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OF BABEL Elevation: 2360m Difficulty: An easy scramble, mostly grovelling up a gully Round Trip Time: 2.5-4 hours Height Gain: 450m Map: 82 N/8 Lake Louise |
The Tower of Babel is a quartzite monolith that has long been popular with rock climbers. It is a lesser outlier of Mount Babel, one of the Ten Peaks towering above world-famous Moraine Lake. Although considerably overshadowed by its larger neighbors, the top gives a wonderful perspective of the lake and more grandiose nearby peaks. The route described is actually the climbers' descent route, but if you can spare a few hours, the view justifies the trudge. You could even do it as an alternative to a rest day. Try from late June on, or whenever the gully is snow free. The ascent gully is very confined; a helmet is recommended. |
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| Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies, Alan Kane, 1992, 1995, 1999. Used by permission Rocky Mountain Books. | |||
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