Thursday, 27 July 2017

62. Tent Ridge

Distance: 10.6 km
Elev. gain: 780 m
Difficulty: challenging due to slight scrambling

Monday, July 17, we did Tent Ridge, long on Herm's list. It was so smoky from fires in Banff that we almost turned around. We didn't but the potentially vast views were completely hidden in the smoke.
In the parking lot near Mt Shark, Herm rechecked his camera and noticed there was no power - so no pictures due to smoke and no camera.
It was a beautiful ridge walk hike with lots of flowers at lower elevations. The scrambling and rocky terrain were not dangerous but required close attention so the whole thing was not relaxing. The downhill was long and steep.
We're glad we did it but are sorry for the limited vista. A hiker we met took some pictures for us but obviously forgot to send them so I am including a few we found on the internet.