Saddle Mountain
May 12, 2013
2277m
Kananaskis Country (South), AB
Not to be confused with the (more popular, but equally small) Saddle Mountain in Lake Louise, this one is outside the southern boundary of Kananaskis Country in the Livingstone Range. Raff and I did it as the 3rd peak of Livingstone Range traverse. The first two peaks are Mount Hornecker and Windy Peak.
The Livingstone 4-peak traverse route
To get there from Windy/Saddle col was as easy as one can expect, though the wind was giving us challenging. We basically chatted all the way up, and we made to its top before realizing we were there. I immediately focused on the slightly lower, south summit. Getting to the second peak requires some boulder hopping in strong wind.
Panorama from partway up. The two summits are on left
Raff on the summit of Saddle Mountain
Summit Panorama. Click to view large size
Looking down to the lower, south summit
Looking south towards Sheep Mountain (center) and Coffin Mountain (right)
Mount Livingstone would be our last objective for this day
Looking towards the distant High Rock Range
Looking north towards Hailstone Butte and Sentinel Peak (left)
Beautiful sky and clouds above the prairie
Me on the summit
Hiking down the main summit
I’ll traverse to this lower summit as well
Summit panorama from the lower, south summit. Click to view large size.
And after grabbing both peaks, I headed down to Saddle/Livingstone col and regrouped with Raff, and we would be going up the last summit of this day soon.
Steven's Peak-bagging Journey 