"The Walking Dead traverse, part 1 "Attempt": 29.4km with 1,870m gain in 12 hrs return. The idea was to start with some hills, then scramble "False Balfour" (it got mixed up on OpenStreetMap and showing that peak as "Balfour"), continue to Otuskwan and finish with Zombie Peak. For the first part, from parking to the hills and False Balfour, I had someone's track, so no issues there. Though, in retrospective, instead of crossing the creek by a gas well site and bushwack after, I'd rather do it at a ford (the blue dot) and follow an ATV road; will be much easier and faster. By the time got to "False Balfour", it was 8.15km with 1,082m gain (that includes a couple of the hills and the outlier). The ridge with its summits is straight-forward and moderate at the most (even then, can be downgraded to "easy" if by-pass on the north side/slopes). By the time Otuskwan summit was reached (14.8km with 1,750m gain @ 1:30pm), a few things happened: - the weather started to deteriorate (I've been in thunder clouds twice and it's more than enough, really don't want to repeat it); - realized that while a loop to Zombie Peak might be doable (only one steep section is in question where a ro..." — alexp • May 25, 2018