![A trekking pole would help a lot here!](pasque01.jpg) |
Joanne carefully crosses a small
stream on a downed log. |
![It's interesting how the trees grow mostly on one side of this ridge.](pasque02.jpg) |
The old exploration road eventually
winds its way up this broad ridge leading to the main mass of Pasque
Mountain. |
![Post holing heaven!](pasque03.jpg) |
Kelly and Joanne still manage smiles
as they struggle up the snow-choked road. |
![Still a long ways to the true summit...](pasque04.jpg) |
From here, the true summit (visible at
left) is still almost three kilometres away. |
![Some scrambling required.](pasque05.jpg) |
Closer to
the true summit (left), the ridge becomes more narrow and
rocky. |
![Keep going south?](pasque06.jpg) |
This is the view south from the true
summit of Pasque Mountain. Some of the peaks visible in the
distance include Tornado Mountain, Cache Creek Elevators and Beehive
Mountain. |
![Check out Joanne's sexy feet!](pasque07.jpg) |
Dan, Kelly, Sonny and
Joanne relax on the 2543-metre summit of Pasque Mountain. |
![Seems more interesting returning the same way than completing the horseshoe.](pasque08.jpg) |
This is the north ridge of Pasque Mountain
as seen from the summit.
|
![Not bad for a novice scrambler!](pasque09.jpg) |
Kelly and Dan watch as Joanne
scrambles up a rock band on the return trip. |
![We 'lichen' it!](pasque10.jpg) |
The lichen on these rocks are
particularly striking. |
![Hmmm...that north summit looks higher...](pasque11.jpg) |
Dan (on the knob at right), Kelly and
Joanne work their way back to the lower north summit of Pasque
Mountain. |
![Possible future scramble?](pasque12.jpg) |
This is Mount Gass. The higher
summit is on the left. |
![I think he got the point.](pasque13.jpg) |
Dan appears to have inadvertently
impaled himself on the stick protruding from the cairn on the north
summit. According to Gillean Daffern, this cairn was built in
1915. It is still in solid shape. |
![Look at the 'birdie'!](pasque14.jpg) |
A lone ptarmigan keeps an eye out for
dangerous predators and intrusive photographers. The peak in
the background is sometimes controversially referred to as
Mount O'Rourke. |
![Should have brought along Krazy Karpets!](pasque15.jpg) |
Sick of constantly sinking up to their
hips, Dan and Kelly try crawling and rolling over the surface of the
snow. |
![That thing is bloody heavy! Imagine having two of those on your head 24/7!](pasque16.jpg) |
Dan clowns around with a moose antler
he found near the cutblocks. |