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Mount Baldy Southwest Ridge
Kananaskis, Alberta
December 27, 2003
Distance: 6.3 km
Cumulative Elevation Gain: 792 m
On a chilly December day, Dinah and I headed off to climb the West Summit of Mount Baldy from the southwest ridge. We had bagged the West Summit when we did Baldy Traverse in the summer, but this approach would be different. We hiked through the forest and up the rubbly slopes on the southwest ridge before making our way to the ridge crest. We found a cairn on a high point, but the traversing the snow-covered, narrow ridge to the West Summit looked dangerous, so we turned around. However, we enjoyed viewing the wintery scenery under a blue sky.
Coming out of the trees
Skirting a cliff
Looking back
Almost on the ridge
Cairn on the high point
Baldy West Summit
South Summit
Badly Pass Trail cuts below Midnight Peak
Heading back down
Spray Lake
View of the Southwest Ridge from the highway
82 J/14 Sprays Lakes Reservoir