Mt. Richardson/Mt. Fossil Link-up

Ok, I know I'm behind, but we have to go back to summer and the Canada trip with Sherrie cause it was just too good to not post about!

This day perhaps was one of my favorites.....It had everything - every element (wind, snow, sun), elevation gain, distance, FOSSILS, and pure exhaustion by the end!

We started out early with some things in mind, but no exact plan. We just knew there were a bunch of peaks back in this valley, and they all sounded amazing. We lucked out first thing by catching a ride in the back of a truck that took us a couple of miles in - all up hill. Certainly a chilly morning!

My journal entry for the day reads, "Woke up early for the big day. Caught a ride with the lifties up to the ski area, and then it was off to Mt. Richardson - which we climbed in a blizzard! Still more time in the day so it was off to Mt. Fossil."

Sherrie practicing some yoga moves at the top of Mt. Fossil.

Of course I just couldn't stop with the camera shots as it was so beautiful at the top!

Sherrie heading back to the valley below!

Slideshow of the day!

Some Scrambling up Castle Mountain and Mt Rundle - Banff, Canada

So Nadine had to take off, and I was left with a few days all to myself....it was nice to have some down time after the long drive, sometime to digest everything that was going on, and some time to play as hard as I could.....And I got worked!

I headed out to Castle Mountain where once again the views were just incredible. Afternoon showers filled the sky which gave way to just amazing photo opportunities.....

The next day I headed up Mt Rundle....I thought it would be an easy scramble...technically not so challenging, but pretty steep! And my legs were certainly tired from the day before! Enjoy the slide show of Castle and Rundle!

Mount Cascade and a Korean Rescue!

The last time I was in the Canmore/Banff area it was an in between season, so I was pretty excited when Nadine agreed to come north and meet up for a "international" holiday! (Above photo of Mount Cascade from town.)

It feels like there are 1,000 of peaks to choose from in the area....But as we ate our dinner on the rooftop of a local restaurant we deiced to head up Mount Cascade. We had perfect weather - Sunny and Hot!!

Once we got above treeline the views just were incredible. We picnicked along the way, stopped for photos, basic girl catch-up-chat-chat time.....

We made it to the top in fine style...it was on the way down when the excitement began...I won't go into all the details, but story in short, we met up with a young Korean man who took the wrong trail up, and was pretty wrecked...he was so close to the top, we told him go bag the peak and we will wait for you....as we waited, we ran into a second lost Korean man! A couple of helicopters later, a semi-park ranger rescue, and a mob of concerned Koreans at the trail head.....we made it down the mountain!

Once again, thank you Nadine for making the trip north!! It was truly great to see you!!