Ignoring the heat we've had for the past while, or perhaps hoping for relief further north, we headed off Monday morning for a trip up the Glacier Creek FSR. Our objectives over two days were the Macbeth Icefields and Monica Meadows.
Monday was really far too hot for civilized hiking, but we perservered and did make it up to the view in the first picture - that of the falls coming from the melting Macbeth Icefields. We decided not to continue up to the toe of the glacier, having seen many similar things, postponing that little delight for another (cooler) day.
The main complaint about this trail was the substantial deadfall. I can handle the elevation gain (somewhat in the order of 1000 m), the steepness of the trail and even the alder (I lopped growth all the way up and back), but the 115 logs that we had to clamber over was a bit much. The trail really needs a trail crew with several chainsaws. I'm not kidding about the number of logs - Catherine kept count, and she has the bruises to show for many of them.Monica Meadows, our Tuesday hike in much cooler weather after a night of fun lightening and rain, was considerably more pleasant. A nicely graded trail with real switchbacks, no deadfall and only an hours walk to the start of the meadows. Great views across the valley to mountains and glaciers of the Macbeth Icefields, southwest to the Horseshoe Glacier, and east to the peaks separating us from the Jumbo Pass area. It was an excellent finish to our two-day excursion.
Pictures of the trip live at: http://picasaweb.google.ca/dave.mcc51/GlacierCreekFSRMacbethIcefieldsMonicaMeadows
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