As part of a 7 Kane weekend bender and 2 Kane long weekend Sunday. Nigel - Wilcox. 7.5 hrs 1600m 19km. Left Calgary at 5:30am. At campground at 9am. 250m up the trail spooked a bear in tight quarters. Retreated to main campground and went up Wilcox Pass trail. Once up high traversed over to Nigel and up the steep slog. Then up the foreshortened talus to the ridge. Ridge is really sweet with a big glacier up there. Step was free of snow and was on top by noon and met 3 others from Edmonton who had bivied at the col. Then rapid descent and over to Wilcox along the trail via the lookout. Wilcox was trail until near the top where it gets a little spicy traversing on ledge features to the top for 3pm. Then retreat to the Wilcox Pass and back to the car by 4:30pm. Back to Lake Louise for a big dinner and off to Yoho for a 5 Kane Monday.
Scrambler (1): Alex