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Crowfoot Mountain can be seen from a popular highway viewpoint. The glacier has (had) three toes and resembled a crows foot in decades past. The lowest toe is quite melted away these days.
After photographing some cool morning fog on Bow Lake, we set off for the summit on this blue sky day.
We chatted back and forth and the long approach to the back side of the mountain served us well, as David and I filled each other in on our respective Newfoundland vacation experiences from a week earlier.
Once we reached the turquoise tarns however, all we could talk about was the scenery in front of us. I was excited, but also speechless - like endorphin overload.
We took the long ascent step by step and once at the summit, spent over an hour at the top taking pictures and eating lunch. There was only one other party of two on Crowfoot Mountain today.
The descent took care and routefinding to determine the best way back between the rubble and snowpatches. We got to enjoy a little boot skiing farther down. A stashed Gatorade pulled from a cold river was especially satisfying. Given the late hour by this time, the usually busy Bow Glacier Falls Trail was virtually free of people, and we made good time along the final stretch, ending an 11 hour hike with big smiles on our faces!