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The second day had in plan the radial trail to Snowbird Pass. Waking up under the tender rustle of rain we realized that our prayers to the weather gods failed. However the guidebook says that Mt Robson makes its own weather. Authors forget to specify that it makes its own BAD weather. So, maybe we asked the wrong gods or maybe in this place, prayers about weather are not accepted. While we breakfasted with porridge and a weird beverage pretending to be coffee, rain become a little bit weaker, so we started our trip to the pass.
At the beginning, our way was to the Robson Glacier, which lay on the weather-making mountain.
The river streams from the lake, in which the glacier ends.
In the lake the little icebergs float.
The glacier is on the right, but our way is to the left of the ridge and in the pass.
Robson Glacier.
At this point a little sun appeared, and we fell on the rocks for some rest and a snack.
And, immediately, a golden squirrel came to us, jumped around a little and dug through one of the backpacks with the intention to knock back our lunch. The place is definitely well known for its local wildlife, as many hikers stop here for rest and the squirrels’ diet obviously consists of nuts that have never grown in Canada (and other strange staff). The animal was quite filled and not at all modest.
More photos of the squirrel are in a separate post, and now we are moving up to the plateau.
The plateau.
Here we were met by marmots. They are fat, imposing and shameless. They are also in another post about them.
And the last ascent.
We are on the pass. Altitude is 2500 meters.
We came from here.
Behind the pass there is a huge Reef Icefield.
On the pass, the most heroic flowers try to bloom under the icy rain with snow.
Icy rain started immediately as we initiated our way to camp and continued up to the next morning, when we decided to hike to the more wild Jasper National Park.
We move along the river that originates form the glacier.
To be continue:
Golden squirrel
Marmot
Day three
Day four – first half
Day four – second half
Day five
Pika
Day six
Day seven -Sentinel Pass
Sentinel Pass – Ground Squirrel
Rockies Fungi
