Mount St. Piran
November 3, 2001
 
Mountain height: 2649 m
Elevation gain:    900 m
 
Scrambling and snow slogging with Mark.
 
Completing this easy scramble/steep hike in early November may not have been one of our wiser decisions. A packed down snow trail made easy work of the first part of the hike to Lake Agnes. However, beyond the lake, we were forced to make our own trail through increasingly deep levels of unconsolidated snow. We quickly lost the general direction of the trail that branches off towards St. Piran and simply slogged our way up to the summit. And it was a trail-breaking wallow of epic proportions!
 
Nevertheless, after considerable effort we did arrive at the summit. The weather was far from perfect at this point. In fact, it was just good enough for us to see what we were missing – already an excuse to return someday!
 
While the ascent was soul-sucking, the descent more than compensated. We were able to glissade a huge portion of the peak. And as we did, the clear skies we wanted at the summit finally arrived – better late than never. Once back on the trail we broke, following it back to the start was mercifully easy.
 
An excellent day out, but as stated, entirely worthy of a return visit on a clear day.

Mount Lefroy makes a grandiose appearance as we slog our way up to the summit



At the summit, Haddo Peak and Mount Aberdeen are front and centre



Lake Louise and the Chateau are far below



Awesome conditions for glissading



The skies finally clear, but we are halfway down

The End

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