"For us, this was a 10/10 day traversing Nahahi to Compression. The weather was perfect, and the ridge was a lot of fun. Easy ridge walking with intermittent scrambling. The crux fin was shorter than we expected, but still an interesting feature. A ridge shortly after the crux was super fun scrambling with some good exposure. We included the Compression East peak as it was there. " — ivo • Sep 5, 2024

"Great route to do Nihahi and Compression Ridges, much more superior than the one published in Kane's scramble book. Enough exposure near the highpoint of Compression Ridge to justify the "difficult" rating." — Taras • Oct 9, 2021

"Howard-Compression seemed like a better combo than Nihahi-Compression so I gave it a try. Howard was easy and shorter than expected (only 4 hours!). Howard's summit view was surprisingly one of the best in Kananaskis. The traverse from Howard to Compression was mostly hiking, but eventually became moderate then difficult scrambling which was fun. There were two equally difficult cruxes near the summit, both where narrow ridges/rock fins. The remainder of Compression ridge past the summit was slow going. Several large rock towers, including the one with a window, required annoying elevation loss and route finding. Once on the east outlier I though the rest of the ridge would be easy but I was mistaken, there were still several hidden down climbs. From the northernmost bump on Compression Ridge I descended a brown shale gully which had an amazing scree ski. " — yuri • Jun 18, 2021

"Left early to hopefully avoid any thunderstorms! Started up Ford Creek at 6:50 A.M. and summitted Nihahi in 2:45. Not a fan of the bushwhack - it was a bit wet still from previous rain. Grabbed a summit shot from Nihahi and looked at the route ahead and wondered how long it would take... The route was snow-free and most of it I tackled head-on, except for the creepy flake, which looked sketchy. I wouldn't touch that rock for fear of it crumbling under me. So, I took the bypass, which was tiring and sketchy too. Better to play it safe going solo. Enjoyed some views, then got hit by a brief thunderstorm descending from the window. I had taken Vern's GPS track up, but descended from the first window rather than continuing east along the ridge out in the open. Aimed for the drainage slightly east (skier's left) and made it work, then followed the gravel bed out until I met up with the rest of the track. Not a fan of bushwhacking or doing difficult scrambles alone, but I lived to tell. My boyfriend was not happy about this, however. I suggested that he join me for the rest of the Kane book if it's a problem LOL!!" — leigh-annewebster • Jun 15, 2019

"Camped between Compression Ridge and Mt Howard. Followed this ridge to the summit, then descended after the second window. Full Trip Report with GPS track: http://www.clubtread.com/sforum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=50854" — markostavric • Jun 29, 2012

"Traversed from Mount Howard and then descended ridge to Window # 1 and Window # 2. Very windy on the last part of the ridge. Lost my ice axe. Let me know if you ever find it and beers are on me. 70 cm axe. " — dkmountainman • Jun 1, 2012