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Dow Williams
Canmore, Alberta, Canada
My Peakware Content
Peaks
- Babel, Tower of (Rocky Mountains, Canada, North America)
- Big Sister (Rocky Mountains, Canada, North America)
- Castle Mountain (Rocky Mountains, Canada, North America)
- Fairview Mountain (Rocky Mountains, Canada, North America)
- Fortress, The (Rocky Mountains, Canada, North America)
- Ha Ling Peak (Rocky Mountains, Canada, North America)
- Middle Sister (Rocky Mountains, Canada, North America)
- Mount Athabasca (Rocky Mountains, Canada, North America)
- Mount Baldy (Rocky Mountains, Canada, North America)
- Mount Cory (Rocky Mountains, Canada, North America)
- Mount Edith (Rocky Mountains, Canada, North America)
- Mount Hector (Rocky Mountains, Canada, North America)
- Mount Joffre (Rocky Mountains, Canada, North America)
- Mount Robson (Rocky Mountains, Canada, North America)
- Mount Temple (Rocky Mountains, Canada, North America)
- Mount Whyte (Rocky Mountains, Canada, North America)
- Mount Yamnuska (Rocky Mountains, Canada, North America)
- Rundle, East End of (EEOR) (Rocky Mountains, Canada, North America)
- St. Nicholas Peak (Rocky Mountains, Canada, North America)
- Storm Mountain (Rocky Mountains, Canada, North America)
- Turtle Mountain (Rocky Mountains, Canada, North America)
Summit Logs
- Log #18949 (Babel, Tower of)
- Log #19083 (Big Sister)
- Log #19085 (Cascade Mountain)
- Log #19086 (Castle Mountain)
- Log #19087 (Cirque Peak)
- Log #19093 (Eiffel Peak)
- Log #19095 (Fairview Mountain)
- Log #19418 (Fortress, The)
- Log #19097 (Grotto Mountain)
- Log #19098 (Ha Ling Peak)
- Log #19099 (Heart Mountain)
- Log #19112 (Middle Sister)
- Log #20486 (Mist Mountain)
- Log #20488 (Mount Assiniboine)
- Log #270 (Mount Athabasca)
- Log #19082 (Mount Baldy)
- Log #19118 (Mount Bogart)
- Log #19429 (Mount Burgess)
- Log #19397 (Mount Burstall)
- Log #19119 (Mount Chester)
- Log #19088 (Mount Cory)
- Log #19110 (Mount Edith)
- Log #19398 (Mount Fable)
- Log #19096 (Mount Galatea)
- Log #19476 (Mount Hector)
- Log #19111 (Mount Indefatigable)
- Log #3388 (Mount Joffre)
- Log #19399 (Mount Kidd)
- Log #19400 (Mount Lady MacDonald)
- Log #19120 (Mount Niblock)
- Log #19409 (Mount Rae)
- Log #6270 (Mount Rainier)
- Log #19414 (Mount Remus)
- Log #6522 (Mount Robson)
- Log #19121 (Mount Sparrowhawk)
- Log #19122 (Mount Temple)
- Log #19160 (Mount Tyrwhitt)
- Log #9627 (Mount Whymper)
- Log #19364 (Mount Whyte)
- Log #20487 (Mount Wilcox)
- Log #19163 (Mount Yamnuska)
- Log #19410 (Observation Peak)
- Log #19411 (Paget Peak)
- Log #19089 (Rundle, East End of (EEOR))
- Log #19415 (Storm Mountain)
- Log #19421 (The Wedge)
- Log #19420 (Turtle Mountain)
My Photos
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- Mount Indefatigable
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The Joy Route on Mount Indefatigable, 2005. Kananaskis Country. - Mount Edith
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Mount Edith from the summit of Mount Norquay. She has 3 summits, what we call the north, middle and south. The best scramble is the traverse of all three (from north to south). Mount Louis, behind and to the right, Mount Cory behind and to the left. Banff National Park, 2004. - Mount Cory
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Mount Cory from ascent of its neighbor to the south, Mount Edith, Banff National Park. - Mount Assiniboine
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Mount Assiniboine taken from the ascent of Mount Bourgeau, Banff National Park, 2003. - Mount Cory
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Mount Cory on ascent of the south ridge. The final half of the climb. March-2005 - Rundle, East End of (EEOR)
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This is the Mount Rundle Massif as seen from Canmore to the north. EOR, or east Rundle is the highpoint to the left. The full traverse of Mount Rundle is considered a significant objective. EOR itself is an easy and short scramble. 2005 - Cirque Peak
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Cirque Peak from neighboring Dolomite Peaks to the south, Banff National Park, Columbia Icefield Parkway, June-2005 - Mount Balfour
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This is Mount Balfour from the Vulture Glacier to the north, December 2005. - Mount Olive
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Mount Olive from the Vulture Glacier on the Wapta Icefield ascending to the Mount Olive-St. Nicholas col in December 2005. The standard route if around to the right of this picture from the col. - Castle Mountain
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This is looking down at the Dragon's Back, on route (Eisenhower Tower). Castle Mountain, Banff National Park. July, 2003 - Mount Ball
