Hiking Mt. Lawrence Grassi
I did a solo hike up Mt. Lawrence Grassi on Wednesday. It was my first mountain hike since picking up a couple of injuries about eight weeks ago. My target of 52 hikes for the year is looking a little shaky now, but I’m hoping to sink some big ones soon, as the snow clears. The hike is straightforward, apart from one point where I almost missed the turning out of the creek. I missed this cairn:
And this red arrow:
Before tripping over this stone arrow.
On the way down, when I reached the same point, I looked up at the sky and saw this arrow pointing down my route...
Apart from this little navigational blip, the route is mostly a hike, with a bit near the top that requires care while crossing slabs covered in ball-bearing pebbles. I saw a large bighorn sheep ram, and chatted with three nice older ladies on the summit.
Red Paintbrush
Bighorn ram wandering towards Goat Creek
Looking down Spray lake
Spray Lake and central Kananaskis Country
The true summit of Lawrence Grassi is on the left. The slightly sketchy section of the ramp is visible below it
Bow Valley from Grassi summit
Ha Ling, Mt. Rundle and a distant view of Cascade Mountain
Summit selfie
Mt. Lawrence Grassi, near Canmore
~11 km, 1,000 m of ascent.
Easy scrambling with one short, potentially dangerous stretch.
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