

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