Wasootch Peak

"Solo go up the big traverse, mostly easy to moderate scrambling depending on the line you take on the ridge, very similar in difficulty and length to the opal traverse. Coming down from volcano peak to the road is an absolute pain, it took me 4 hours to get to that point and a further 2 hours to do 1 km of the most brutal bushwhacking ever, just a spiderweb of burnt fallen trees at about waist height on quite steep terrain. Follow the gps line and you should be able to get to the logging road to get out of there… Good Luck " — corbinruthven • Sep 17, 2022

"Hiking on the snow with elevation gain, very slippery. Some easy scramble on the ridge and scree with loosing rocks. Some moderate/easy scramble from Main Peak to North Peak. 6,5 km. 5 hours " — hiker64 • Mar 28, 2021

"Well packed trail for a January day. Several parties on route. Considering most of the trail is in the trees it was still very enjoyable. On a really high winds day I could see the narrow ridge to the true summit being very intimidating. I would compare it very closely to EEOR." — justinj • Jan 10, 2021

"Blue bird day for this early season hike. A little muddy in the scrambling areas and some snow remnants. Total time 4.5 hours / Total hiking time 2 Hours 57 minutes. Too much snow to make the pass safely to the North Summit." — KevinN • Mar 30, 2019

"Wanted to get up before the weather turned bad for the autumn. Took the day off and headed up after a light dusting the night before. Went solo so I moved at a good pace including a quick descent due to soft scree underfoot. Cool weather but no wind and a lovely view of the valley. " — MarkJPerkins • Sep 28, 2018

"Went up Wasootch Peak on Sunday. Beautiful day out. Snow/ice starts at around 1800m. Did it with micro spikes but my friend got up without them. The snow was good on the way up because it was early so it was hard and easy to walk on. On the way down, there was a bit of post holing involved. The ridge to North peak is snowed in and sketchy." — gabrielfiorenzano • Apr 16, 2017

"Continued past the summit to the lower peak(by two meters) then from there I continued north along the ridge to a point slightly to the west then back to lower summit and then down east ridge to a grassy spot with a cairn (grassy spot in picture). This east ridge was the most difficult part all day lots of loose rock steep and some cliffs but I could not resist the large cairn on the green grass. So from the summit all this helped add about 1.5 km and 160 meters elevation loss gain." — Randy • Jul 12, 2015

"CSMC trip: 6-peak traverse, from Wasootch to Old Baldy to McDougall. See comments in McDougall for the full report. Wasootch: Was afraid of bad weather and lots of snow a day before. But when came to the trailhead, it was clear and not much snow. Got some snow flurries right before the summit but nothing critical. " — alexp • Jun 14, 2015

"First time summiting this peak. Beautiful mix of weather to do it. Winds were light gusting around 20 km/hr on the summit. Bit dicy in a couple of spots with snow pack on the lower ridge line but overall a sweet early season scramble with fantastic views of Kananaskis Peak, Old Baldy, Wedge Mountain and of course the Nakiska. Met a couple at the summit. He seemed like a die hard scrambler but this was the first time she had ever done a scramble. Quite the feat given the difficulties involved at this time of year." — Mountainman • Feb 23, 2013

"First time for this one. A real workout, being as steep as it is. Just great, may be a favorite! Several people up there just to see and photograph eagles. Randy and Myself. 2h5m to go up and 1h5m down (including stops). Elevation gain for the day 900m, YTD elevation gain 56274m." — MtnJohn • Oct 7, 2012