Crossing the bridge
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Isabelle Peak A long hike in and a long scramble on loose rock lead to great views which we mostly missed because of poor weather. The coordinates in the book, however, were wrong. They should be GR680624 for the bridge (Mt. Goodsir) and GR704631 (Banff) for the cairn where you leave the trail. |
Crossing the bridge
Isabelle Peak after hiking
in 6.5 km and gaining 700 m.
The first gully was an interesting,
easy scramble.
More scrambling
From here we work our way left below the ridge.
Almost at the gully leading to the summit block
The crux: the gully below
the summit is steep and exposed with loose rock.
I kept in the middle but Wayne ventured left.
View of the summit block from the plateau
As we scramble up the summit block, it begins to snow.
Wayne and Dinah leave the summit cairn.
Descending the steep gully/crux was treacherous after it snowed. Wet moss
didn't help matters.
Checking out a small window on the return
Waterfall
Heading back down the trail
360° view
from the plateau below the summit block (seen here on the left). A snow squall
blew
in when we were on the summit but cleared after when we dropped down
to the plateau so I
could take this panorama. Mount Ball is in the middle partly
obscured by cloud.
82 N/1 Mount
Goodsir
82 O/4 Banff
