Limestone Mountain
•Trip Activity: Scramble
•Location: Kananaskis Country
•Attained Summit?: Yes
•Trip Date: Sunday, January 15, 2011
•Summit Elevation: 2180m
•Elevation Gain: 583m
Well this was definitely not a trip for the faint of heart. I imagine it is not difficult going in the summer but with a fresh dump of 30cm of snow it was difficult. At points the snow was waist deep. And it never let up till the very summit everything from road to summit was knne high to waist deep thick snow. Avalanche warnings were high and we were fortunate not to have had to turn back. 2 others died this same weekend in an avalanch very close to where we were. At the top it is a true scramble, It is all rock faces that require basically free climbing. There is also one moderate step on a ledge with large drops on either side. But we reached the summit and had a wonderful outing :)
BertB
I think the description provided by ScRaMlLeRCuTie os for the Limestone Mountain in Kananaskis. This Limestone is west of Sundre. We were able to drive up to the summer trailhead, and from there there was no concern with regards to avalanche hazard, it was an easy hike to the summit. There was some snow (April 3), but there was no scrambling up rock whatsoever.
Mountainman
You are right Bert. They were on the other Limestone which is definitely not the nice easy walk-up this one is. Anyone who has to free climb rock on this is definitely going up a unique route :-)