"Ridgewalked from North Kootenay Pass (accessed from AB) to St. Eloi SW1 Mountain, and out through Syncline Brook. Overall really fun day; priceless with the fall colors. The crux was descending the southwest ridge of St. Eloi Mountain towards St. Eloi SW1 Mountain, but that was fairly navigable,. Total of 34km's including the approach and descent. Beautiful waterfalls descending from St.Eloi SW1 through Syncline Brook." — danielvanderpyl • Oct 1, 2022

"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