This trip starts at the Castle Mountain Ski Resort — a half hour's drive west of Pincher Creek — and heads up the northeast ridge of Mount Haig. At the lunch spot we split up into two groups. A more leisurely group took a long lunch before turning around, while Dinah Kruze, Lori Badran and I pushed on to the top of the ridge. Just before the ridge crest we were able to remove our snowshoes and continue on foot to the top where we were treated to great views, not to mention a mountain goat that quickly fled before I could take out my camera.

On the return (route not shown on the map) we dropped down to the valley and followed Gravenstafel Brook back.