Ascent of Bertha Peak on 2015-08-30| Others in Party: | Cody
Ashleigh
Johann Schelesnak -- Trip Report or GPS Track
----Only Party on Mountain | | Date: | Sunday, August 30, 2015 | | Ascent Type: | Successful Summit Attained | | Motorized Transport to Trailhead: | Car | | Peak: | Bertha Peak | | Location: | Canada-Alberta | | Elevation: | 8000 ft / 2438 m |
Ascent Trip ReportStarted the day was beautiful out, hit the lake and started to get a bit windy. followed the lake path around about a quarter way the started our scramble up. very easy scramble up easy scree. hit a hump near the top had some well covered areas from the wind (50 - 60k gusts) submitted around 1230 made for some great views dident stay long due to the high winds. had lunch in the covered spot then started our decent easy scree on the way the last 300m was bush whacking was a bit tough ended up back on the Bertha Lake trail and headed home 7 hours all together |
Bertha Peak (2015-08-30). Photo by Joe Carroll.
Click here for larger-size photo. | | Summary Total Data | | Total Elevation Gain: | 3768 ft / 1148 m | | Total Elevation Loss: | 3768 ft / 1148 m | | Grade/Class: | class 2 | | Quality: | 4 (on a subjective 1-10 scale) | | Route Conditions: | Maintained Trail, Bushwhack, Scramble | | Weather: | Raining, Pleasant, Very Windy, Clear
Clear to start the day, very windy at the top, rain on the way down | | Ascent Statistics | | Gain on way in: | 3768 ft / 1148 m | | Route: | Bertha Lake | | Start Trailhead: | 1290 4232 ft / 1289 m | | Time: | 4 Hours | | Descent Statistics | | Loss on way out: | 3768 ft / 1148 m | | Route: | Bertha Lake | | End Trailhead: | 4232 ft / 1289 m | | Time: | 3 Hours |
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