Route: from the trailhead car park at Maligne Lake, following a fire road through trees climbing gently for 25 minutes before turning left on a marked path, much steeper but zig-zagging up to a plateau. Then turning right then left to join a path crossing the plateau towards the hills but trending to the left to reach a yet higher plateau with an obvious ridge to the right. Crossing this to pick up the continuing ridge now on the left and following this to a natural terminus (after which the ridge drops down). Returning by keeping left along the ridge until the last minute and dropping steeply back to the first plateau.
Conditions: cooler air but warm sun with thin clouds.
Pub: (after a detour to Maligne Canyon) back to Bear Hill Lodge for bottled Phillips IPA and Parallel 49 Hoparazzi and then later...
