Morning sun lights up the mountain ahead.
Mount Romulus
October 4, 2004
We had an extraordinary warm fall day when we climbed Mount Romulus. So warm, in fact, we were comfortable in shorts and t-shirts on the summit! We set out for Mount Romulus at sunrise from Little Elbow Campground. We quickly covered the first 12 km on mountain bikes, stashed them at Romulus Campground, and then waded across Little Elbow River. After hiking up a drainage we came to a basin above the treeline. We climbed the ridge on the left and followed it, with its many ups and downs to the summit. Instead of retracing our steps back, we avoided ascending back up the ridge and instead headed for the valley from the col. |
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Morning sun lights up the mountain ahead.
The basin: the two gullies
on the left. Col is on the right. We followed the
ridge on the left to summit but on the return trip we
came down the col.
We head for the break above and to the right of me
Going up the break
Mount Remus
Scrambling below the ridge crest
Final ascent up Mount Romulus.
This col is probably
a shortcut from Elbow Trail.
Final push to the summit
Looking back as we
near the summit. You can see the trail in the scree
slope behind us.
Great views from the summit
Heading back down the valley from the col
360° view from the
top
82 J/15 Bragg Creek
