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"Loop from the gap, over Windy Peak Hills. Snow patches on the ridge, more snow on N side of Windy Peak. Descended NW ridge and back to the highway to complete the loop. I carried snowshoes but used them only on flat section below the ridge on my return . Bit smoky in the morning, then it cleared." — Pawel G • May 12, 2024
"Had a nice outing up. Used snowshoes along the ridge as the snow was deep in spots. On the way back my one snowshoe broke and I postholed a bit. Leigh-Anne let me use hers as that was way more efficient for the both of us and then we followed our track back witha new set of bear prints." — BertB • May 4, 2024
"Mt. Hector - May 4, 2024. Skied and climbed to the summit of Mt Hector yesterday. Great weather, -4c ish to begin, a good freeze, mostly clear skies with a bit of clouds, -7c at the summit with some wind. Snow held up very well, softened up lower down for the ski out. Ski quality was good for most of the route, a few spots of wind crust and temp crusts but was pleasantly surprised overall how good it was. Coverage overall was good to great, could ski right to the ditch. 250cm at 2600m. Had to remove skis in the waterfalls section for just a few meters because it was pretty narrow but coverage was great. It won't last long down low, however. Crevasses were a non issue, all avoided easily if you travel away from Little Hector which you should do anyway to avoid cornices (cornices were not very big on this day). Found dry snow above 2500m, melt freeze below.
As for the summit block, it was quite a bit harder than we were expecting and took a long time to figure it out. Lots of recent beta made it seem like it was gonna be a bit more straightforward than we encountered, maybe we're just crappy climbers. Took us a long time and multiple attempts to get up it, with crampons and axes. I ..." — jakefinnan • May 4, 2024
"We had fantastic weather in the Highwood rangelands. Bert busted a snowshoe on the way down from the summit and I gave him mine because I'm lighter. We had a bear that was out and about ..." — leigh-annewebster • May 4, 2024
"I approached from the east. There is a lot of Bushwacking, but it is not so bad if you head south a bit before heading up hill (aim for the grassy south facing slopes visible on the satellite image). It was snowing on and off, and at one point a near white out. 3 hour round trip." — AaronKauffman48 • Apr 28, 2024