{"id":2048,"date":"2017-09-14T18:51:21","date_gmt":"2017-09-15T01:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.billkerr.ca\/?p=2048"},"modified":"2017-09-28T09:48:14","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T16:48:14","slug":"gap-mountain-kananaskis-highwood-september-9-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billkerr.ca\/index.php\/gap-mountain-kananaskis-highwood-september-9-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Gap Mountain, Kananaskis &#8211; Highwood September 9, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2049\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billkerr.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/P9090410-Large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2049\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2049\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billkerr.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/P9090410-Large-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.billkerr.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/P9090410-Large-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.billkerr.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/P9090410-Large-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.billkerr.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/P9090410-Large-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.billkerr.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/P9090410-Large.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2049\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coming off Gap Mountain- pockets of larches starting to turn.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2050\" style=\"width: 691px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billkerr.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/DSC09969_v1-1-Large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2050\" class=\"wp-image-2050 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billkerr.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/DSC09969_v1-1-Large-681x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"681\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.billkerr.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/DSC09969_v1-1-Large-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/www.billkerr.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/DSC09969_v1-1-Large-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.billkerr.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/DSC09969_v1-1-Large-768x1156.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.billkerr.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/DSC09969_v1-1-Large.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2050\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Careful Moderate down climb. This was exploratory &#8211; not necessary &#8211; not the crux.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>About 770 m and 6.1 km RT.\u00a0 Upper mountain &#8211; Actual scramble section is very short.<\/p>\n<p>Kane crux has some small footholds and exposure but not hard.\u00a0 Balance moves with exposure.<\/p>\n<p>Rest of scramble has a couple of moderate moves but most could be avoided with route finding and connecting ledges.<\/p>\n<p>Explored the Spirko route which may be easier but less traffic so more loose rock.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/billkerr.zenfolio.com\/p559993660\">Pics<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/h2>\n<pre><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Some are Wietse's - thanks Note double click to get largest version or slideshow but lose comments<\/span><\/span><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; About 770 m and 6.1 km RT.\u00a0 Upper mountain &#8211; Actual scramble section is very short. Kane crux has some small footholds and exposure but not hard.\u00a0 Balance moves with exposure. 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