Kindersley Summit


			Canadian Rockies Scrambles and Panoramas by T. L. Helmer

Kindersley Summit - Canadian Rockies


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Kindersley Summit

This is a great hike to a subsidiary summit that offers incredible views. The hike is well worth the effort and offers the option of making a loop out of Kindersley Creek and Sinclair Creek.


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	The Kindersley Creek trail is visible at the bottom of this photo

We started by going up the Kindersley Creek trail. It's about 10 k to Kindersley Pass and then another 2 or 3 to the Kindersley Sinclair Col. At this point it would be pointless to not go the extra distance to the summit but you would be surprised at how many people would opt out at this point. It would be a shame really because a few treats await the traveler who is willing and able.

The summit is a actually two small peaks. The scramble over to the other peak is easy.

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Kindersley Pass looking north		Kindersley Pass looking south


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	Crossing the slopes above Kindersley Pass The pass is between these slopes and the far peak

Once on top one can see Mt. Assiniboine, Mt. Ball, The Goodsirs, The Bugaboos and a great expanse of the Rocky Mountain Trench to the west. The Royal Group is also visible as well as Mount Joffre. One could spend hours here trying to identify peaks in the distance. Some of the distant peaks in the east are no doubt as far as the frontal ranges in Alberta.

One small orange spike of a summit had my curiosity. Was it Mt. Bogart? Hummmm!


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A brown study at next to friendly Sinclair Creek

We then continued down Sinclair Creek and found we were going down down down for what seemed an eternity. At one point we stopped next to Sinclair Creek for a brown study. The creek was just a small gurgling thing at this point and so was perfect to relax by.

At the highway you must walk down the road 1.2k to the parking for Kindersley Creek. The entire loop is 19k and 3500 feet of elevation gain and loss.

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Kindersley Mountain to the right of the first peak

In the end though what else are you going to do? Sit around the campfire and eat steaks and drink beer? You'll get a gut or perhaps break your colon doing that! Tisk Tisk.

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