"I followed Heart creek than took NW rib /slopes towards the summit. I used snowshoes in the upper part of the creek and into tree line. I am glad I took my old snowshoes even though one of them partially broke. Above TL bare scree. No technical difficulties. Great weather and views. Good winter objective , snow was never very deep, although still requires some effort." — PawelG • Jan 17, 2026

"The upper creek had solid supportive snow in the morning. Stayed in the creek until mainly dry slopes were found going up through the forest. I came across some old avalanche debris to climb up and it helped to get above the treeline. From there, steep hiking up rubble slopes with some light hands on along the way to the ridge line. Descended summit ridge for a more direct route to the creek. It had some easy scrambling and would have been fun to climb up. The creek was sloppy in the afternoon." — Randy • May 6, 2025

"Chelsea and I scrambled Heart Mountain and grabbed Grant MacEwan Peak on the way to the Twin Towers. The crux section involved an exposed but fun down-climb. We found it a little awkward to start, but the holds were good . The ridge leading to the West Tower offered a lot of fun scrambling with occasional exposure. There were also a few bypass trails just below the ridge crest, but scrambling would be my recommendation. There are a couple descent options off the top of the West Tower when heading towards the East Tower (Jewel Peak). The rest of the way is mostly a steep walk. Both peaks offered great views of the Kananaskis ranges to the south and east. McGillivray blocks the view to the west. Having only taken 3.5 hours to finish our 4 planned peaks, we decided to try for Mt. Barclay. I was aware of a route from the Mt. Lorette side, but the ridge line between the Twin Towers and Barclay looked feasible. With no beta, a clear sky, and a positive attitude, we headed for the south ridge that connects with Mt. Barclay. We explored a number of options to gain the ridge and drop to lower ledges when needed. There was very little backtracking, so route-finding wasn’..." — ivo • Jul 9, 2023

"We did a car shuttle with a scrambling traverse from Stoney Trailhead northward to Mary Barclay Mountain, then northwest along a ridge, turning right = northward at a 3-way intersection of ridges, and up to Mount Barclay, then a rugged ridge with a 10 m vertical upclimb, then both Twin-Towers, Grant MacEwan Peak and down via Heart Mountain & its northwest ridge. Crux was a 10 m vertical rock scrambling upclimb. Avoided a similar or higher crux between west Twin Tower and Grant MacEwan Peak by dropping into the forest to the right/ east side slope and up the Grant MacEwan meadowy south-east facing slope." — geoffc • Jul 21, 2018