It took about 12 minutes to walk from my house to the trail head, another hour and 45 minutes to get to the old teahouse, and from there I lost track of time as I was scared from the exposure and wind.
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| Where's Waldo? |
The first 50 metres of the scrambly part were a little exposed but pretty secure. Beyond that, however, things got a lot scarier and I spent some time contemplating whether I wanted to continue on or not before deciding I had too much photography gear with me to do it safely.
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| About 100m from the summit, I was concerned that I would not be able to return safely |
This was also the inaugural day in my new boots, so the hike back down was a bit slower than usual.
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| Grotto Mountain, from the west |
All in all, a nice little side trip before cleaning up some garbage at the construction site and heading back to Calgary.
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