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1 summit • 11.2 km • 725 m gain • 4 hr 6 min
1 summit • 12.0 km • 678 m gain • 4 hr 23 min
1 summit • 6.6 km • 679 m gain • 2 hr 36 min
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"Did the ridge solo after dropping family at Rawson lake. The crux would be in the Kane difficult category IMO, but decently solid rock. Came down the north ridge which is a bushes k once you enter the trees." — apfelstrudel • Aug 28, 2022
"Rawson Lake Ridge & The Turret are two shorter trips that never seemed to justify the drive out there, but they both start at Upper Kananaskis Lake and make a fun combo when done together. Both of these peaks are much lower than the surrounding peaks and had the advantage of being dry and somewhat sheltered from the howling SW winds by nearby Mt Foch & Sarrail.
The route up to Rawson Lake was quiet on the way up, but busier than a Tim Hortons drive-through on the way down. The ridge has a short rock band which was fun to scramble through on the way to the summit, and then a bushwhack back down to to the trail.
The route up to The Turret is mostly bushwhacking to the treeline, with some sections on a faint trail and some on the Blueberry Hill trail. Once at treeline we side-hilled through krummholz to up to the Foch-Turret col and followed the ridge to the summit. On the way down, we took a more direct route back down and then bushwhacked our way back to the Elk Pass trail." — geoffhardy • Oct 3, 2021
"Nice Afternoon hike to stretch the legs and try and beat the rain! Still a bit of snow on the main gully so made coming back down a dream! Great views for the amount of effort required." — snowsurfer • Jul 8, 2020