September 22 2017
- The climb to The Onion starts at Nu-Ti-Jah Lodge at Bow lake on Hwy 93 north.
- Follow the trail around the lake and up some steps.
- The a sign to Bow Hut takes you over the chock block to the left
- Trail follows the creek
- The through trees
- Cross creek with open views of the headwall with Bow Hut above
- Trail goes towards hanging glacier then turns right to Headwall
- Top of headwall Bow Hut in sight.
- Leave Hut to left as if going to Wapta Glacier
- Go up glacier edge around rockwall
- Then right up the Onion
We set off on a cloudy snowy day and got lucky as the clouds lifted. With the heavy snow fall scrambling up some of the ledges to the Onion did not look appealing.
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With all the snow we headed across to the left and up the edge of the Glacier to come around the rock face
Distance return 19.5 km Time return 7:30 hrs ( inc 30 min lunch ) Elevation Accumulated gain 930 m Elevation to Summit 820 m Summit height 2695 m
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