*I hope people use their own wise judgement when hiking always plan ahead and be prepared. One should never go beyond their abilities.*

Over the years I've had a few goals my first was to Summit all the Peaks of Waterton. Here is My Waterton Summit List I completed that goal on September 26, 2016.

My next goal I'm still working on and that is to summit the 6 10,000 foot Summmits of Glacier National Park. I have one left Kintla.

My 2018 Goal that I accomplished was to summit 40 peaks in my 40th year and that I finished on September 26, 2018.

Not sure what will be my next goal, once Glacier's Summits are done?

I commonly use 3 Hashtags on my social media. The first one is #itookthepathlesstraveledby which is to reference this blog. The next two relate to my father and grandfather who were also hikers. #milesformarkellingson is to remember my
Dad, Mark Ellingson and #dustfromthetrailandhowitsettledonme is to remember my Grandfather Earl Ellingson

August 14, 2018

Little Beehive, Big Beehive and Devil's Thumb Banff National Park August 11, 2018

Well the peak bagging continued but so did the haze of the B.C. fires.  This would have been a beautiful day minus the smoke.  I think this is a very hiked area as I was never really alone this entire hike.  My little crew made it to Lake Agnes but nobody wanted to go any further so I did the Big Beehive and the Devil's Thumb alone even though there was a myriad of people on the trail I didn't feel being a solo hiker was at all dangerous.  I would never solo hike on other hikes but there are so many people on these trails in the Lake Louise area I didn't feel to bad being by myself.  This too is a hike I'd do again in the future for the views.  I wasn't sure but I think I was able to see Abbott Pass on the way up the Devil's Thumb but the haze was so thick I wasn't sure.

Shuttle Ride to Lake Louise

Our crew of kids before the hike at Lake Louise

Rest stop

Me and my two youngest at Mirror Lake below the Big Beehive

Hanging out at Mirror Lake

Selfie on the Summit of Little Beehive

Heading over to Lake Agnes, with Big Beehive on left and Devil's Thumb right of middle

Beautiful Lake Agnes with Devil's Thumb left of center

Picture from the other side of Lake Agnes

Closer look of Devil's Thumb

View looking down on Mirror Lake and Lake Louise from Big Beehive

Shelter on Big Beehive

View looking down on Lake Agnes from Devil's Thumb

Devil's thumb summit with Mt. Victoria in the haze in the background

Summit Selfie

Crazy view of Devil's thumb on the way down to Lake Agnes

Track of Hike

Summit Panorama on Devil's Thumb

Summit Video on Devil's Thumb
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