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Mount Ball from the summit of Isabelle Peak to the south, on the border of Kootney and Banff National Parks, July-2005. - Big Sister
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Three Sisters as viewed from the west. Big Sister is to the far right. Middle Sister and Big Sister are common local scramble objectives from Canmore, AB. - Cascade Mountain
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Cascade Mountain, Banff National Park from the East (Scramble route left to right skyline) - Mount Baldy
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This is the north summit of Mount Baldy in Kananaskis Country. This scramble makes a more fulfilling day if you traverse all threes summits. - Castle Mountain
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Castle Mountain from the west. Dragon's Back is the right hand skyline, then Eisenhower Tower and finally the true summit of the Castle Massif. - Eiffel Peak
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Eiffel Peak is to the right and Pinnacle Mountain is to the left, photo taken from the summit of Sheol Mountain across Paradise Valley to the northeast. Eiffel Peak has a unique tower just north of the summit that supposedly has been climbed. 2005 - Eiffel Peak
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This is the unique Eiffel Tower just north of the summit. This photo is taken from the summit. Back in the day, someone supposedly has climbed this tower. If I found the beta, would like to give it a go myself. September, 2004. - Fairview Mountain
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Fairview Mountain itself is not much to look at and in fact is one of the easist scrambles in the Canadian Rockies, but the views are incredible including the view of Mount Victoria the death trap featured here (along with super dog). October, 2003 - Fay
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Mount Fay from an ascent of Mount Temple to the north. All of Fay's north face routes are clearly shown in this photo taken July, 2003. - Mount Galatea
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Mount Galatea on the approach. The route is highlighted in red. Kananaskis, August, 2005 - Banded Peak
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Banded Peak from the ascent of Mount Remus to the west in the front range of the Canadian Rockies, Kananaskis Country, September, 2005. - Mount Glasgow
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Mount Glascow front and center, Banded Peak to the left, from Niahi Ridge to the north. Kananaskis, June, 2004. - Grotto Mountain
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Grotto Mountain from south of the Bow Valley. The ascent/descent routes are either right or left of the deep cut box canyon. You can park at the Alpine Club of Canada's national headquarters and make a traverse out of the scramble. Kananaskis, Canmore, Alberta - Ha Ling Peak
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Ha Ling Peak from Canmore, Alberta to the north. These are the trad face routes. The scramble is on the backside. The summit is to the right, Miner's Peak is to the left. - Heart Mountain
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Heart Mountain from the TransCanada to the north. Heart Mountain is one of the shortest scrambles in the Bow Valley. - Mount Hector
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Mount Hector from ascent of the Dolomite Peaks to the north, June- 2005, Banff National Park, Columbia Icefield Parkway - Middle Sister
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The Three Sisters taken from Canmore, Alberta, Canadian Rockies. Middle Sister is the easist climb/scramble of the three. - Middle Sister
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Middle Sister on ascent via the scramble route. Kananaskis, 2003. - Mount Athabasca
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Mount Athabasca from the summit of Tangle Ridge, Columbia Icefields, Banff National Park, 2005. Shows all routes. Northface routes to the left, Silverhorn (ice bulge)and then the North Glacier route to the right. - Mount Bogart
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Mount Bogart from the summit of Mount Engadine to the west, June 2005 (late snows in the Canadian Rockies that year). Kananaskis Country - Mount Bogart
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Mount Bogart, Kananaskis Country-Canadian Rockies. From Kananaskis Highway (east), before the start of your approach. - Mount Chester
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Mount Chester from the Chester Lake Trail. This is approximatly where you leave the trail to start the scramble. Gain the saddle to the right and climb the right hand skyline. Kananaskis Country. - Mount Clemenceau
