With the dry summer the water levels on Storm creek were quite low so the crossing presented no problems and no water shoes were needed. After one hour on the good trail we reached the lake with beautiful fall colors all around

Peaceful Running Rain lake

Well rested we tackled the 30 minutes walk in the trailess dark forest finally emerging in a large plateau with numerous larch trees in various shades of yellow


On the plateau before the final climb to the ridge

The west end of the North ridge

It didn't take long to climb the steep final slope and shortly after 12 noon we were all on top, while three went on to scramble up the knoll west of the ridge the rest sat down to enjoy a long break


A nice scramble for the brave ones

Summit

The whole crew

Eventually it was time to leave on a pleasant walk along the ridge


Dana and Teresa on the north ridge

On the way down

A demo on wilderness first aid

Larches without the hordes

My apologies to all the purists for missing the last high point on the ridge. It was a steep and bushy descent to rejoin the main trail and clear sailing. Back at the cars at 3:45 pm. Participants: Rosanne, Philip (photos), Jim, Alda, Jeannette, Sonja, Teresa, Jane, Simon, Dana (photos), David, Thanks to all for joining me Francisco C/S