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Canmore, AB
Canada
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Posted - 10/09/2010 : 1:03 PM
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I'm sure everyone has read this thread :
http://www.clubtread.com/sforum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=36502&whichpage=1
It got me wondering... How many do we have in our Rockies?
I know there's a bronze plaque embedded into Mount Buller (near the summit) which talks about a hiker who fell off the peak.
I know the RMB Forum put up a tiny memorial on Mt. Smuts for a member who fell to his death. However, it was in the form of a small pelican case and I didn't see it when I climbed it shortly afterwards.
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Finally stopping that crazy suffering that is ice, climbing to concentrate on great ski tours!
3502 Posts |
Posted - 10/09/2010 : 2:12 PM
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| There's one on top of Mt. Thompson. The peak overlooks the Bow Lake and is located at the north/east end of the Wapta Icefields. However, the plaque is about a guy named Thompson, not the real person the peak is named after, and not someone that died on/near the peak. |
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Calgary, Alberta
Andorra
3787 Posts |
Posted - 10/09/2010 : 8:08 PM
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There's a little thing at the Third Memorial Lake in memory of the thirteen people who died in three related plane crashes in 1986.
I seem to think there's a little thing on Blueberry Hill for the guy who died there of a sudden heart attack a bit back, but I haven't seen it personally. |
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Jasper, ab
Canada
1028 Posts |
Posted - 10/09/2010 : 8:24 PM
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This is not a summit memorial, but is located at Fortress Lake. The peak across the lake is named after him. I don't know his story, but the memorial is on a metal frame that is not in good shape  |
Edited by - lobo on 10/09/2010 8:25 PM |
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Edmonton, Alberta
Canada
793 Posts |
Posted - 10/09/2010 : 11:06 PM
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| Fairview has that warning plaque. Stating something along the lines of don't descend direct to lake cos ppl have died.... |
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| Engor
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Calgary
838 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2010 : 01:53 AM
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Originally posted by spicytuna
Any others?
There is a plaque on Fossil Mountain:
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Canmore, AB
Canada
1238 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2010 : 06:26 AM
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Originally posted by Engor
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Originally posted by spicytuna
Any others?
There is a plaque on Fossil Mountain:
Are those the two which apparently haunt the Halfway Hut? |
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Calgary
838 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2010 : 12:29 PM
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Originally posted by spicytuna
Are those the two which apparently haunt the Halfway Hut?
No, apparently a guy who died on the slopes of Fossil Mountain during the golden age of Skoki Lodge in the 1930's does a sneaky job in Halfway Hut. |
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Hope, BC
Canada
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31 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2010 : 3:39 PM
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| There is a plaque on the summit of Mist Mountain. |
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Calgary, Alberta
Andorra
3787 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2010 : 6:29 PM
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Originally posted by kerryv
There is a plaque on the summit of Mist Mountain.
Is that the guy who got struck by lightning? |
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Kootenay Bud
2695 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2010 : 7:02 PM
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There are some great ones at Battle Abbey - the history of Interior mountaineering in cairns
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Edited by - sandy on 10/10/2010 7:03 PM |
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Posted - 10/11/2010 : 06:52 AM
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Originally posted by Rachelo
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Originally posted by kerryv
There is a plaque on the summit of Mist Mountain.
Is that the guy who got struck by lightning?
Not sure, but that would make sense as it says the guy died on the mountain. |
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Calgary, Alberta
Canada
1186 Posts |
Posted - 10/11/2010 : 12:53 PM
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| Hmm I don't recall seeing any rogue ones like Danny Epp's. I understand there's a Belmore Browne plaque at somewhere around Belmore Browne peak. I've gone up there twice and haven't seen it. I think it's below the summit, somewhere on a boulder. |
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1078 Posts |
Posted - 10/11/2010 : 2:46 PM
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| There's that one on Grotto, but it's not at the summit. It's slightly hidden away on a small flat area on the Direct route up. I actually like the site chosen for that one....very low-key. |
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Okotoks, Alberta
Canada
326 Posts |
Posted - 10/11/2010 : 4:13 PM
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When I was on Crowsnest Mt. the other week there was a plaque/container of some sort in a plastic bag put on the side of the "crux" with a whole bunch of names on it. It's not a fixed thing but kept in place with a rock I think, didn't take the time to check it out but do have a foto of the thing
Center Peak in the Higwood range has a memorial on top and I believe it's for the ancestors of the family that has their land below it or for the people in the plane that crashed on this peak.
Thunder mountain has a plaque just after getting onto the ridge
I think I've seen more but have to go through my pictures |
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High River, (just south of Calgary eh!), Alberta
Canada
1697 Posts |
Posted - 10/14/2010 : 12:38 PM
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I don't remember what the plaque says, on the Whaleback in Yoho
There is also cairn structure with a plaque at Memorial Lakes in memory of the victims of three plane crashes.
In general most I’ve seen are discrete and appropriate IMHO. In K.country there is a program where people can donate money and have a bench placed to honor a loved one etc. It’s a good program that also spins some of the money into other improvements.
http://www.kananaskis.org/Memorial.htm |
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Calgary
Canada
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Posted - 10/14/2010 : 6:09 PM
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There is one on Mt. Allan:
Not a peak, but there is one at the Elephant Rocks past Chester Lake:
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Calgary, Alberta
Andorra
3787 Posts |
Posted - 10/15/2010 : 10:06 AM
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Originally posted by butters
Not a peak, but there is one at the Elephant Rocks past Chester Lake:
Is this one new, or just well off the path? I've been scrambling around the Elephant Rocks twice and never happened upon that. |
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red deer, alberta
Canada
168 Posts |
Posted - 10/15/2010 : 11:17 AM
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I smell a book for someone with literary talent.
"Summit memorials and their meanings" |
Edited by - calmcoldmorning on 10/15/2010 11:18 AM |
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Calgary, AB
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Posted - 10/15/2010 : 4:46 PM
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| There is a memorial plaque on Nahahi Ridge. It is on the west side on the first part of the ridge after the steel cable fence. I don't know if this young person died there or if friends put it up knowing he liked the mountains and this place. |
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