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Mount Clemenceau from the summit of Mount Olympus to the north in Jasper National Park, 2004. - Mount Hungabee
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Mount Hungabee from the summit of Mount Temple to the east, Banff National Park. - Mount Joffre
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The north face of Mount Joffre on approach and ascent from the north. This photo is taken after my solo ascent. My bootprints can be seen running left to right, circumventing the upper rock cliffs. Kananaskis-2004. - Mount Kitchener
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Mount Kitchener from Mount Athabasca to the south, Columbia Icefields, 2003. - Mount Lefroy
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Mount Lefroy, with the Mitre front and center below and Mount Victoria behind taken from the summit of Mount Temple to the east, Banff National Park, 2003. - Mount Niblock
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Mount Niblock to the right, Beehive in forefront and Mount Whyte to the left (from Lake Louise area). It is a fun circuit objective to ascend Niblock from the east, traverse over to Whyte and descend Whyte's southern flanks for a complete circuit back to Lake Louise. - Mount Pyramid
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Mount Pyramid photo taken from an ascent of Indian Ridge to the south, Jasper National Park, 2005. - Mount Yamnuska
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One of the many routes on Mount Yamnuska, 3rd pitch of Direttissima. Kananaskis-2005 - Mount Rundle
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The west end of Mount Rundle as seen from the Mount Norquay area, Banff National Park. The east end of Rundle (in Canmore) is an easy scramble. The west end (seen here) is a longer scramble. The traverse from one end to the other is a challenging alpine rock climb. - Mount Rundle
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Mount Rundle as viewed from Vermillion Lakes to the north, Banff National Park, 2005 - Mount Temple
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Mount Temple from the north, mostly showing the east ridge route, but also the north face routes. Banff National Park, 2005. - Mount Yamnuska
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Mount Yamnuska from the summit of Heart Mountain to the south. Some of the most accessible trad rock climbing in the Canadian Rockies. Kananaskis-2003 - Mount Wilcox
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Mount Wilcox in the foreground and Mount Athabasca in the background, taken from the summit of Tangle Ridge, Jasper National Park, Canadian Rockies-2005 - Mount Victoria
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Mount Victoria's north summit from the summit of Mount Bosworth to the north. This photo clearly shows the north summit's "North-Northeast Ridge" route. Banff National Park, Canadian Rockies-2005. - Mount Tyrwhitt
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Mount Tyrwhitt as seen from the summit of neighboring Mount Pocaterra. These Kananaskis mountains are connected via a ridge and normally scrambled as a pair via a traverse. Canadian Rockies, 2003. - Mount Tyrwhitt
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This is the unique feature on the summit ridge ("Window") that is often discussed in regards to the Mount Tyrwhitt scramble. Once you know it is there, it can be seen from quite the distance. Kananaskis Country, Canadian Rockies- 2003 - Cascade Mountain
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Cascade Falls, Cascade Mountain, Banff National Park, February 9, 2006 - Mount Athabasca
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Mount Athabasca, Silverhorn route to the right, north face routes to the left. North Glacier route to the right of Silverhorn. Banff National Park- 2005. - Babel, Tower of
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Tower of Babel from a ski in on Moraine Lake Road in February, 2006. Less snow than the June, 2005 photo. Banff National Park. This photo shows the north face routes a little more. - Mount Robson
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Emperor Face, Mt. Robson, Robson Provincial Park - Mount Whyte
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Mounts Whyte and Niblock, the Traverse goes right to left. - Mount Burgess
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The President and Vice President and the Emerald Glacier on the right, Mount Carnarvon to the left, Emerald Lake below, Mount Burgess, Yoho National Park, Canadian Rockies, 2004. - Fortress, The
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The Fortress route (L to R) from Mount Baldy, Kananaskis Provincial Park - Mount Lady MacDonald
