Little Arethusa 433075 via Arethusa Cirque Off-Trail hike on 24-Aug-2

It was a perfect day to be hiking in the Highwood Pass area - clear blue skies, almost no wind and not too hot. Our group of six headed up the trail at 9:15 am and hiked at a moderate pace up to to the meadows and then up to the upper cirque bench.

Little Arethusa from the upper bench in Arethusa Cirque

After a brief break, we traversed the bench to the base of Little Arethusa.

Getting ready to head up the long last slope of Little Arethusa

It was the usual grunt up the steep trail to the ridge and then along the ridge to the summit. It took about 2 hours to reach the top from the parking lot.

Mount Rae from the summit of Little Arethusa

Looking West towards Highwood and Grizzly Ridges

The views as usual, were superb. We enjoyed a long lunch at the summit.

Ramblers at the top of Little Arethusa

After descending back down to the bench, the group decided to hike the bench trail towards Storm Mounain.

The gang heading down from the summit

Hiking the upper bench clockwise after coming down from Little Arethusa

Once back at the meadows, we decided to finish off the hike by hiking off trail through the larch stands and meadows at the base of the NW ridge of Storm Mountain.

Offtrailing at the base of the NW ridge of Storm

The final section was an easy ten minute walk through semi open forrest back to the lower section of the trail. We arrived back at the vehicles 5 hours after leaving the parking area.

My thanks to Philip, Carl, Margaret, Clifton, Dana for joining me Kevin (C/S) on a very enjoyable day hiking in K Country.

Total elevation gain 650 m

Total distance 7 m

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