Mist Ridge, return along ridge Off-Trail hike on 26-Jun-2025

I postponed this trip by two days because of more than 50cm of fresh snow from last weekend, and it worked out perfectly. A few deep patches remained, but most of the route was clear and the flowers were incredible - thousands of dots of white, yellow, pink, purple, and blue. Our group was strong and cheerfully reclimbed the high points on the ridge on the return journey instead of taking the boring 3-hour creek slog. At the south end of the ridge, we continued along a spur ridge to the SW and bushwhacked steeply down to meet the trail (doing this saves about 1.2 km compared to the trail). 23 km, somewhere over 1300m elevation gain, 8.25 hours.
Participants: Jane, Evan, Ingrid (coordinator), Jim, Deborah, John, Jenny (this was Jenny's second Ramblers trip - welcome!)

Wow, that's a big grizzly (my boot is a men's size 11.5)
Wow, that's a big grizzly (my boot is a men's size 11.5)

Gaining the start of the ridge
Gaining the start of the ridge

This big hill will need to be reclimbed on the way back - 140 vertical metres of
This big hill will need to be reclimbed on the way back - 140 vertical metres of "fun"

Finally almost at lunch
Finally almost at lunch

Bonus scramble
Bonus scramble

Group minus photographer Jenny
Group minus photographer Jenny

Heading back
Heading back

Heading back
Heading back

Coming down the optional ridge, blissfully unaware of the upcoming alder bushwhacking
Coming down the optional ridge, blissfully unaware of the upcoming alder bushwhacking

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