Please note: There is an
entrance fee for this park!
Mount Fairview is a 2744m mountain situated beside Lake
Louise. It was named by Walter D. Wilcox in 1894 for the
more-than-fair view from the summit. On days when the weather
cooperates, you can see Mt. Temple, Mt. Victoria, Mt. Aberdeen,
Lake Louise (way down below), and up and down the Bow Valley. On
the day I hid this cache, however, the summit was in a cloud so no
panoramas from that day are available.
The cache is reached by taking the maintained trail from
the Lake Louise parking lot to The Saddle, and then up a scree
slope to the summit. It is a 5.2m hike to the summit, with 1000m of
elevation gain. This is a very popular hike (16 people were on the
mountain the snowy day I went up), and you should have no problem
staying on the trail.
You may find these waypoints handy:
- N51 24.914 W116 12.907 (1750m):
Parking
- N51 23.626 W116 12.952 (2339m): The Saddle (trail
junction to Fairview Mountain)
- N51 23.966 W116 13.478 (2757m): The
Summit
- N51 23.952 W116 13.506 (2751m): The
Cache
The cache is a normal sized tupperware
container, stuffed with some books, CDs, and some Finder's Cards
(including a coveted FTF card). It is stuffed under a large
quartzite rock, guarded by a rabbit. Bonus karma points if you post
a picture of your party on the summit.
More information for Fairview Mountain can be found at
these links:
A cardio comparison with other geocaches in the
area:
But, that's just my opinion.
The good photos are courtesy
of j2d2.
