Chief Mountain is probably the most recognizable peak in all of Southern Alberta, except it actually isn't in Southern Alberta it is in the United States on the very corner of Glacier National Park. This day we hiked with probably one of the largest hiking groups I have ever hiked with. The pictures below are only of my specific group of friends I hiked with, there were many more in our entire group. There was even a 70 year old lady who hiked it with us that day. I hope I can hike that well when or if I get that old. The day started out overcast and until we reached the summit we had clear views. Once on top looking out towards the prairie we lost some of the visibility. My Father said that once when he had hiked this mountain he could actually see a smoke stack from the sugar factory in our town of Raymond that has since been demolished (smoke stack that is). I'd love to hike this mountain and have that visibility on top. The hike itself isn't too back but the scree slope on the back is one of the worst shale slopes I've encountered. The one step up, two back is very true on this scree slope. But once you reach the top it is quite awe inspiring to look down from this majestic mountain. I highly recommend this hike for everyone to do it at least once, because every time after when you see this mountain in the far distance you can say, I hiked that!
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| Our smaller group of friends at the beginning |
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| Me, my Sister and my Dad |
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| On a false summit just before the main summit ridge looking back toward Glacier Park |
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| On the top! |
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| Family Picture |
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| Edmonton hikers picture |
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| Look at the fog to the left and clear to the right, but also look how thin this mountain is, cliffs on both sides |
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| Heading down the shale looking up at the summit ridge above |
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| Almost done with a group shot of where we were
No track of this hike but I do have a Google track of the path I took another time I hiked this and it is the Google track path.
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