Under a mix of sun and cloud, and a balmy 11C, we headed up the trail at about 10 am arriving on the summit of Little Arethusa at noon. We settled in for a very leisurely lunch while enjoying the scenery and listening to a lecture from Dave and Ed on the surrounding geology. Our descent included a clockwise path around the cirque to take in the spectacular fall colours, returning to the vehicles at about 2:30 pm. The cumulative elevation gain was 650m with a distance of 8.5 km. Thank you Bill for the sheep photos, and thank you all for joining me today.

Participants: Bill, Phyllis, Aldis,, Dave, Ed, Michael, Jozef. John c/s


Looking south on the ascent to Little Arethusa

Jozef in a classic summit pose.

View from the summit with some smoke haze in the distance.

Panorama from the summit looking west.

The team photograph

Arethusa cirque with Little Arethusa in the background

Inquisitive mother sheep.

Mum with youngster.