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Mount Burstall
Kananaskis, Alberta
August 9, 2002
The short trip up Mount Burstall offers a variety of challenges and great views. Difficult and exposed, it's not for beginners. Dinah and I hiked 2.6 km up Burstall Pass trail to the side trail for Burstall. The faint trail marked with a small cairn leads to an avalanche slope. We hiked up the slope as it continued up a steep, black-shale gully. Once on the east ridge, we followed trails up a grassy slope to a rocky ridge. After traversing on an exposed ledge on the other side, we regained the ridge by climbing the crux and then scrambled to the summit.
Looking down the avalanche slope we ascended
View of Mount Burstall after reaching the ridge
Hiking up from the ridge crest
Climbing to the next ridge
After going over the ridge, there's not much of a trail on a ledge given the
exposure but it's enough
Same as above but taken farther along the trail (mouse over)
Ascending the crack in the slab
Birdwood Peak, Pigstail and Commonwealth Peak
Almost at the top
Dinah relaxes by the summit cairn
Cegnfs and Mount Murray
Descending the crack
Dinah runs down the scree
82 J/14 Spray Lakes