"Sunrise ascent. Started in the rain at 5am. Was planning to summit in 3 hours just in time for sunrise. Guess what? I didn't make it in three hours, ha-ha! Waist deep snow around the tree line slowed me down significantly. Caught the sunrise within 200 vertical meters of the summit. It was beautiful!" — antons • Mar 17, 2026

"Yesterday we went for a stroll up Jewel Peak (sometimes referred to as Twin Towers), starting with a 4km bike approach from the Barrier Lake parking lot. We ditched out bikes at the Jewel Pass junction, and followed the trail for a bit then followed Vern's route up a drainage to reach the ridge and twin summits. This route involves some route-finding & bushwhacking, and there was still quite a bit of snow in the creek and the upper bowl. 8km bike, 9.6km hike, 1,000m elevation gain, 6:25 hours " — geoffhardy • May 11, 2025

"Started from Barrier Lake campground site. Crossed Barrier Lake in the nearest place. Hiking on Jewell Trail till second bridge, turned left. Bushwhacking on steep terrain, short difficult scramble on rocks band and moving to false summit. Easy scramble to East tower, short moderate scramble to East Tower. " — hiker64 • Jan 26, 2025

"Chelsea and I scrambled Heart Mountain and grabbed Grant MacEwan Peak on the way to the Twin Towers. The crux section involved an exposed but fun down-climb. We found it a little awkward to start, but the holds were good . The ridge leading to the West Tower offered a lot of fun scrambling with occasional exposure. There were also a few bypass trails just below the ridge crest, but scrambling would be my recommendation. There are a couple descent options off the top of the West Tower when heading towards the East Tower (Jewel Peak). The rest of the way is mostly a steep walk. Both peaks offered great views of the Kananaskis ranges to the south and east. McGillivray blocks the view to the west. Having only taken 3.5 hours to finish our 4 planned peaks, we decided to try for Mt. Barclay. I was aware of a route from the Mt. Lorette side, but the ridge line between the Twin Towers and Barclay looked feasible. With no beta, a clear sky, and a positive attitude, we headed for the south ridge that connects with Mt. Barclay. We explored a number of options to gain the ridge and drop to lower ledges when needed. There was very little backtracking, so route-finding wasn’..." — ivo • Jul 9, 2023

"Linked up Heart, Grant MacEwan, and the Twin Towers with Nico. A few snow patches but otherwise clear and the weather was great. Brought a bit of rope this time for the downclimb. I'm too old to solo now. Picked a line towards the left side and managed to scramble down the top half of it. Then, slung a rope over a fallen tree for the rest. 8 hours 30 min as we did to loop out on the way back." — danradu • May 7, 2023

"Started raining hard early on but tapered off as I made the top of Heart. Then an easy walk over to Grant MacEwan. Shortly after the departure from there I reached the downclimb. It's more like 8 meters vs 5 but it didn't look too bad. A bit to the right seemed like the easiest path down and with dry rock I gave it a go. Then, the fun scrambling begins along some thin ridges and bumps to the top of the West Tower. Then a quick whip over the East Tower for some nice views of Barrier Lake. Note: On the way back I opted not to climb up the little cliff. It seemed more daunting and my legs were too rubbery. I decended intot he tree on the right side and hugged the bottom of the ridge back to Grant MacEwan. I hate bushwacking but it's better than falling." — danradu • Aug 24, 2020

"Counter-clockwise up Heart. On to Grant Macewan. Continued to Twin Towers. Difficult crux half way to twin towers. Brought snowshoes but left on ridge. Good weather. Some snow close to twin towers and between towers." — carlglaser • May 24, 2020

"We did a car shuttle with a scrambling traverse from Stoney Trailhead northward to Mary Barclay Mountain, then northwest along a ridge, turning right = northward at a 3-way intersection of ridges, and up to Mount Barclay, then a rugged ridge with a 10 m vertical upclimb, then both Twin-Towers, Grant MacEwan Peak and down via Heart Mountain & its northwest ridge. Crux was a 10 m vertical rock scrambling upclimb. Avoided a similar or higher crux between west Twin Tower and Grant MacEwan Peak by dropping into the forest to the right/ east side slope and up the Grant MacEwan meadowy south-east facing slope." — geoffc • Jul 21, 2018

"Scrambled up northwest ridge of Heart Mountain on to Grant MacEwan Peak. Followed a grassy meadow below and on the left /east side of the south ridge of that peak, bypassed some steep cliffs, and scrambled up along the narrow connecting ridge to the top of West Twin Tower. Then easily hiked over to East Twin Tower. Enjoyed view of Barrier Lake. Returned the same way we came." — geoffc • Oct 13, 2015

"Great shoulder season scramble. The crux is a difficult scramble, low 5 or 4 class depending on a route. Apparently, it can avoided on climber's left, but we didn't bother to check it out due to the deep snow. The rest is a moderately exposed ridgewalk to the summit, with some optional great scrambling on solid rock." — Taras • May 22, 2014