Little Odaray, Walter Fuez Peak, the bus driver affectionately calls it "Li'l O", a young man who came up after us called it the most rewarding scramble in the Rockies. Whatever you call it, we had a spectacular and successful day.

We set off from Le Relais at around 9:00 and proceeded fairly quickly to Odaray Grandview.

Group at Odaray Grandview (Huber, Lefroy, Glacier, Ringrose and Yukness behind Lake O'Hara)

From there the route up to the summit ridge looks very intimidating. In fact most of the way is on fairly stable rock and talus (SC5), there is almost no loose scree, and there are a few short SC6 moves required.


SC6 bits of the ascent to Little Odaray

Once up on the ridge, the going is straightforward and the views are nothing short of spectacular.


Spectacular views from the summit of Little Odaray (Hungabee and Biddle behind Lake McArthur)

Group on the Summit of Little Odaray (aka Walter Fuez Peak)

We were on top of Little Odaray shortly after noon and took a full Rambler hour-long lunch enjoying views southeast to Assiniboine west to the Purcells and north to peaks which we didn't know well enough to identify.
The return was easy including some nice glissading.


Glissading back down to Odaray Grandview

And some snowman building.


Marietta and new Rambler recruit (Mt Odaray in the background)

We were all in agreement that the day was so good that it would be a pity to return in a hurry, and so we added a trip to Lake McArthur and a long rest there before returning on the 6:30 bus.


Alicja and Marietta at Lake McArthur (Mt Biddle in the background)

Thanks to Bill for encouraging me to call the trip and for describing the route.
Participants: Alicja, Marietta, Robin and Carl (coordinator and scribe).

And finally:

Strange Cornices on the northeast face of Little Odaray!