Winter hike to the summit of Yates Mountain - The mountains to the south from the first viewpoint
Winter hike to the summit of Yates Mountain - The mountains to the south from the first viewpoint

After two nights at William Watson Lodge in Peter Loughheed Provincial Park, we had to head home. On the way, we stopped at Barrier Lake to do our first mountain summit of 2023, Yates Mountain. It's a favourite of ours, and we've summited it dozens of times over the years we've been together. It's a popular area - we encountered more than 20 others on the trail, even though it was a Tuesday. Most, however, turn around at the first or second viewpoints, and we had the true summit to ourselves. We took 3 hours, 45 minutes to complete this 12 km return distance hike, on which we gained just over 700 m's.

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Taken on: January 4, 2023
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