Elevation: 510 m
Labour Day weekend, Saturday looked like decent weather, so we decided to go hiking and try this new hike, recommended by a friend. Not too much elevation gain, good for tired people. The pictures in this blog were sent via email rather than downloaded as previous ones because that was taking too long. I need to find a better way.
At the end of Guinn's Pass hike we met some people interested in hiking with us so this was our first hike together.
One very interesting mushroom was this cauliflower textured one. We read that cauliflower mushrooms were edible but was this the same variety? We didn't check.
The trail became narrow but still good. Soon we arrived at this tarn, saw bear tracks in the mud but they were not very fresh. From here, we could see our destination ahead, the basins around James Walker mountain.
As we climbed out of the forest, we looked over a moraine into the basins between the mountains, What a beautiful sight and what a unique experience. This time we were IN the mountains, not on top of them. We tied a yellow ribbon to some trees to relocate the trail.
Three large rams welcomed us and stood to watch us hike by. I could have stayed to chat but a cold wind was blowing.
Although there was a little vegetation at the entrance to the basins, they were mostly stark inhospitable rock with a few tarns.
We hiked carefully from one basin to the other, where we found another tarn and more rock.
Here is our proof that we visited the second basin also. The tarn shows a little in the background. It was cold, cloudy and windy and snow pellets were starting to come down so we didn't hang around too long.
We turned around and tried to find our yellow ribbon but our navigator was disoriented and couldn't locate it so he led us cross-country. We couldn't get lost because we could see the tarn, our destination, below us.
A good time was had by all.
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