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| Scott on our highpoint of the West Ridge. |
Mt. Sarcee is an unofficial name applied by David Jones in the guidebook "Rockies South. The Climber's Guide to the Rocky Mountains of Canada: Volume 1" (2020) for this significant peak (GR373253, summit height approximately 3000m) immediately east of Mt. Evan-Thomas. I met with David several times and provided a lot of information for the Opal Range when he was writing this guidebook, he had indicated that Mt. Sarcee was the name preferred and used by local climbing legends Glen Boles and Don Forest.
Local hiking guidebook author Gillean Daffern has used the name “Ripsaw” for this summit. Gillean’s name was derived from the extremely jagged saw blade like North East Ridge of Mt. Sarcee. This sharp ridge is visible from highway 40. The name Ripsaw was always applied to the highest primary summit of the mountain.
Tuesday June 9 Scott Berry and I started our approach to Mt. Sarcee. The weather forecast wasn’t good, but the forecast called for June 11 to be sunny and dry, fingers crossed. We biked to the Romulus campground on Tuesday evening and enjoyed some wine by a relaxing campfire.
Heavy rain/snow mix and high winds assaulted us on Wednesday afternoon.
more to come....
