Lake O'Hara July 5th 2011

An Epic Day at O'Hara!

What a spectacular day we had at Lake O'hara today. It was a blue sky day, no clouds and no wind (which is rare).

YMT Guide James and his 3 guests (Furukawa-san (2) from Kagoshima, and Iio-san (1) from Osaka were treated to wonderful views, great scenery and lots of wildlife too.

We hiked from Lake O'Hara to Opabin Plateau and then onwards to Opabin Lake via the high circuit loop going to the east decent route. We had a nice long lunch at Opabin Lake and had both Columbian ground Squirrels and Marmots come and check us out. Very close and they were not afraid. We even saw a snowshoe hare on the way up from Mary lake!

We enjoyed the sun, the blue skies and some snow walking too! We also saw many alpine buttercups and western anemone flowers!

After a nice day, we can really can see how Lake O'hara is one of the classic hiking areas in the Canadian Rockies!

James A. Robb
YMT Guide