I got out for my second hike of the season last Sunday (July 2) with Evelyn and Geoff and their friends Rennie, Jenny, and Justin. We had an early start to the day, leaving Calgary at 7:30am and hitting the trail from the Highwood Pass parking lot at about 9:30. We had gorgeous weather all day and the views were spectacular! The trail took us through the sub alpine zone, from a spruce/fur forest at the beginning and breaking out into an alpine meadow awash in blooming wildflowers. Thanks to the early start, we had the trial to ourselves up to our lunch stop at the cirque. For those unfamiliar with mountain geomorph, a cirque is a kind of circular bowl above the tree line of a mountain (near the peak) carved out by a glacier....sort of the seat of a glacier at the top of a mountain.
We enjoyed a sunny break, eating our lunch in the company of ground squirrels and a marmot, before heading back down the now-crowded trail. We took a side track through a short interpretive walk and then hopped in our cars and headed to Cochrane for some of McKay's famous ice-cream. Mmmm.....worth the long line at the shop once we got there. All in all, a great day. Here's some pictures, courtesy of Evelyn and Rennie, as I forgot my camera at home.
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