Mount Burgess


			Canadian Rockies Scrambles and Panoramas by T. L. Helmer

Mount Burgess - Canadian Rockies


Mount Burgess. Monica examines the route which takes the rightward tending gully.

Saturday July 24th 2004

This was my only new scramble for 2004.
My friend Monica came with me.

I wish she could come along again but she passed away about 20 months after our scramble. It's seems very bizarre that someone that is so healthy can just die!
And trust me, she was healthy!

Thus is the nature of death!
It's just brutal.
I wish you all, like I wish Monica, the best and hope you find (including Dan) and have a happy life.

July 24th was a warm day and the first part of the trail is from the Sherbrooke Lake parking area and goes through trees for some time. It was hot.

Once out on the open slopes the final part of the route is visible. From here Monica and I left the trail and could see the slopes but there is about 10 minutes of bush to whack.

Mount Stephen, Mount Field and Mount Burgess from Paget Peak.
Mount Burgess is at the far right

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The gully on Mount Burgess looking up		Monica scrambles the gully on Mount Burgess. The Kicking Horse River and Field BC can be seen in the valley below.

The upper part of the route is a narrow gully. Along the either side of the gully rock walls provide hand holds to make the way easier. There is less ruble along the sides also.

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The summit of Mount Burgess.
The summit cairn is visible as a small blip on the right.
Cross the ridge and climb the middle of the rocky face.

Once you top the gully you stand on a ridge. The views start to improve but you still won't see Emerald Lake until you look over the vertical north face from the summit.

From here you cross the ridge and scramble up the middle of a rocky face to the final slopes.

Once on top you can relax and enjoy the views. Peaks and ice fields are numerous and Mount Stephen dominates the south.

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The final slopes and Mount Stephen		The summit affords a view of Takakkaw Falls and the Daly Glacier above Little Yoho Valley.

Monica Examines a Rock

Once you have relaxed and prepared for the return you go back the way you came.

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Famous Quotes <-- click

ow rare and wonderful is that flash of a moment when we realize we have discovered a friend.

William E. Rothschild

can't forgive my friends for dying; I don't find these vanishing acts of theirs at all amusing.

Logan Pearsall Smith
1865-1946, Anglo-American Essayist, Aphorist