West Wind Pass -- Again?

This is really a delayed post. We were up West Wind Pass with Amy & Michael last Wednesday, making it twice up there in just over a week. It's still a glorious place, though it was living up to it's windy name.

Wandering the meadows 

The usual view down Spray Lakes

To add spice to the mix, we stopped at the top of Whiteman's Gap, fought our way through the crowds of sheep...

Traffic jam

...and wandered down the gap to the Grassi Lakes.

Down through the gap. Canmore in the distance

Ha Ling rises above the lakes

Surprisingly busy with climbers on the walls including some that we could see on EEOR (East End of Rundle, a local multi-pitch climbing face).


I like the Grassi Lakes, because they are a surprisingly pretty place to find so close to Canmore. Amy & Michael liked them, too, but as usual, they bounded up and down both West Wind Pass and the Grassi Lakes trail without puffing and panting or even breaking a sweat like us old dudes.