Kootenay National Park

38 objectives indexed from 13 blogs, 24 of them with reports from more than one.

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Each entry links every trip report, video, or GPS trace the indexed blogs published for that objective. Hover a link to see the report’s own title, which is how combined trips and traverses show what else they cover.

Where an objective is on one of the four tick-lists, that is marked after the links: Kane and Nugara for scrambles and Don’t Waste Your Time for hikes, each carrying the book’s own grade, and the 11,000ers carrying the peak’s elevation. None of the three books is published online, and the 11,000ers is not a book at all, so every mark links to Adam Laycock’s page for that objective, which is the best canonical reference there is for one. Where there is a book, the route description is in it.

The line under each entry says who puts it where. Where the sources agree, that is one region with several names. Where they disagree, the objective is listed on every region page named, and the line links the others: the blogs file Bow Peak under both Banff and the Icefields Parkway, so it is on both pages.

A region marked inferred is not stated by any blog. It was worked out from where the blogs place the objectives around it: those climbed in the same trip, those a report links to, those near its trailhead, or those near where its name is on the map. Checked against objectives the blogs do place, these are right about nine times in ten, so treat one as a pointer rather than a fact. One marked weakly inferred rests on thinner or split evidence — a single linked report, a trailhead between two regions — and is only used where nothing else places the objective, so it may be listed under each region it could be in. Place-name positions are from the Canadian Geographical Names Database, under the Open Government Licence – Canada, and south of the border from the USGS Geographic Names Information System.

A

• Arnica and Twin Lakes — Virtual Hiker
  • Kootenay National Park: Virtual Hiker

B

• Boom Mountain (Bow Range) — Explor8ion, Steven Song, Golden Scrambles, Sonny Bou, Andrew Nugara, Adam Laycock, On-Top · Kane — Moderate
  • Kootenay National Park: Sonny Bou · Banff National Park: Explor8ion, Golden Scrambles, Adam Laycock; Adam Laycock’s tick-lists; inferred from On-Top’s trailhead; inferred from where the name is on the map

C

• Chimper Peak (Bow Range) — Explor8ion, Golden Scrambles, Andrew Nugara
  • Kootenay National Park: Explor8ion · Banff National Park: Golden Scrambles

D

• Diana Lake Backcountry — Bill Kerr, Bill Kerr
  • Kootenay National Park: Bill Kerr

E

• East Stanley Ridge — Bill Kerr
  • Kootenay National Park: set by hand

F

• Floe Lake — Annie Ouellet, Adam Laycock · Don’t Waste Your Time — Outstanding
  • Kootenay National Park: Annie Ouellet · BC Rockies and the Purcells: Adam Laycock; Adam Laycock’s tick-lists

H

• Haffner Senior — Andrew Nugara
  • Kootenay National Park: weakly inferred from 2 of the 2 placed Andrew Nugara reports it links to · Banff National Park: weakly inferred from 2 of the 2 placed Andrew Nugara reports it links to
• Hawk Ridge — On-Top
  • Kootenay National Park: weakly inferred from On-Top’s trailhead · Banff National Park: weakly inferred from On-Top’s trailhead; weakly inferred from where the name is on the map
• Hawk Ridge, Centre Peak — Bob Spirko
  • Kootenay National Park: Bob Spirko

I

• Isabelle Peak (Ball Range) — Bob Spirko, Explor8ion, Golden Scrambles, Sonny Bou, Andrew Nugara, Adam Laycock, Bill Kerr · Kane — Difficult
  • Kootenay National Park: Explor8ion, Sonny Bou, Bill Kerr · Banff National Park: Bob Spirko, Golden Scrambles, Adam Laycock; Adam Laycock’s tick-lists; inferred from where the name is on the map

K

• Kindersley South Peak — Bob Spirko, Andrew Nugara
  • Kootenay National Park: Bob Spirko
• Kindersley-Sinclair Loop Northwest Summit — Sonny Bou
  • Kootenay National Park: Sonny Bou

L

• Lookout Point — Golden Scrambles, Sonny Bou
  • Kootenay National Park: Sonny Bou · BC Rockies and the Purcells: Golden Scrambles

