Mt Lady Mac – the Equinox hike edition

The trail was really dry and dusty (although with occasional mud) except for the final section up to the teahouse, where there was a little snow. A surprise after how snowy the Ha Ling Peak trail has been, I guess that side of the valley really gets a lot more sun.

 

Looking out south from the Teahouse across Canmore to Mt Lawrence Grassi and the Three Sisters

 

 

The view from the teahouse up to the summit proper – we didn’t go all the way, it was windy and we were lazy

 

 

Views towards Banff from Mt Lady Mac – Tunnel Mountain looks like a wee little hill

 

 

Heading down – we weren’t eaten by a cougar.

 

I did this hike the next Saturday (27th), and then on the Sunday and Monday there were cougar attacks on dogs with hikers. Since then the trail has been closed until further notice (according to the Rocky Mountain Outlook anyway).