Okay folks, what's the equivalent of 5.5 km? what's the equivalent of 400 meter rise in elevation? what's the equivalent of the Canadian version of an "easy hike"? Patty & Cyndy are here to tell you that it = GRUELING! However, we must admit the views were incredible. In the first photo you can just see the hotel at the end of the lake where we started out from. (Patty & Cyndy are smiling only because they're on the way back DOWN the mountain!) You can also notice the switchback in the trail to the left. The reward at the end of the trail was a tea house near the glacier field. Patty & Cyndy had a very overpriced tea but who cared at that point! Mary & John decided to press on for another half hour for some more up close and personal time with the glacier (the photo on the right).