Today was a day off work for an "ascent" of Meadow Mountain, just west of the north end of Kootenay Lake. The ascent was done in typical BC style: find the appropriate Forest Service Road and drive to the top. In this case, about 26 km of steep, dusty, somewhat rocky road. This got us to the meadows and from there it was about an hour up a steep hillside to the summit of Meadow Mtn.
Although views to the east and south were pretty well obscured by smoke haze, the mountains to the east, notably Mt Cooper with the Spokane Glacier (in Goat Range Provincial Park) were in fine form. The glacier on this mountain faced north and although I'm sure it's melting quickly like all the rest, it still seemed pretty big and impressive. We would have been able to see the Bugaboos, but for all the smoke. We could see the Macbeth Glacier which is up the Glacier Creek valley. A trip for another day.
We also spent a short time in the meadows once we were done with the summit of the mountain we had come to climb. The meadows were a bit dry at this time of year, especially with the hot, dry weather we've had. However, there were a few small tarns with nice plants around their edges. There is also a BC Forest Service Site on the edge of the meadows that would make a nice place to camp for a night or two while enjoying the 360 degree views and the flowers in the meadows. Plus the ridge up here extends a ways in two directions, sort of east and northwest. Several hours of easy walking seem possible.
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