Mount Ward

"Take drive by Allison road , very bumpy, need big wheels car. Hiking from forest road to Window Lake, then moved by scree to summit , not much technical. Done as part of traverse Ward, Ward S1, Allison, Window. " — hiker64 • Jun 29, 2025

"Did the three-peak traverse with Feli, commencing with Window. We opted to get the bushwhack out of the way and come back on the trail. A bit of annoying undergrowth in some areas, then tons of steep, loose scree, but nothing difficult to get to the window. Took the slab climber's left, which was good albeit a bit sketchy, then got onto the exposed summit ridge to the top. From there we continued on to Unnamed, Allison and Ward. Some good and fun hands-on, some crappy choss side-hilling and a few adrenaline downclimbs or loose bypasses to get to the col at the base of Ward. Up to Ward, then down the good scree to the trail and out by the good trail from Window Lake! A great day with a bit of light hail.rain. " — leigh-annewebster • Jul 10, 2019

"First part of the three summit day. We started from Allison creek road. Window lake road was a dull walk, but things improved after we left the ATV trail. Lots of happy campers at the lake and hikers on the peak. Busy, but a nice start to the day. Another new one for Liz. " — mike_rogers81 • Jul 1, 2019

"As part of Window/Allison/Ward traverse. Finished with a nice bushwack (thanks Mike!) where the Google satellite photo was out of date and the trail was more than grown over! On the first summit approach to Window there was rockfall from Damian onto Oscar who had an arm gash. Damian, Oscar, and Gerry decided to head to emergency to get it fixed up. The other four of us completed the 3 peak loop with MikeW suggesting a "short-cut" off Ward back to cars that might have looked good on Google Earth but was a heinous bushwack with slash more than head height and a final dump out of the bush onto the road! Scramblers (4 to complete): MikeW, Taras, Bert, Alex (Gerry, Oscar, Damian to hospital after rockfall) https://www.meetup.com/canadian-scrambling-and-mountaineering-company/events/191426632/" — alexjoseph • Jul 1, 2014

"A solo mission with high expectations but non-optimal weather. 2.5 hr drive from Calgary. Went up the wrong dirt road (don't follow Allison - Crystal Lake to the left). The un-signed turnoff to the left was at KM sign 14. I tried it in my Subaru and nearly got myself wedged. So an extra 5km walk on the front and tail end up the road." — alexjoseph • Jun 9, 2013

"We started this hike on misleading directions to Window Mountain in a hiking book. Although a little disappointed in not getting to the window, we did make the best of it and bagged Ward instead. On the way up I got a really neat shot of Crow and the Sisters framed by a rocky out crop. We started the hike from the trail to Window Mountain Lake (which should be called Ward Lake in my opinion as it is at the base of that mountain but...). We went around the lake to the far west end and started up the talus slope to the South. We followed the slop up to an obvious saddle which provides great views of Window Mtn, Crowsnest Mtn and Seven Sisters to the East. From the saddle we took an abrupt left turn and followed the ridge to the summit. The same route was taken down." — yantski • Jul 4, 2009