M

• Marble Canyon — Bob Spirko, Annie Ouellet, On-Top
  • Kootenay National Park: set by hand
• Marble Canyon and Paint Pots — Annie Ouellet
  • Kootenay National Park: Annie Ouellet
• Mount Ball (Ball Range) — Explor8ion, Golden Scrambles, Sonny Bou, Adam Laycock, On-Top · Kane — Moderate
  • Kootenay National Park: Sonny Bou · Banff National Park: Explor8ion, Golden Scrambles, Adam Laycock; Adam Laycock’s tick-lists; inferred from On-Top’s trailhead; inferred from where the name is on the map
• Mount Berland (Brisco Range) — Explor8ion, Golden Scrambles, Sonny Bou
  • Kootenay National Park: Explor8ion, Sonny Bou · BC Rockies and the Purcells: Golden Scrambles; inferred from where the name is on the map
• Mount Haffner (Ball Range) — Bob Spirko, Explor8ion, Steven Song, Golden Scrambles, Sonny Bou, Andrew Nugara, Andrew Nugara, Spectacular Mountains, On-Top
  • Kootenay National Park: Explor8ion, Bob Spirko, Sonny Bou · Banff National Park: Golden Scrambles; inferred from On-Top’s trailhead; inferred from where the name is on the map · BC Rockies and the Purcells: Spectacular Mountains
• Mount Shanks (Hawk Ridge) — Explor8ion, Andrew Nugara, On-Top
  • Kootenay National Park: Explor8ion · Banff National Park: inferred from where the name is on the map
• Mount Sinclair — Golden Scrambles, Sonny Bou
  • Kootenay National Park: Sonny Bou · BC Rockies and the Purcells: Golden Scrambles; inferred from where the name is on the map
• Mount Stanley North Face — Bill Kerr
  • Kootenay National Park: Bill Kerr
• Mount Wardle (Vermillion Range) — Bob Spirko, Explor8ion, Sonny Bou
  • Kootenay National Park: Explor8ion, Bob Spirko, Sonny Bou
• Mount Whymper (Bow Range) — Bob Spirko, Explor8ion, Virtual Hiker, Sonny Bou, Adam Laycock, On-Top · Kane — Moderate
  • Kootenay National Park: Virtual Hiker, Sonny Bou · Banff National Park: Explor8ion, Bob Spirko, Adam Laycock; Adam Laycock’s tick-lists; inferred from On-Top’s trailhead

N

• Numa Mountain (Vermillion Range) — Bob Spirko, Explor8ion, Steven Song, Golden Scrambles, Sonny Bou, Andrew Nugara, On-Top, Steep Sheep
  • Kootenay National Park: Explor8ion, Bob Spirko, Sonny Bou · Banff National Park: Golden Scrambles

O

• Ochre Spring Peak (Bow Range) — Bob Spirko, Explor8ion, Sonny Bou, Andrew Nugara, On-Top, Steep Sheep
  • Kootenay National Park: Explor8ion, Bob Spirko, Sonny Bou · Banff National Park: inferred from On-Top’s trailhead
• Ochre Spring Peak - Ski Tour (Bow Range) — Explor8ion, Explor8ion
  • Kootenay National Park: Explor8ion

R

• Redstreak Mountain — Golden Scrambles, Sonny Bou
  • Kootenay National Park: Sonny Bou · BC Rockies and the Purcells: Golden Scrambles; inferred from where the name is on the map

S

• Sinclair Canyon — Annie Ouellet
  • Kootenay National Park: Annie Ouellet
• Stanley Glacier — Bob Spirko, Annie Ouellet, Adam Laycock, On-Top · Don’t Waste Your Time — Outstanding
  • Kootenay National Park: Bob Spirko · Yoho National Park: Annie Ouellet · Banff National Park: Adam Laycock; Adam Laycock’s tick-lists; inferred from On-Top’s trailhead
• Stanley Peak (Ball Range) — Explor8ion, Golden Scrambles, Sonny Bou, Adam Laycock · Kane — Difficult
  • Kootenay National Park: Sonny Bou · Banff National Park: Explor8ion, Golden Scrambles, Adam Laycock
• Stanley Valley — Bill Kerr
  • Kootenay National Park: set by hand
• Storm Mountain (Ball Range) — Bob Spirko, Explor8ion, Steven Song, Golden Scrambles, Virtual Hiker, Sonny Bou, Andrew Nugara, Adam Laycock, On-Top, On-Top, Bill Kerr, Steep Sheep · Kane — Moderate
  • Kootenay National Park: Sonny Bou · Banff National Park: Explor8ion, Bob Spirko, Golden Scrambles, Steven Song, Virtual Hiker, Adam Laycock, Bill Kerr
• Storm Mountain North Ridge — Bob Spirko
  • Kootenay National Park: Bob Spirko

T

• The Monarch (Ball Range) — Explor8ion, Golden Scrambles, Sonny Bou, Adam Laycock · Kane — Moderate
  • Kootenay National Park: Sonny Bou · Banff National Park: Explor8ion, Golden Scrambles, Adam Laycock; Adam Laycock’s tick-lists; inferred from where the name is on the map
• Tumbling Creek Peak — Andrew Nugara
  • Kootenay National Park: inferred from 2 of the 2 placed Andrew Nugara reports it links to

V

• "Vista Peak" (Ball Range) — Explor8ion, Sonny Bou, Andrew Nugara
  • Kootenay National Park: Sonny Bou · Banff National Park: Explor8ion
• Vermilion Peak (Ball Range) — Explor8ion, Steven Song, Golden Scrambles, Sonny Bou, Andrew Nugara, Andrew Nugara, On-Top
  • Kootenay National Park: Explor8ion, Sonny Bou · Banff National Park: Golden Scrambles; inferred from On-Top’s trailhead; inferred from where the name is on the map
• Vermillion Peak — Bob Spirko, Virtual Hiker, Adam Laycock, Steep Sheep · Kane — Moderate
  • Kootenay National Park: Virtual Hiker · Banff National Park: Bob Spirko, Adam Laycock; Adam Laycock’s tick-lists

Reports are the authors’ own accounts of one day in particular conditions, not route descriptions that stay true. Check current conditions and carry the judgement the terrain needs.