middle sister
A couple of weeks ago I hiked scrambled up to the top of the Middle Sister with my brother and dad. It was fairly epic, mostly because I had been anticipating a nice but long hike, and as it turns out it’s really not a hike at all. Scramble. Definitely a scramble. The way up felt pretty good, but the way down was a little scary as part of it was quite steep and slippery (but not slippery in a good shale way, slippery in a bad hard packed dirt way). The day ended off with a hamburger and root beer from The Grizzly Paw in Canmore, which was delicious!
Here’s the day in numbers:
- Highest elevation: 2769 m
- Return distance: 18.8 km
- Elevation difference from parked Jeep to the peak: 1412m
- Time to peak: 4 hrs 30 min
- Time back: 3 hrs 40 min
- Water consumed by three travelers: 7 liters
view of the big sister peak from the top of the middle sister
