I Took The Path Less Traveled By: Avion Ridge July 14, 2016

So Summer Scout camp came around again. This year we figured we do a little harder hike than usual, so we decided to do the Avion Ridge. We started a little later than we would have like to and as a result we finished the hike not till close to 10:00 pm and as a result we didn't return to camp till close to midnight. So supper that night was cooked in the dark. The day itself was a very memorable one. The weather for the trip was amazing and the views from on top were great. We had a few boys struggle, but we went slow enough and they all finished it. It was probably one of the hardest things some of these boys had ever done. All in all we had 10 boys and 3 leaders come on this hike. We let the boys sleep in the next morning and have a more relaxing day. The one thing I've noticed this year in Waterton is how many flowers are out. Hence, why I took so many pictures of flowers on this trip...I don't know all their names but they were very nice and all over the trails this year.

Our group at the beginning

Pretty little flower close to Lost Lake

Bear Grass by Lost Lake

Lost Lake

This sign was a little misleading, the true summit of Avion Ridge was like 4 km away not 1.6 km

More flowers

More Flowers

Nearing the top

More flowers

More Flowers

More flowers

On the top

Our entire crew on top!

More flowers

On top of the ridge looking over top of Goat Lake, on some maps this is the actual summit, but the true summit I think is over directly above the Snow shoe trail