Kona (12 yrs) approaching one of the false summits at end of May, 7:45am, +10C to avoid the expected +30C daytime temperature. No snow on entire trail.
On the ridge summit looking north, l. to r. – Mt. Chester, Mt. Chesmill (The Fortress peeking from behind right shoulder), Mt. James Walker.
View to SW – Various peaks above the French and Haig glaciers.
Mt. Assiniboine (and Lunette) visible behind Mt. Smuts to the NW.
Tent Ridge horseshoe to NNW.
Yellow draba / Yellow Whitlow grass (Draba paysonii)
Showy Jacob’s ladder (Polemonium pulcherrimum)
Alpine / Drummond’s anemone (Anemone drummondii)
Alpine skycress (Smelowskia americana)
Alpine forget-me-not (Myosotis alpestris)
Mountain meadow cinquefoil (Potentilla diversifolis) above, yellow; cutleaf daisy / dwarf mountain fleabane (Erigeron compositus) below.
DOGS ON PEAKS 