*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 06, 2016

Avion Ridge July 14, 2016

So Summer Scout camp came around again.  This year we figured we do a little harder hike than usual, so we decided to do the Avion Ridge.  We started a little later than we would have like to and as a result we finished the hike not till close to 10:00 pm and as a result we didn't return to camp till close to midnight.  So supper that night was cooked in the dark. The day itself was a very memorable one.  The weather for the trip was amazing and the views from on top were great.  We had a few boys struggle, but we went slow enough and they all finished it.  It was probably one of the hardest things some of these boys had ever done.  All in all we had 10 boys and 3 leaders come on this hike.  We let the boys sleep in the next morning and have a more relaxing day.  The one thing I've noticed this year in Waterton is how many flowers are out.  Hence, why I took so many pictures of flowers on this trip...I don't know all their names but they were very nice and all over the trails this year.

Our group at the beginning

Pretty little flower close to Lost Lake

Bear Grass by Lost Lake

Lost Lake

This sign was a little misleading, the true summit of Avion Ridge was like 4 km away not 1.6 km 

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Nearing the top

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On the top

Our entire crew on top!

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On top of the ridge looking over top of Goat Lake, on some maps this is the actual summit, but the true summit I think is over directly above the Snow shoe trail

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Great views into B.C.

This is a special spot in my life.  One of the last pictures I took of my dad was from this very spot.  Great view of Goat Lake and the Red Rock Valley

Getting closer to Goat Lake

Goat Lake

More Flowers

See how thick the vegetation was this year

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Sun set before we finished hike

Panorama on top of True Summit



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