The Wedge (Alberta)
Template:Short description Template:Infobox mountain The Wedge is a mountain in Alberta, Canada. It is part of the Fisher Range of the Southern Continental Ranges of the Canadian Rockies. It is located east of Highway 40 just southeast from the K-Country golf course, immediately southeast of Wedge Pond in Kananaskis Country.
Scramble
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Once on the rocks the best route up is to keep to the right, beside the cliffs until you can get on top then it's an easy walk up to the false summit. From there a ridge walk leads to the true summit. One short section of the ridge is too narrow to walk on so one has to find hand and foot holds and hang on the side of the ridge for Script error: No such module "convert". or so. Then the ridge widens again.
See also
Gallery
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View from Wedge Pond.
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The wedge.
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Looking north from Wedge Pond.
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The Wedge
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References
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External links
- Peakware. Template:Cite peakware
- Scrambling.ca. The Wedge
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