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PostThu Jul 05, 2007 1:43 pm 
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did the burn get into the valley between Windy & Haig, or only south of Windy?
See the panos I posted with my TR such as it was. I think the fire was called the Tripod Complex and after being there it is clear that while it did burn some areas heavily it also skipped and jumped around as the name suggests. The area around Windy got hit pretty hard. Haig looked to be mostly fine as is most of the northern area.
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We had our light summer weight sleeping bags and froze our tails off.
We did the same thing and froze Mon night 6/25 with temps well down into the 20's. It had snowed the night before our arrival. On the plus side, no bugs and pleasant daytime temps.

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PostThu Jul 05, 2007 1:50 pm 
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Horseshoe Mtn. summit from Albert/14 mile trail
Horseshoe Mtn. summit from Albert/14 mile trail
This photo can't be from Arnold Pk. Perhaps you mean the Albert Trail 375 which takes off just N of Sunny Pass and gives easy access to Horseshoe Pk. By the way, that rock knob is just a spur on the side of Horseshoe Pk

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PostThu Jul 05, 2007 2:24 pm 
"Sadie's Summit" up.gif up.gif Yea! Anyone know if one can get a place named such-and-such by USGS--the way one can name a star?

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PostThu Jul 05, 2007 2:52 pm 
Matt - The area west (Windy Creek area) and North of Windy Peak (where I call it "Hell Canyon" is burned - see pic:
Burn line running north/south towards Rock
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Burn line running north/south towards Rock
Also, there is burn between the northside of Rock and the south side of Haig. It's pretty sad! s.d.

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PostThu Jul 05, 2007 2:54 pm 
mike wrote:
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Horseshoe Mtn. summit from Albert/14 mile trail
Horseshoe Mtn. summit from Albert/14 mile trail
This photo can't be from Arnold Pk. Perhaps you mean the Albert Trail 375 which takes off just N of Sunny Pass and gives easy access to Horseshoe Pk. By the way, that rock knob is just a spur on the side of Horseshoe Pk
Hi - That's what I said/meant in the picture caption - it should have said "Albert" not Arnold - but the Fourteen Mile part was right!!! We were on that trail which is to the south of Horseshoe Peak. Thnx. s.d.

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PostThu Jul 05, 2007 3:09 pm 
Great TR and pics, SD ! up.gif up.gif This area was on my 'to do' list but was told earlier in the year that the area had been burned over. Obviously no the case. smackbum.gif smackbum.gif It's back on my list again! chickenleg.gif Dusty .... Oh ya, ... Welcome to Canada! wink.gif

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PostThu Jul 05, 2007 3:14 pm 
SD & Mike, thank you for identifying the fire pictures, it gives me a much clearer idea of what burned. Sad to see the valley damage, but I'm actually very happy to see that the high meadows and larchy mountainsides generally escaped the fire. Many of the most beautiful parts of the area look to be still intact.

“As beacons mountains burned at evening.” J.R.R. Tolkien
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PostThu Jul 05, 2007 3:17 pm 
Another FWIW: I think the peak you have called Haig Mtn is the unnamed peak (pt2395m) north of Rock Pk and the Boundary Trail. My map shows Haig several miles farther west and not on the border. If that is border monument 102 in the pictures it would confirm it. elev is about the same as haig too.

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PostThu Jul 05, 2007 3:28 pm 
Mike, youl'll eventually get us squared away. A look at the map shows you are correct. smile.gif Yep, that was not Haig. All that thin air must have frazzled my brain.

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PostThu Jul 05, 2007 3:32 pm 
mike wrote:
Another FWIW: I think the peak you have called Haig Mtn is the unnamed peak (pt2395m) north of Rock Pk and the Boundary Trail. My map shows Haig several miles farther west and not on the border. If that is border monument 102 in the pictures it would confirm it. elev is about the same as haig too.
There is a reason I am "just the Driver!" embarassedlaugh.gif Oh well, the whole damn thing can be "Sadie's Summit" - only seems right.

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PostThu Jul 05, 2007 4:13 pm 
Just interested in what map you were using for this hike? I'll have to pick one up next time I'm south of the border(If I don't already have it)! Thanks, Dusty

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PostThu Jul 05, 2007 4:28 pm 
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Just interested in what map you were using for this hike? I'll have to pick one up next time I'm south of the border(If I don't already have it)! Thanks, Dusty
For the US side I printed from TOPO! Plus north of the border I have Ashnola River 92 H/1 which is Catherdral Provincial Park. Wish I had 82 E/4

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PostThu Jul 05, 2007 4:58 pm 
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Wish I had 82 E/4
Does this help? No Green Trails map for this area? I don't have any mapping CDs waah.gif Ken

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PostThu Jul 05, 2007 5:01 pm 
Horseshoe Basin and most of its environs is on Green Trails #21 Horseshoe Basin. Haig and some other terrain on the western end are on #20 Coleman Peak.

“As beacons mountains burned at evening.” J.R.R. Tolkien
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PostThu Jul 05, 2007 5:12 pm 
Thanks Matt! hockeygrin.gif up.gif

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