The day started with the group assembling at Shouldice, only one person was missing: the trip caller. In any event he was united with his flock at the trail head. It is an easy walk through the forest section and there was no water at the creek crossing, nor in the waterfall for that matter. Then it was time to get hot on the steep ascent of the headwall:


Old Goat Glacier: the steep ascent

It was a little slippery in spots on wet mud and there was some residual snow from the recent cool weather. The moraine was fairly easy going and one marmot was sighted before we stopped for lunch with a view of the upper glacier:


lunch spot at Old Goat Glacier

It was mostly a wait in vain for the sunny patches to shine in our direction, though they occasionally made beautiful light patterns on parts of the glacier. It remained cool in the 3 to 5 degree range. So we headed down the moraine:


descending the Old Goat Glacier moraine

There were some interesting mushrooms spotted along the trail:


Coral mushroom: old Goat Glacier trail

unidentified mushroom on Old Goat Glacier trail

Our arrival back in the trees coincided with thickening clouds and a mix of snow pellets and rain finally dictated the donning of rain gear for the last 20 minutes of the trip. On the whole, a good day for Michael, Rita, Cornelis, Wally, Ginger, Nardi, Mel,Paul, Eva,Gerard, David, Ron (scribe, photos) and Ron (coordinator).