BOU AVENUE
Mount Galwey

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On 11 June 2005, I scrambled up Mount Galwey in Waterton National Park.  I had originally intended to do the Hawkins Horseshoe (which entails Mounts Blakiston, Hawkins and Lineham), but a tip from Bob Spirko, with whom I ascended Mount Niles last year, convinced me to switch to a less ambitious (and less snowy) objective at the last minute.  Thus I enjoyed a generally trouble-free ascent (and descent) of Mount Galwey.  My round-trip time was less than 5.5 hours, barely worth the long drive had I not stopped at the 7-Eleven in Claresholm, Alberta for some awesome 'tater wedgies' with ranch dip!

	This is Mount Galwey as seen from Red Rock Parkway near its junction with Park Entrance Road.
	Mount Blakiston dominates the view to the southwest.
	This is looking up at Mount Galwey's summit from its windy west ridge.  All the steep sections before the crux can be circumvented easily on the (climber's ) left.
	Sonny approaches the "very big mushroom" as described by Alan Kane.
	This is the crux of the scramble--an exposed traverse of the corner at left followed by a climb up the crack where the snow patch is located.
	Sonny sits beside the celebrated window.
	Sonny holds the register canister on the 2348-metre summit of Mount Galwey.
	North of Mount Galwey's summit is a higher unnamed point.  Further behind this unnamed point is Mount Dungarvan.
	The view south includes Mount Crandell and Mount Cleveland (left of centre on the horizon).
	Sonny is past all difficulties at this point on the descent.
	Sonny takes a closer look at the red rocks on the lower mountain.
	Here is one more look at Mount Galwey.

I would return in 2020 for a second ascent of Mount Galwey with an extension to its north summit.