That was surely very inconvenient in this modern era but let’s face it. There was no GPX about this peak so we had to read Kevin’s beta in words and match that to what we saw on-field. The trail-head had a quotation mark as there wasn’t really a trail, but the parking area is well defined and easy to find. Devan showed up on time but we had to drive out to the “trail-head” separately as Devan also planned to ascend something else in the afternoon. The temperature had dropped to near freezing such that I had to put on extra layers even with the -7 C sleeping bag.

I simply drove out to the Casino the night before and slept in the car. Devan and I decided to meet up at the entrance of Kananaskis Highway at 7 am. I was fairly certain that I could scramble this route after talking to Kevin Barton about his honest thoughts but I wanted to have some extra contingencies. I decided to carry a 30 m rope, harness and rock shoes but the plan was to not use them unless I felt uncomfortable. Wintour as this peak had been on my “list” for many years. Devan gave me a few options and I picked the shortest of those. I said I was only interested in a small objective as I needed to be fresh for Mt. This was the second day of my Canadian Rockies scrambling trip and I was supposed to meet up with Devan Peterson for something. The official grade of the south ridge is 5.4 but it’s more like a “borderline scramble” thing with only a few climbing moves required.

Wintour but Andrew Nugara’s trip report along with Kevin Barton’s SummitPost page was sufficient enough to get the job done. This range is notoriously difficult and most peaks require technical climbing even by the easiest possible routes. Wintour is one of the smallest objectives in Opal Range but there’s still no “easy” route to the summit.

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