The difficult here is having the energy to go up this minor summit as part of a 38km, 2500m day with the Pharaoh Peaks!
Sugarloaf Mountain (also known on some maps as The Sphinx) is the unofficial name of the striking peak looming over Egypt Lake in the Egypt Lakes area of Banff National Park.
After completing the long approach trek up Healy Pass and then Whistling Pass and the subsequent ascent of Lesser Pharaoh Peak (don't forget about "Tiny" Pharaoh), Phil and I grunted our way back up Whistling Pass and set our now-tiring bodies towards Scarab Lake and the diminutive and unofficial Sugarloaf Mountain. I haven't been able to find out where "Sugarloaf" comes from, but it's on enough references to be official enough for me to bag and claim it. We noticed quite a few people on the main Pharaoh Peak above us as we passed under it on our way back to the Scarab Lake turnoff.
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