Heart Mtn Horseshoe loop Scramble on 6-Sep-2025

We had another lovely day. The smoke obscured the further peaks, and gave us an excuse to not go too fast.
There was certainly concern about the smoke and two Ramblers elected to cancel. But five elected to check it out and at 9 in the morning, things didn't look too bad at the trailhead. And so we decided to at least head up to the crux step and reevaluate.

Uli on the way up, smoky vista

And at the crux, we were all good to keep on going.

Susan at the crux, more slippery than ever

We were at the top of Heart Mtn at pretty much exactly two hours.

Susan, Carl, Gary and Clifton on Heart Mtn - smoky vista

And at the Grant McEwan peak at noon after three hours.

Lunch on Mt Grant McEwan (the high point of the circuit)

After about 1/2 hour we continued on to the subsequent "bumps" on the circuit.

At the last "bump" of the circuit (Twin Peak/Jewel Peak/Lung Mtn in bkg) - smoky vista - photo from Susan

This circuit really doesn't let up, I can't really think of a "hike" (as opposed to a scramble/climb) that takes as long to complete 11km.

Gary on the long way down - smoky vista - photo from Uli

On the whole circuit there is very little where one can stride along at a quick walking pace. We finished at the trailhead around 3:30.
11 km, 930 m, 6 1/2 hrs.
Many thanks to participants: Susan, Clifton, Ulrike, and Gary for joining me, Carl (C/S)

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