Mount Lady Macdonald Climber's Log
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| drewsaly | scramble in the snow  | |
| Mostly successful. Did not cross the summit ridge as it was covered in snow. | |
| Posted Jan 29, 2013 5:38 pm | ||
| attimount | Normal route Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2009 | |
| Just another nice day out, I liked the knife ridge and I even took a nap on the deck, midway down. | |
| Posted Feb 4, 2011 10:00 pm | ||
| cp0915 | Normal Route Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2009 | |
| 3:15 car-to-car, including a trip to the true summit. Fun (albeit short) scrambling across the knife edge. | |
| Posted Aug 2, 2009 12:45 am | ||
| MtnMagic | Scramble orute | |
| One of my first peaks in the Rockies. Climbed it before the Cougar creek development. Made it up to the tea house to be greated by a wedding reception. The bride, groom and guests had arrived via helicopter. After accepting some wine and cheese from the joyfull little crowd, we ambled up to the summit. Must say I was very impressed by the summit ridge. Beautiful! | |
| Posted Oct 20, 2007 12:53 am | ||
| Linda Breton | Scramble route Date Climbed: May 31, 2006 | |
| The ridge was not as difficult as expected - the rock was excellent and solid. Lots of fun and over way too soon. | |
| Posted Oct 11, 2006 8:12 pm | ||
| William Marler | Fine day Date Climbed: Jun 4, 2006 | |
| Great 1/2 day of scrambling. Excellent summit for J. D. | |
| Posted Jun 5, 2006 3:05 am | ||
| setrent | Route Climbed: Trail Date Climbed: 01 Jan, 2006 | |
| A nice outing to rid one of a hangover. In winter the trail was the most dangerous spot, bring crampons. | ||
| Posted Jan 8, 2006 5:44 pm | ||
| Rileywyna | Route Climbed: Regular route Date Climbed: 2000 or so | |
| Climbed this with my sister Louisa and brother in-law Rico. Great and fun day out. The exposed summit ridge is a riot. Bit of a knee basher on the way down | |
| Posted Dec 21, 2005 6:37 am | ||
| couchclimber | Route Climbed: hiking/scrambling Date Climbed: May 22, 2005 | |
| I didn't like the steep hike up but enjoyed scrambling the ridge. Wasn't as difficult as I thought it was going to be for my first "difficult" scramble according to Alan Kane's guidebook. | |
| Posted Jul 25, 2005 12:37 am | ||
| CdnRockyGal | Route Climbed: Normal Scramble Date Climbed: July 9, 2005 | |
| A beautiful day for Lady MacDonald, even though we got started late in the afternoon (this also reduced the # of people on the mountain!). Five in total in our group, Debby, Bill, and I attempted the summit while Candace and Duarte waited at the tea hut (of which I think is a disgrace to the mountain). Debby and I traversed almost to the end of the ridge where we turned around due to inexperience, the lateness of the day, and the fact that people were waiting for us. The hike up was gorgeous with all the wildflowers and the variety of weather systems moving through the area! We saw one marmot that was nearly all white with the exception of his tail and a bit of the back part of his body. We got back to the car after 10pm and of course it was still light out=) I love Alberta summers! | |
| Posted Jul 10, 2005 1:04 pm | ||
| Danimal | Route Climbed: Normal Date Climbed: May 28, 2005 | |
| Great finish! Hot, clear day | |
| Posted May 31, 2005 5:25 pm | ||
| Dow Williams | Route Climbed: Scramble and East Ridge Date Climbed: June, 2002-May, 2005 | |
| The scramble is just a long hike until the final ridge to the true summit. They found a body in 2003 who had slipped off this section. Good local repeat for beginners. I have gone up the scramble route 3 times, 4300' +/-gain. The East Ridge is a Alpine 5.5 trad route. I have soloed this route, but it is bolted and most would want protection. I obviously recommend this route over the scramble. They parallel each other from about 7500' on and meet before the final narrow ridge to the true summit. The backside of the scramble route offers a very lush meadow that kind of surprises you. Mountain sheep are plentiful. There is a summit register. Last time up we spotted small cat (Lynx or Bobcat) tracks just west of the summit. | |
| Posted May 8, 2005 11:45 pm | ||
| William Marler | Route Climbed: Normal route Date Climbed: August 26th, 2004 | |
| This was very pleasent cool day. Excellent conditions for this type of hike/scramble. Had the mountain mostly to myself due to weather. Saw goats, marmotts and hawks. Fine clouded view from the summit. | |
| Posted Sep 4, 2004 1:15 pm | ||
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