Earl Grey Pass - Again

Ever since hiking the Earl Grey Trail last September, we've been thinking of re-visiting the east side of Earl Grey Pass just to see the scenery that we missed the first time. As dedicated readers will recall, our last 2 days on the trail were rather wet and Earl Grey Pass was foggy, rainy and cold. We didn't linger at the Pass then to look at scenery we couldn't see.

With clear skies and warm temperatures seeming pretty certain for a few days, Catherine and I threw together our hiking equipment and some food and made the drive over to Invermere and up the Toby Creek Valley past Panorama to the Earl Grey Trailhead. Interestingly, although it's close to us as the crow flies, the Subaru doesn't fly the same routes as crows and it took us 6 hours to make it to the trailhead.

We used the remaining couple of hours of daylight to hike to a small campsite we knew of about 8 or 9 km along the trail and were set up before dark.

On Monday, we hiked the 10 km or so to Earl Grey Pass, admired the views, had a rest and lunch in the alpine meadows and hiked the 10 km back to our camp. It was a long, hot, tiring day, but the scenery was great. Nice views of Hamill Glacier (photo above), as well as the Toby Glacier, Toby Falls and spots between.

The next morning, we packed up and hiked back to the car and drove home. Pictures of the scenery we enjoyed can be seen here. The album is a collection of summer pictures and this trip's digital images are part way through the album.