Sunshine Meadows larch hike Trail hike on 18-Sep-2025

Participants: Danielle, Arnold, Jeannette, Ed, Ivan, Agnieszka, Jacek, Bill

The 8 of us met at gondola base at 10 am. Ride up gondola and hike up Wawa green ski run to Wawa col. Then across meadow to hike loop of Rock Iske, Grizzly and Larix Lakes. Return to resort area thru Sunshine meadows. Larches just starting to turn color; some smaller with most of golden color.

Trails busy.

Trip hike 11.2 km, 410 meters vertical. Hiking time little under 4 hours and total trip time about 4 hours 50 minutes. Long lunch break at Rock Isle Lake plus leisurely stops at Wawa col, Grizzly Lake, Larix Lake and Rock Isle Lake on return. Perfect weather. Lots of discussions on old time hiking areas and the 35 backcountry ski runs; little on world events.

Then a lengthy beer and nachos break at resort (thanks Bill).

Some smaller larches at north end of Grizzly Lake
Some smaller larches at north end of Grizzly Lake

Rock Isle lake in Sunshine meadows
Rock Isle lake in Sunshine meadows

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