Hike Name: Mount Indefatigable
Activity: Hiking/Scrambling
Distance: ~10 km (RT)
Altitude: 2,672 m
Elevation Gain: ~1000 m
Area: Kananaskis (Kananaskis Lakes)
Crew: Bennett, Steph, Mark, Jeevan
Time to Summit: ~2.5 hours to North Summit +30 to South Summit
Lisa's Mom Rating: Yes, depending on which peak & route
Trailhead: North Interlakes
Getting There:
Heading south down Kananaskis Trail (Hwy 40) from the Trans Canada (Hwy 1), take the right-hand turn towards the Kananaskis Lakes, and continue straight on this road until the left turn towards North Interlakes.
Additional Info:
We camped at Boulton Creek Campground for the weekend and decided to hike up Mount Indefatigable, as it has been on most of our lists for a few years. We actually meant to go to the South Summit and traverse to the North Summit (true peak) to do the full loop, but we missed the turn towards the South Summit and decided to just continue to the North one first. We ended up thinking this was the better way to do it, as the final scramble before the North Summit would be difficult (in our opinions) to scramble back down, but was OK going up. The traverse to the South Peak was somewhat easy to manage and route-find (it was usually just best to stay on top of the ridge). A fun scramble, and an AWESOME ridge-walk between summits.
Mark relaxing at the last grassy bit on our way up to the North Summit
Steph scrambling up to the North Summit
Ben and I on the North Summit. Ridge to the South Summit & the South Summit in the background.
Taking photos of a fire taking off a few valleys away
Jeevan scrambling over to the South Summit.
Scrambling along the ridge to the South Summit
Steph ridge-walking to the South Summit
Mark and Bennett ridge-walking to the South Summit
Heading back down from the South Summit
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