Breakfast of porridge is always an event for me – work on the gag reflex, but it was warm and helped us unthaw. The sunshine on the mountains was spectacular and did a lot to compensate for the rain of yesterday.
Single file the 16 hikers left the campsite with plans to hike to McArthur Lake but unfortunately we had one member who was not feeling well after about 30 minutes so Lynne and I hiked back to camp with her while the rest continued with the day’s plans. Lynne and I hiked on our own the rest of the day and had a fantastic time. So while the rest of the group hike to McArthur Lake, then returned to hike All Souls’ Trail which took them up over one of the shoulders and back down to Lake O’Hara, Lynne and I had a wonderful time going back up the trail and carrying on to McArthur Lake on our own.
Now McArthur Lake is nestled into a cirque with high mountains on 3 sides. The mountains have very interesting contours and ridges of snow with high level snow caps feeding the lake. The calm surface makes for an incredible reflective surface and we spend so much time just taking photos thinking we just took the best but wait a minute, it is even better.
The weather was basically sunny but there were clouds in the afternoon that threatened to rain on us, but nothing came of that.
After we got back down Lynne and I decided that a cup of tea at the concession would be ideal. We were there only a few minutes when the rest arrived back and joined us.
Back in camp we cleaned up, had happy hour and made dinner. The evening involved a camp talk at Le Relias (concession store) about culverts and fish. Extremely interesting on how culverts have such an impact on fish and other small wildlife. We all agreed that we would be looking at culverts differently from now onward.
Bedtime, now to find a way to stay warm and dream of the adventures of tomorrow.
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