This is a very popular hike, and you will more than likely encounter numerous other people on the trail, completing the route clockwise and counter-clockwise. It’s important to remember to share the trail appropriately, especially during the scrambling sections when it can get busy and backlogged potentially. Don’t forget trail etiquette and call out if you knock any rocks loose to warn any fellow hikers below.

We do this hike annually–although I would be okay with convincing Jared we should do it multiple times a year– and typically do it for sunset. We like to have the trails a bit more to ourself, and there’s no better place to watch the sunset than up on a mountain top.

We’ve seen lots of wildlife on this trail as well–so make sure your dogs are on-leash when hiking, as it’s also in the provincial park. The first time we did this hike was back when we first started dating, seven years ago, before we had either dog, and we got to watch a mama grizzly and her cub feed in the trees in the bowl while we sat up in the middle of the ridge. We probably sat there for over an hour watching them, and had many people stop to ask us what we were looking at!

Another time, a few summers ago, we were coming down from a sunset hike with a couple of friends and they also had two dogs with them. We were in the forest at this point of our descent, lighting the trail with our headlamps, and we spooked a cougar which luckily ran across the trail and into the bush away from us. We’re always prepared with bear spray, and we had the dogs on their leashes, but that encounter was a little too close for our liking!