What-a-splendid-evening-view-to-end-the-day-at-Bow-lake.
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.
The Onion from Bow Lake
The chock block with a ladder
Following the creek
Now into the trees. The snow was mostly gone on the return
The eye partial hidden because of fresh snow
The hut far left and Onion far right
The trail to the Bow Hut goes ahead and right through the headwall
Looking back at the trail up to the Hut
Hut and the onion is behind the hill center
Lee at the front door of the Hut
Heading up the first part of the Onion
With all the snow we headed across to the left and up the edge of the Glacier to come around the rock face
Lee following a well trodden path up the glacier
Lee can just be seen top of picture
The summit of The Onion is somewhere hidden top right
The prominent St Nicholas peak
The last stretch to the summit is not as steep but a long ways off
Mount Olive left and St Nickolas center
Iceberg Lake and Bow lake
There are two cairns this is the one you can see from Bow lake
Wapta Icefield with track disappearing into the cloud
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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