Friday was my last ice climbing day for this trip. I met up with Joshua over at Yamnuska Mountain Adventures at 8am. We went to a new place for me called King Creek about an hour south of Canmore. King Creek is in Kananaskis Country Provincial Park. The trail in had not been hiked for awhile. We blazed through 6 to 12 inches of snow and crisscrossed several times over King Creek. We followed the creek to the King Creek Canyon. Just inside the canyon were the ice climbs. The first ice feature had WI2 thru WI4 on it. My knee started acting up on my approach to the ice feature. Before calling it quits, I at least got to do the crux move on the WI2 climb, but I knew I still had to hike out.

Now I have the incentive I need to go back and finish the whole climb. This canyon and creek area had breathtaking views well worth the trip in. There are several different features to try there inside the canyon. After we got back to the car Joshua drove a different way back to Canmore through Peter Lougheed Provincial Park letting me absorb all the beautiful vistas. We ended a great week of ice climbing with a couple of beers and nachos at a local bar and grill.

Saturday I left the beautiful mountains around Canmore and headed back to St. Louis after a challenging and exciting climbing experience.