{"id":5347,"date":"2014-10-10T11:32:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-10T17:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/evilmoose.me\/?p=5347"},"modified":"2014-10-17T23:31:27","modified_gmt":"2014-10-18T05:31:27","slug":"tent-ridge-finally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/?p=5347","title":{"rendered":"Tent Ridge, finally!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another hike we&#8217;ve been wanting to do for a while. We considered doing it dressed as pirates (no reason), but in the end went for normal hiking clothes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.smugmug.com\/Hiking-Running\/2014-Canada-Hiking\/i-rTQd4HF\/0\/L\/20141010-IMG_3526-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It all starts with a lot of slogging up through trees, then up and into the valley surrounded by the horseshoe shaped Tent Ridge.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.smugmug.com\/Hiking-Running\/2014-Canada-Hiking\/i-7ntmr42\/0\/L\/20141010-IMG_3530-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The boy did a good job of hiking up the hill, with the aid of his mountain climbing stick.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.smugmug.com\/Hiking-Running\/2014-Canada-Hiking\/i-6WhkQ34\/0\/L\/20141010-IMG_3535-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the top of the ridge (on the east side, we were going clockwise) we stopped for lunch.  Then Alex and the boy decided to avoid the scrambly sections ahead, and just head back down again.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.smugmug.com\/Hiking-Running\/2014-Canada-Hiking\/i-xPz2SHQ\/0\/L\/20141010-IMG_3542-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Lincoln and I headed onwards &#8211; straight up and over, the classy line.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.smugmug.com\/Hiking-Running\/2014-Canada-Hiking\/i-qHM4vKL\/0\/L\/20141010-IMG_3545-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Spray Lakes sat in the background, bright blue and full of sharks.  We reached the enormous fridge on top of the first corner of the horseshoe, and were terribly sad when we found out that it had no icecream or cold drinks, and wasn&#8217;t actually a fridge at all.  Or if it was, it was quite hard to open.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.smugmug.com\/Hiking-Running\/2014-Canada-Hiking\/i-k9sxRJf\/0\/L\/20141010-IMG_3562-L.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The views from the ridge really were amazing.  Below is The Fist, which was kind of tempting to scramble.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.smugmug.com\/Hiking-Running\/2014-Canada-Hiking\/i-9cXLhJZ\/0\/L\/20141010-IMG_3563-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rounding the end of the horseshoe involved a bit of scree slogging, and then Lincoln peered over the ridge of eternal doom.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.smugmug.com\/Hiking-Running\/2014-Canada-Hiking\/i-53LBvrQ\/0\/L\/20141010-IMG_3567-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Below is the view back across to the east side of the ridge. And some ridiculous mountains and a very blue sky.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.smugmug.com\/Hiking-Running\/2014-Canada-Hiking\/i-mnN2cqf\/0\/L\/20141010-IMG_3571-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Things got quite talus-y for a while there, and then calmed down into an easy gentle ridge again.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.smugmug.com\/Hiking-Running\/2014-Canada-Hiking\/i-q8M2nPp\/0\/L\/20141010-IMG_3573-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We ran into another group of hikers just as we were about to drop down off the end of the ridge, and so there was a mutual exchange of jump shots.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.smugmug.com\/Hiking-Running\/2014-Canada-Hiking\/i-j8hrNQt\/0\/L\/20141010-IMG_3579-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And then the descent.  Kind of muddy, with a few crashes, but otherwise successful.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.smugmug.com\/Hiking-Running\/2014-Canada-Hiking\/i-Ngk6r7W\/0\/L\/20141010-IMG_3584-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Distance:<\/strong> 11km<br \/>\n<strong>Elevation gain:<\/strong> 750m<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.smugmug.com\/photos\/i-SJzpspB\/0\/L\/i-SJzpspB-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another hike we&#8217;ve been wanting to do for a while. We considered doing it dressed as pirates (no reason), but in the end went for normal hiking clothes. It all starts with a lot of slogging up through trees, then up and into the valley surrounded by the horseshoe shaped Tent Ridge. 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