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Overview
*** = Suggested Routes
Based on my broad experience, the Canadian Rockies offer the finest collection of “true” alpine climbs in the world. As a result, one will also find an endless supply of “scramble” routes offered to various summits in and around the more extensive alpine climbing environs of glaciers, icefields and rock. Scrambles afford full time climbers like myself the opportunity to experience the explosive Canadian Rocky wilderness without always being “on the job”. I have utilized scramble objectives to fill in the rock and ice shoulder seasons. Attempting scrambles in inclement weather or conditions can at times replicate alpine climbing technique and conditions.
Several books have been published showcasing several hundred scrambles from Waterton National Park on the US border to Jasper National Park to the north. This entire section of the Rockies straddles the continental divide which also serves as the border between British Columbia and Alberta. The most popular of these guide books is Alan Kane’s “Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies”, serving as a lifelong tic list for the most avid scrambler.
Listing routes with no first hand experience available is not what this page is about. Rather the listing involves “first hand accounts only” by scramblers in the Canadian Rockies. The scrambles will be listed via their respective “areas” (i.e. Skoki). The areas will be listed in descending order of East to West. The order within the specific area will be maintained alphabetically. I can assure you that this listing only scratches the surface of what is available come April through October up and down the central Canadian Rockies. I personally attempt to climb 20 scrambles per summer and fall and still have plenty more to experience.
Elbow River/Front Range
Banded Peak***
Mount Bogart***
Mount Cornwall***
Cougar Mountain***
Mount Fullerton***
Gap Mountain
Mount Glasgow***
Grizzly Peak
Mount Hood
Mount Kidd
Mount Lawson
Nihahi Ridge
Opal Ridge***
Outlaw Peak***
Mount Remus
Mount Romulus
Tombstone Mountain***
The Wedge
Canmore/Bow Valley
Mount Baldy
Mount Fable***
Gap Peak***
Grotto Mountain
Ha Ling
Heart Mountain
Mount Lady MacDonald
Mount Lawrence Grassi
Rimwall Summit
EEOR (East end of Mount Rundle)
Big Sister***
Middle Sister
Squaws Tit***
Mount Yamnuska
Smith Dorrien/Kananaskis Lakes
Mount Buller
Mount Burstall
Mount Chester
Commonwealth Peak
Mount Engadine***
The Fist***
The Fortress***
Mount Galatea
Gusty Peak
Mount Indefatigable***
Mount Murray
Mount Nestor
Mount Shark***
Mount Smuts***
Mount Sparrowhawk
The Tower
Mount Warspite***
Highwood Pass
Mount Arethusa
Mist Mountain
Mount Pocaterra***
Mount Rae
Mount Storelk***
Storm Mountain
Mount Tyrwhitt***
Crowsnest Pass
Allison Peak
Crowsnest Mountain***
Turtle Mountain***
Ward Mountain
Window Mountain***
Waterton National Park
Bertha Peak
Mount Blakiston***
Buchanan Peak***
Mount Carthew***
Mount Galwey***
Mount Mount Hawkins***
Mount Lineham***
Banff (Banff National Park)
Mount Aylmer
Mount Bourgeau***
Mount Brett
Cascade Mountain***
Castle Mountain***
Copper Mountain
Mount Cory
Mount Edith***
Helena Ridge
Mount Inglismaldie
Isabelle Peak***
Mount Norquay***
Pilot Mountain
Storm Mountain
Stuart Knob***
Television Peak***
Vermilion Peak
Mount Whymper
Lake Louise (Banff National Park)
Tower of Babel
Mount Bell***
Eiffel Peak***
Mount Fairview
Mount Niblock***
Panorama Ridge***
Mount Piran
Sheol Mountain
Mount Temple
Mount Whyte***
Skoki (Banff National Park)
Fossil Mountain
Pika Peak
Redoubt Mountain***
Mount Richardson
Yoho National Park
Mount Bosworth
Mount Burgess***
Mount Carnarvon***
Mount Kerr
Mount Kiwetinok***
Mount Pollinger
Isolated Peak
Narao Peak***
Mount Niles
Paget Peak
Mount Stephen***
Wapta Mountain***
Icefields Parkway (Banff and Jasper National Parks)
Mount Andromache
Cirque Peak
Dolomite Peaks***
Mount K2
Nigel Peak***
Observation Peak
Mount Owen
Tangle Ridge
Mount Weed
Jasper National Park
Cinquefoil Mountain***
Hawk Mountain
Indian Ridge***
Three Blind Mice***
Utopia Mountain***
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