I had a friend in town and so I took the day off work and headed up to Waterton for a winter hike. I figured Lakeview would be clear enough of snow and I was correct. It was a beautiful cloudless windless day in Waterton. I've had some windless days on mountains but today was unreal. For about half of the hike I had stripped down my layers and was only wearing my t-shirt. I think I may have even got a bit of a sunburn. With no wind it was so quiet and peaceful, it was a real treat. The hike wasn't too difficult, I'd done this summit twice before, but we cam from a different way and bagged a couple other high points on the ridge which gave better views towards Upper Waterton Lake. All in all it was a great day to be in the mountains and to spend time with a good friend.
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| We started the day all layered up anticipating a colder day |
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| Beautiful clear crisp morning |
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| Our first obstacle of the day...actually our only real challenge of the day crossing the stream |
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| These were the only trees on the entire hike that were not burned |
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| Up on the first false summit of the Lakeview Ridge looking towards Waterton Lakes |
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| Some of the drifts today were pretty big but with all the wind lately they were like concrete |
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| Another great view looking towards the Lakes from Lakeview |
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| Looking towards the South Castle Area |
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| Second highest point of the day looking towards Lakeview Ridge |
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| This picture shows how much the wind makes these burned trees sway, pretty incredible dead trees sway that much in the wind |
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| Summit in January in a t-shirt eating an eatmore |
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| These snow drift must get pretty big in the winter |
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| I took a picture of this drift to show how the wind carves the weirdest shapes in the snow |
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| Beautiful clear sunset horizon on a great day |
Track of Hike
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