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Cool boulders near summit - Gun Sight Hill
Gun Sight Hill - Near Elbow Falls
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The Summit - Gun Sight Hill
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 November 29, 2009 by van der Decken (3254 found)
I wasn't going to do this one today. Really, I wasn't. My plan was to do the Powderface Creek/Prairie Link/Prairie Creek trail loop. Side trips up steep hills were not in the cards.Uh huh. Yeah. Right. As if! There was only one other car in the Powderface parking lot when I pulled in this morning. While it wasn't nearly as warm as it had been in Calgary, it was still a fantastic day for hiking. I'd made the decision to leave most of the winter gear at home, and it turned out to be the right decision. The sun was out, the wind was absent, and the only slightly above freezing temperatures turned out to be quite reasonable for hiking. In fact, I was sweating pretty good on the climb up.... but let's not get ahead of ourselves. The trails were icy in many spots, and I made good use of my yaktraks in places. But off the trail, there was rarely any snow on the ground at all. After finding Bearberry's Powderface Preamble, I looked up the hill. Emphasis on the "up". That's definitely not a gentle little climb; it's only 220 metres or so vertical, but there aren't very many horizontal metres to spread the climb out over. And I wanted to do the whole loop, and.... oh you know. The call of an unfound cache, especially a BVPete cache, is not lightly ignored. So up I went. The climber's trail is a good trail, albeit a fairly steep one. Neither the wood rats nor their larger neighbour came out to say hello as I passed the climbing cliffs. I managed to keep my footing on the scree near the top, and then it was time for the payoff. Yes, it's a steep little climb. And the views from the top are worth every single inch of elevation you had to gain to get here. It only took a few moments to locate the cache's hiding spot. Something's been chewing on it at times, but the container is still intact. I took the time to sit down and read the logs of those who'd made the climb before me. I picked up the very last custom BVPete fridge magnet; it's a bit wrinkled but a memento nonetheless. And then it was time for the quick climb down; it was the end of November after all, and while it was pleasant weather to hike in, I was cooling off quickly sitting on top of the hill. Thanks for the cache in another amazing spot.
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August 2, 2009 by Firesong (384 found)
I have to say that this cache was amazing. Tinsel and I were up here to do some climbing at white buddha. After a good hike and a great afternoon of climbing I left Tinsel at the climbing area to relax and I had to go for this one. It was hard :) Shale and altitude and lots of sweat. It sure made it worth while.
Thanks tons!
Firesong
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November 30, 2008 by The Last Spike (339 found)
Tough hike, but the view was the reward. Took a TB (Alberta wild Rose Country). Took the "short cut" over the top to Prairie Link trail, but lost the trail part way down and had to bushwack part of the way to the river, which was frozen (thank you, it made for easier crossing). TFTC
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November 29, 2008 by RUMBLE 101 (50 found)
A tough hike up the hill. A well disguised cache that took some time to find. I really enjoyed the late November sunshine and had a great day looking for four other caches in the area
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November 26, 2008 by imgoin2 (136 found)
This was the second find today (five finds in total today). It took us a while to locate the cache. It was camouflaged very well. Powderface Trail was very icy but once we started up the hill to find this and other caches, the ground was bare of snow and ice. Thanks for the hint about Climbers trail.
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