Prairie Mountain

Prairie Mountain sounds like an oxymoron....prairie...mountain...but is really so named because when you're at the summit you can see a beautiful view of prairie lands on one side and mountains on the other.

It's a short 3.8 km hike but it's pretty much steep uphill the whole way and has a 762m elevation gain, so your work is cut out for you, that's for sure. It's still snowy and icy in many sections and the 'Katoolahs' were a necessity. Put the chains on!! Haha. 

It was a beautiful day, fairly warm and sunny, though pretty windy up top. a great way to spend a Sunday morning with my son and the dogs. 

Heading into K-Country

The first portion of the trail is clear of snow

Lots of snow up here still

Chained up

Some serious spikes on these bad boys

One of the only flat spots on the trail

Getting some nice viewpoints as we climb higher

Still a lot of snow on the peaks

I caught up with this hiker, and we traded off taking each others photos at the summit

Looking east over the prairie side

At the summit, looking west toward the mountains

Heading back down

It doesn't look as steep as it actually was in real life

I met Devin as he went back up for his second climb 

Stevie wasn't sure if she should stay with me and go down, or keep going up with Devin