Leaving the Spencer Creek trail head at 8:15 AM  allowed the group to get a lot of the vertical out of the way before it got too hot. The trail up to the upper end of Spencer Creek has seen a lot of traffic in the last few years and is well beaten in. Surprisingly the upper meadows although very beautiful, did not have much in the way of flowers.

We headed up the never ending talus slope and took a snack break below the cliff bands.

The route through ther cliffbands is fairly obvious, as a trail veers right up to a notch, with a large cairn above it. After negotiating the easy cliff bands we stopped to regroup and enjoy the great scenery.

From the notch/cairn, traverse right across a scree/slab slope to the next rib. The rest of the route involves trudging up a long moderate talus slope to the summit ridge.

A short traverse of the ridge brought us to the summit.

The sunshine and mild breeze made our long lunch break on the summit very pleasant. The 360 degree views were spectacular.

We retraced our route back down the ridge and cliff bands and in two hours we were back down in the meadow in upper Spencer Creek. The group was back at the vehicles at 4:45 PM
Thanks to Ulrike, Bill, Susan, Arnold, Clifton and Ricardo for their great company and for joining me Kevin (S/C) on a great day in the mountains.
Elevation gain 1375 metres, total distance 14.5 km, and total time 8.5 hours.