It was a cool morning driving to the Sparrowhawk Parking Place, but it warmed up very fast, going up the steep trail to the Sparrowhawk Tarns We had no problems following the easy trail. At one point we could see Mt. Sparrowhawk very clearly.


Mt. Sparrowhawk

At the end of tree line, we had to go through big boulders


Rockslide on Sparowhawk tarns trail

and went up an undefined trail where we spotted a lot of fossils.On our right side was Red Ridge.


Red Ridge from Sparrowhawk tarns

We heard and saw Marmots, and saw a Ptarmigan with 4 young. We had to get up a few terraces


Sparrowhawk Tarns terraces

to get to our lunch place.Here we had lunch and enjoyed the views. The skies were blue, and no cloud to be seen, the Temperature was 25C. We could see the ridge going up to Mt. Bogart and the scree field coming down from Red Ridge, and one of the tarns.


Sparrowhawk Tarn

After lunch we made our way down, and tried to follow some trails.


Sparrowhawk tarns trail

We reassembled at a big Rock and met again at the edge of the forest. After a break we started the final stretch of trail down.


Sparrowhawk tarns: way down

.All 11 Ramblers made it back to the cars by 4pm.Thanks to Dorothy-Ann, our coordinator for a beautiful day and an exciting hike. Participants:Andy, Lupita, Brenda, Petra, Aldis, Karen, Dave, Katie, Helen and Heidi