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Lady MacDonald's east ridge climb, past the crux, cruising to the summit...May, 2005 - Observation Peak
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Observation Peak, left and Sub-Observation Peak, right, from Bow Lake, 2006. - Paget Peak
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The summit ridge of Paget Peak, Yoho National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, March- 2005 - Mount Kidd
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South (Left) and North Summits of Mount Kidd, Kananaskis Provincial Park . - Mount Remus
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The marked ascent-descent route as seen from the trail, Mount Remus, Elbow-Sheep Wildland Provincial Park, September, 2005 - Mount Remus
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The southern walls of Mount Remus, Elbow-Sheep Wildland Provincial Park, September, 2005 - St. Nicholas Peak
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St. Nicholas, Wapta Icefields, Banff and Yoho National Parks, May 3, 2006 - Storm Mountain
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Storm Mountain has a scramble and backcountry ski route as well as two alpine routes, East Ridge and North East Face. I have done the ski and recommend it for a long ski day out (5200' ascent). Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, May 2006. - Mount Burstall
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The East Ridge of Mt. Burstall (left) from an Ascent of Mt. Murray directly South. The prominent Peak is Mt. Birdwood. Kananaskis, Alberta - Turtle Mountain
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This is the Frank Slide on Turtle Mountain, the route of this scramble if from right to left, traversing the upper reaches of the slide itself. - Mount Fable
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The Fable-Gap Traverse from Gap Peak - The Wedge
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The Wedge from the ascent of Mount Lorette, September, 2005 - Mount Whymper
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Mount Whymper, June 5, 2006. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies. First summit register sign in, June, 2006. - Mount Rae
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Mount Rae and what is left of her North Glacier from the ascent of Tombstone Mountain to the north. Kananaskis, Alberta - Mist Mountain
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Looking back at the summit from descent of the north ridge. Mist Mountain Traverse, Kananaskis Provincial Park, October 4, 2006 - Mount Assiniboine
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Nort Face/North Ridge, Mount Assiniboine, Assiniboine Provincial Park, Canadian Rockies, North Ridge, Alpine II, 5.5, Solo Ascent, September 12, 2006 - Mount Assiniboine
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Mount Assiniboine taken from ascent of Mount Sir Douglas, Kananaskis Provincial Park, 2004 - Babel, Tower of
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Mount Babel from the Morraine Lake Road, Banff National Park, 2005. (a mid-June scramble photo believe it or not) - Mount Victoria
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Mount Victoria's south summit from the summit of Mount Niblock to the east. This photo clearly shows the entrance to the "Deathtrap" below Mount Victoria. Banff National Park, Canadian Rockies-2003. - Mount Robson
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Ice Flowing into Berg Lake, Mt. Robson, Robson Provincial Park - Mist Mountain
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Fresh bear tracks. Bears have been spotted by several in the past on this bushwhacking portion of the route. Mist Mountain Traverse, Kananaskis Provincial Park, October 4, 2006 - Mist Mountain
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Typical ground on descent from the north ridge. Mist Mountain Traverse, Kananaskis Provincial Park, October 4, 2006 - Mount Wilcox
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Ascent of Mount Wilcox, October 25, 2006 - Mount Wilcox
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Crux section, ascent of Mount Wilcox, October 25, 2006 - Mount Assiniboine
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Sunrise on ascent, Mount Assiniboine, Assiniboine Provincial Park, Canadian Rockies, North Ridge, Alpine II, 5.5, Solo Ascent, September 12, 2006 - Mount Assiniboine
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British Columbia southern approach to Mount Assiniboine, Assiniboine Provincial Park, Canadian Rockies, North Ridge, Alpine II, 5.5, Solo Ascent, September 12, 2006
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