Sofa Mountain July 11, 2020 Waterton Lakes National Park Alberta

So today was my son't 18th birthday and so I thought it would be great to watch the sunrise on a summit.  Well Sofa was on his list of to do's for Waterton, So I thought that is an easy enough summit to attain in the dark.  So we started hiking at about 2:30 am and got up on the summit just before the sunrise at 5:45 am.  It was a gorgeous view all day long.  We were even able to see a comet called Neowise in the sky in the early hours of the morning.  The wind was a little chilly on the summit but otherwise it was a perfect morning to climb and the views on top with the sun coming up were amazing.  I will definitely try to do summit sunrises more often.

Long exposure picture at beginning

My crew for the hike

The comet was best seen at about 3am (center of picture)

Getting lighter as we almost gain the false summit

Can start to see into Waterton

Sweetgrass hills in the distance

On the false summit

The moment we came for on the summit

Cleveland in the distance

Wide angle shot from Cleveland on left to Blakiston on right

The sun on the mountains in the morning was incredible

With the birthday boy

Heading down, such a clear morning

Sofa falls

On the way home I couldn't resist the canola picture with the windmills west of Magrath

Track of Hike

Summit Video

Summit Sphere

Warp Video of Sunrise

Second Summit Video