Cascade Mountain

Last week it was good to get up high and feel alive, an added bonus was hanging with my friend Zach as well as chief- his first summit of the summer after an injured shoulder from having a fight with some un-seen force in the bushes back in June. Back to Cascade for a second, I have always looked up at it and thought how nifty it would be to be up there looking outward, the views were reported as legendary, as is the walk back there. So it was finally time to go. Zach had wanted to go to so with the promise of a coffee/pastry combination from the acclaimed WildFlower cafe in Banff afterwards, we set out...

Frost had the forest and trail in grips as we padded up the very well worn corridor leading into the alpine, my favourite part of any day is the early morning; so much potential and so much time ahead to explore and enjoy the day.
Chief- It was very hot for an Octobers day and so wearing a fur suit was not the most appropriate attire, lingering snow made up for the heat by providing an excellent AC option. Chief is looking down at Canmore right now thinking "what the %^&$ am I doing up here?". I always find it kinda perversely funny how dogs just follow along for the day, even if it is for a 20km scramble or one of the countless 8 hour ski days Chiefy has been on. As long as he can do it I will take him, he loves it.
Summit shot. Interestingly, we were not the only ones here on this idle Thursday, some nice Korean folks were there also, very friendly I might add. Willing to share their large bin of boiled eggs with us, all I had in return was some dry pita bread (yuck) and some expired Humous (2X Yuck).

We had a great day hiking, sometimes it is just nice to be out in the mountains enjoying some conversation, checking out the views and wondering how you were made to be.

Cheers friends.