What an effort, lots of slow travel terrain, I figured it would take 10 hours but it took 15! The heat certainly didn't help, I drank 8 liters of water. Superbly scenic terrain around Caldron Lake, my second time here but I forgot how much of a slog it is. Gaining the summit block was perhaps the worst terrain I've ever "walked" on, what a mess. The ledge traverse to gain the final pitch was heinous AF, fine powder gravel across certain death exposure with every hand hold blowing out, scary stuff. The crux pitch was definitely tougher than expected, with a solid layer of blown in fine gravel towered on every hold, super weird. I expected a tough summit push but this was more than I expected no doubt! Glad to have topped out, I won't repeat it haha. I read a promising trip report of a guy who "brought ropes but scrambled back down" that guy is superman and that report should be ignored as false, this is a stiff one and it ain't even close to a scramble if you want to top out. I found this more technically challenging/dangerous than Mt Assiniboine. That said loved it! A+ sufferfest.