Participants: David,Jeannette,Nardi,David,Clifton,Barbara,Deborah,Cheryl,Laura,Jozef.

A perfect day for a hike, not too hot or cold, not much wind, intermittent sun and as a bonus, this trip was new to the majority of participants. Ten of us headed out along the rolling, very rooty trail that starts from the parking lot halfway along the campground road, and follows a very pretty creek through the trees.

Pretty creek that we followed for a couple km at the beginning and end of the trip

After a couple of kilometers, we came to a gravelly area with a waterfall and the beginning of the steep upward climb.

taking a break before beginning the steep up

the beginning of the steep up

friendly marmot on our way up (on the rock on the right)

heading up, spray lake in the background

The climb was made a bit easier by the beautiful views down the valley, but a rest stop after the steepest part of the climb was welcome.

the group taking a break after the steepest portion of the climb

We continued along a trail beside the morraine for a short way, then descended and climbed onto the morraine, which we followed on an obvious trail to its end and the toe of the glacier.

heading up the good trail on the morraine

heading up the morraine towards the toe of the glacier

This made for a very pleasant lunch spot with views of the glacier. Once the cooling breeze coming off the glacier became a bit too cool, we took our group photo and started back down.

lunch looking down at the toe of the glacier

lunch above the toe of the glacier

David Kirk at his slightly precarious lunch rock

Ramblers above the toe of Old Goat Glacier, our end point

Thanks everyone for a fun day and good company. Thanks especially to Clifton for coming along as mentor for my third trip as a probationary coordinator. Trip stats: 11km, 700m, 5.5 hrs total including a bit more than an hour stopping time.