August 26th 2023
Some thing new but not places I have not been before. So two summits which have been hiked many times but this time by a different route. The new route would be to the Rimwall from the Orphan. See normal routes to both Peaks on these blogs https://willski.ca/the-rimwall-summit-scramble/ https://willski.ca/the-orphan/ https://willski.ca/middle-sister-via-the-orphan/
From the summit of the Orphan go back down 200m and head to the left to reach the low point of the Col. We then cut diagonally across the scree. Some faint tracks to follow. In the end it’s up to the ridge gaining 300m to the summit. Then walk up to the rocky outcrops to scramble up. No problem with these and no exposure. Of course going up is easier than down climbing so we opted to go down the Rimwall normal route. The cars would be 2km from the West Wind Pass to Driftwood Day Use As luck would have it two young girls offered to take Ron to his truck so no extra walking. The High Rockies Trail would have been the route back.
Distance 8Km Total accent 1130 m Time 5:45
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