I left Waterton Lakes at 6:30 am and made it to Manning (Hampton campground) at 5:30pm without any breaks (930 km of driving in 12 hours). Some of the driving went thru desert like valleys with a big river in the middle which was used to irrigate the fruit trees. Much like the California crops in the desert; here they grow crops in desert conditions.
One of the most surprising things was that which driving thru these barren, desert like valleys; there were trees up high on the mountains. But, I had to wonder where the bald mountain peaks were. As it turns out; you just have to hike to the top of the tree covered mountains to see the ones with snow and bare rock.
This is the town of Osysoos:
This is a 6:45am, rising sun, picture of Mt. Frosty and Winthrop peaks.
These pictures are around the start of the trail with the First Brother peak in the distance. It doesn't look like
much of a climb; and it isn't. This hike is up high and the elevation doesn't change by more than a few hundred meters
in a day of hiking.
At this point it was 7:15am and I was at the intersection of the Heather and Bonnevier trails.
In this image I added another picture to the left - it does not quite join properly but
that is what the view in that direction looked like.
The many snow covered mountains in these pictures are in the USA.
