"Started at the ski hill, walked to Middle Kootenay Pass. Ridgewalked over Rainy Ridge NW to Rainy Ridge then had a fun scree down to the lakes. Took the trail back to Middle Kootenay Pass and then ridgewalked over Haig S3 over to Haig. Descended the east ridge of Haig back to the ski hill. The whole route was quite easy but in many sections where there were cliff bands that you just had to pick and choose your way through. Nothing over class 2 or 3 if you don’t want it to be. The only exception was descending the north ridge of Haig S3 - Spicy! There were some class 4 or 5 downclimbs. Overall fun day. Middle Pass Lakes were my favourite." — danielvanderpyl • Aug 15, 2022

"Climb Haig from Paradise Lake, then traversed to Gravenstafel Ridge. Very rewarding day, but tough since we were tired after our 5th consecutive day of hiking. I would do again, but I would do Haig from Haig Lake instead. " — yuri • Aug 8, 2020

"Let's begin the season. Castle PP Traverse: Syncline - St Eloi - Haig - Gravenstafel, 27.4km with 3,130m gain in under 14hrs. Bring the second car, otherwise add extra 4km and 40mins. Got changed in the very last moment (initially Ya-Ha-Tinda was planned) and it was my first time in Castle Provincial Park. Believe it should carry the second, unofficial name: "Escape from crowds". With all busy places anywhere from Kananaskis to Jasper, it's such a drastic contrast. The only our company was a goat family that was showing a way for most of the day, from Syncline to almost Haig. The route was 99% dry and free of snow. Actually, the worst section in terms of snow was the ski resort. It still does have lots of it and was really annoying. For the rest - either bare dry or some minimal amounts that didn't affect at all and will be gone by the next weekend. Mt Syncline A massive mountain with three distinct summits, with prominence of at least 150m each. Guess they ran out of names and it got called as Syncline 1 ("East") - 2 ("Midway) - 3 (main); 2,441m, 2,482m and 2,503m correspondingly. The second biggest patch of snow was on east slopes of the First Peak. But was avoid..." — alexp • Jun 2, 2019