Hike into Jumbo Pass

 Simon and I hiked into Jumbo Pass last weekend from Duncan lake on the west side.  We hiked in with our friends Patrick and Finley.

Such a beautiful place!  This was one of those experiences that I can't believe I have not done sooner.  Amazing that this place is so close to Rossland.  We camped overnight but it would be feasible to leave Rossland in the morning and get up there.

We were surprised by the number of people up there, there must have been 40-50 other hikers coming in from both the Invermere side and the Duncan lake side.

The hike (8.5km return) is short and somewhat steep, which meant that we were surrounded by views of glaciers and peaks rather quickly. The word "wow" was used a lot.

I would love to Ski tour up there sometime.

Seven Summits Learning Center Game ON

Today is a big day for me, a realization of a community dream that I have been a part of.  We have all known that it would happen but today it is very rewarding seeing the dream happening.  Today was day 1 for the Seven Summits Learning Center.  Teacher Jonny Coleshill gave the students an introduction as to what to expect from the education, how to make it work etc (this seemed to be very well received) and then he and I took the students for a hike on Red Mountain.  Great Start.