Mount Lady MacDonald

Difficult and exposed knife-edge for final 50 vertical metres, but otherwise a pleasant hike. They finally got rid of the tea house pictured from a previous ascent and helipad - which was full of trash and party aftermath - but the patio is still there. Some people run that aforementioned knife-edge in tennis shoes, and while it's best to not freak out and overthink the exposure, I still wouldn't recommend running it like that personally, anyway. Be safe and enjoy the day!!!

Great hike! Add on another hour to the summit if you move quick and not scared of the ridge exposure! There's a summit register at the true summit. Great views from the ridge walk but gets the heart racing if it's windy!

This is a moderate hike. I challenged myself to go ridge walking at the summit which is the highlight of this hike. If not you can still settle at the helipad point to enjoy a snack and have a view of the surrounding Rockies. Spectacular view from the top overlooking the town of Canmore and the mountain ranges on the west side.

The trail starts off steep and shady, becomes rocky and less shady, and then becomes very steep and exposed in a boulder section. After the tree line is a pretty meadow, and then a short push to the helipad. That makes a nice hike itself, or you can continue onto the summit.

A real good mountain to test your will, scrambling and route finding skills, stick far right at the last scree slope as lots go straight for the top but left is much steeper. The knife edge ridge is extremely exposed, we had cloud coming right up the side of the mountain and I'm not sure if not seeing how steep it was calmed or aggravated my vertigo. Great experience.

One of the challenging hikes I have ever done. The trail is beautiful all in all. It took us 2 hours to reach the helipad from car park, and 1 hour to reach the summit. The trek until helipad is of medium to hard difficulty, depending upon your fitness level. The last one hour is tiring, testing, and challenging both physically and mentally. The trek to the summit has no regular path. It is all stones, gravel and sand. So it is like 2 steps forward and a step back, as your feet keep sliding into sand. Once you reach the top, all that effort is worth it. The last big challenge on this trail is the descent from the summit to the helipad. You have to go back through that path again but now it's more risky with gravity in favour of descent. Keeping a hiking stick with you is very helpful here. Once you reach helipad, then it's pretty easy until car park. It took us around 3 hours in total get to the car park from the summit, but we stopped a lot for the photos, and had a quick dip in the river to cool down. Must recommend for adrenaline, and adventure lovers. Cheers!

Beautiful hike to the top. Fair steep but all over a easy hike. Took me 1,5h up View is amazing at the top.

Stunning trail. You need to have some hiking experiences, especially for the Part after the heli pad. Be sure to bring enough water. On the summit you will be rewarded with breathtaking views over the whole bow valley.

Very first hike of the year and man we're exhausted never imagined how steep it was, it was challenging. It was kind of rainy when we hiked up and we didn't get to the very top since it was so windy with thunderstorm. Trail is certainly hard for beginners. Some of the trail has huge rocks which is tricky to follow. The water in the creek at the foot of the mountain was crystal clear and freezing cold.

Wow this is amazing views from the top of the mountain..