The Wedge is a
mountain
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited Summit (topography), summit area, and ...
in
Alberta,
Canada. It is part of the Fisher Range of the Southern Continental Ranges of the
Canadian Rockies
The Canadian Rockies (french: Rocheuses canadiennes) or Canadian Rocky Mountains, comprising both the Alberta Rockies and the British Columbian Rockies, is the Canadian segment of the North American Rocky Mountains. It is the easternmost part ...
. It is located east of
Highway 40 just southeast from the K-Country golf course, immediately southeast of Wedge Pond in
Kananaskis Country.
Scramble
gain, mostly easy with a moderate section just above the tree line and a short difficult section on the ridge. The trail starts from the wedge pond parking lot. Either follow the shore counter clock wise until a trail takes off into the trees or follow the cutline south (right) from the gate to find a trail that soon joins the other and heads up the hill. It's a nice treed walk up to the tree line.
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 or so. Then the ridge widens again.
See also
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Mountains of Alberta
Most of Alberta's mountains are found on the western edge of the province of Alberta, consisting of the eastern slopes of the Canadian Rockies, which run through the province from Alberta's mid-point to its southern border with the United Sta ...
*
Mountain peaks of Canada
This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaksThis article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence, and a major summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence. All s ...
Gallery
Image:Wedge Pond by VictorLLee.JPG, View from Wedge Pond.
Image:The-Wedge-aerial2.jpg, The wedge.
Image:Wedge Pond LookingNorth by VictorLLee.JPG, Looking north from Wedge Pond.
File:A visit to Wedge pond Kananaskis Alberta Canada (29789522671).jpg, The Wedge
File:Kananaskis - panoramio (2).jpg, The Wedge
References
External links
* Peakware.
* Scrambling.ca
The Wedge
Two-thousanders of Alberta
Canadian Rockies
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