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  • Mt. Fable – SW Ridge
  • Date: July 24th 2010
  • Height: 2702 meters
  • Height gain: 1325 meters
  • Length and difficulty: couple of pitches of 5.4 (we skipped the first couple of pitches described in Banff Rock and went/scrambled up a gully system instead)
  • Time:11 hours car to car including breaks
  • Climbed with: Scott Berry and Kevin Papke


Scramble Route description can be found in Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies by Alan Kane

Climbing Route description can be found at Banff Rock and in
Selected Alpine Climbs in the Canadian Rockies

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Related trip reports:
Dow Williams
Mike Warren
The long approach on Exshaw CreekThe mountain comes into viewLooking towards the Fable-Gap traverseThere is our mountain and the SW RidgeA good trail leads all the way into the valleyLooking back towards Bow ValleyThe scramble route goes to the col and then up steep slabsLooking towards our routeWe scrambled the gully to the left (skiers) of this pinnacleKev going after the route description ;-)A lot of elevation gain before the climbing startsKev is ready to go...And Scott even moreSome low fifth class climbing on the upper mountainLots of work to pull Kev upGreat views along the wayTypical terrain on the mountain - very loose!Yup...that's me in the orange shirtSummit view