Mt whyte lake louise

Eventually the misery gave way to the stunning alpine. The traverse to Olds was trickier and longer than we thought and then we took another chance to descend another unknown route to close in the loop. The descent was just as bushy as the ascent. About 3. Mount Whyte. August 17, m Lake Louise, AB I had a big plan lined up for this past Saturday so I decided to either rest up or do a short objective on Friday. Whyte standard scramble route.

An obligatory shot of Lake Louise. An obligatory shot of Mt. Mirror Lake was calm and clear. A look at The Beehive. Lake Agnes Tea House. The classic view of Lake Agnes. I like the water in this lake. Looking at Mt. Slogging up the upper slope.

Mount Niblock from the col. Whyte on left. Summit Panorama. Click to view large size. Mount Lefroy. The Death Trap and Abbot Pass.

Mount Victoria. Popes Peak. The Presidents at center. Balfour poking behind Mt. Hector rises behind Mt. August 1, Pauline Chen. October 4, Hiking Great! Izzy Marlinda. September 4, Jules Boirard. September 22, Nelson Drolet. September 1, Hiking Rocky Scramble. Teagan Boyle. August 30, Lance Merrien. July 25, First to Review. Matthew Leclerc. September 7, Darcy Labelle.

Jesse Alloy. August 28, Teiichiro Muroya. August 18, Anna Liu. August 12, Alex Stange. Of course the rock is marginal which is typical of the location. For those less inclined for such an adventure among your group, send them to Mt. Piran , Mt. Sheol as parking will be the same for these Lake Louise objectives. Mount Whyte was officially named in after a Canadian Pacific Railway executive and was first ascended by Edward Whymper in along with three guides, Kaufmann, Klucker and Pollinger.

Travel to the Lake Louise exit and turn left through town and follow this road 5 km to its end at the Lake Louise parking area. Red Tape You will be required to purchase a national park pass as you enter the park. This pass is good for all four national parks.

If you plan many visits to Canadian National Parks within one year, you should purchase an annual pass. There are no permit requirements to climb in Banff National Park, but all camping is regulated. There is also a backcountry permit required if you plan on spending a night in the backcountry versus the town campsites.

This can be obtained via the parks website which is included in the camping section below. I took a break and signed the register wet because of a crappy centennial container of course and headed back to the col for my third summit of the day, Mount St.

I also thought a trail would be nice to follow, especially since I was feeling pretty tired at this point. The trail up to St. Piran from Lake Agnes is very steep, initially. With the sun beating down on my back the whole way up, I was certainly not running up! I was also very thankful that it was only 20 degrees and not I finally made it up to the col and started up the last vertical meters to the summit.

There were no issues at all aside from lacking energy and I finally stumbled up onto the summit. After enjoying the views, I took some Advil and headed down the main trail back to Lake Agnes. I made good time back to the parking lot and got to the car 8 hours and 50 minutes after leaving that morning feeling very satisfied with my day.

I would highly recommend doing these three summits in the order that I did. You are done the most difficult one the earliest which leaves you two more summits to relax and enjoy the views. The only problem is that after Mount Whyte everything else seems a little under-stated. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Welcome to Explor8ion! Piran, Mount. Mount Whyte, Niblock and St. Lake Agnes reflects the surrounding terrain perfectly. Mount Whyte at center with Devils Thumb at left.