It had been a long time since Val or I did this hike. I do remember that I had never done it with her so my best guess is that it’s been over three years. We picked it because we hadn’t done in a long time and also because it’s relatively short – although you gain significant elevation. We had plans that night so knowing the weather was going to be nice, we woke up early and head for the mountain. I remember the trail being very easy to follow and a separate path that followed a straight approach over the ridge. The part I wasn’t aware was a well-travelled foot path that climbs on an adjacent ridge. By mistake we took that path which gave us pretty interesting views of the Eliot Glacier and Langille Crags. We discovered pretty soon we were not on the trail but decided to continue on for a while as the ridge veered towards our destination. Towards the end of it, we noticed it would have been a hard climb over scree to continue on that direct path but right then we found a spur trail that crossed a small valley and ascended to the other side right above the Cooper Spur Shelter. Once on the trail, we continued climbing up steadily until we reached our destination. The ridge was clear of snow allowing people to continue much higher to the bottom of the glacier but being a bit short on time, we decided to turn around and head back down. This time though, we took the correct trail back to the parking lot.
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