KOOTENAY MOUNTAIN 2461m 8074’
The highest summit of the group west of the south end of Kootenay Lake;
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Map: 82F/2 Creston
1. Southwest Ridge.
The Kootenay Mountain-Wood Peak ridge runs northeast to southwest. Walk up the southeast ridge to the summit of Wood Peak (2440m by GPS), mostly in open forest except for the bottom. Traverse Wood Peak, and then scramble the southwest ridge of Kootenay Mountain (Class 3) (II,3).
FRA David Cunningham, Ted Ibrahim, Norman Thyer, 27/7/1996
2. South Face. Easy broken rock and heather, Class 2. There is a difficult area of deadfall and fireweed at the bottom of the south
FRD Descended by Kim Kratky, Howie Ridge and his dog, Riley, 5/8/2002
3. North Ridge. Climbed after the ascent of Thumbtack Peak. Retrace the ascent route a little. Traverse southwest into a basin, and ascend scree and boulders to gain the north ridge. It is a short scramble to the summit, a 9-hour day including Thumbtack Peak (III,3,s).
FRA Hamish Mutch, Peter Jordan, Kim Kratky, Fred Thiessen, Tim Thurston, 8/9/2002.
4. Southeast Ridge. Done in two parts on the same day, the lower part first, then a descent of the upper part of the southeast ridge returning from Thumbtack Peak over Kootenay Mountain (Route 3). Class 3.
8/9/2002