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I reached the summit of Mt. Temple via the South-West ridge (moderate scrambling) this past weekend. Mt. Temple was the first 11,000 ft. peak in the Canadian Rockies to be climbed, and is the highest you can climb in the Canadian rockies that doesn't require technical climbing. It was a long day (9 and a half hours from parking lot to parking log,) with some varied weather (overcast, sunny, snowy, snow with lightning, snow with sun,) and a great hour and twenty minute stop on the summit. The whole climb was quite enjoyable, and the terrain changed quickly, so it didn't get even a bit boring.

A short timeline (to the best of my recollection):

• 9:45 AM - Leave parking lot
• 1:45 PM - Summit
• 2:45 PM - Everyone's made it to the summit now
• 3:10 PM - Leaving the summit
• 6:30 PM - Back at the parking lot

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1. Me on the summit!
2. The whole group.
3. Big snowflakes on the way down. I saw Martin on the last bit of the way up to the summit, then he hiked the way out with us (4 person group minimum [bears].)
4. Summit 360. I had to adjust some the colour of the photos because the snow in the foreground really threw things off.