"On July 19th, we had a perfect bluebird day for our stroll up Watermelon Peak and Bobac Mountain. Starting at the Helen Lake trailhead, we followed the trail past Helen Lake, Katherine Lake, down Dolomite Pass and then departed the trail to head up to beautiful Alice Lake. After crossing through a maze of some the largest boulders I have seen, we ascended Watermelon next to a glacier for most of the way before cutting up to the ridge and summit. For Bobac, we ascended the drainage that flows directly down into Alice Lake, up through a cascade and scree to reach a glacier on the west side of the ridge. We crossed the top of the glacier and then descended around a rock band before slogging up some grueling scree/dirt to the col and then onto the summit. The views from Bobac surpassed even Watermelon, but we didn't linger too long as we had a long slog back. The descent from the col and back down to Lake Alice was a delight on small, soft dirt/grit. This trip was never more than moderate scrambling, although we did use micro-spikes/crampons to cross short sections of glacier." — geoffhardy • Jul 19, 2023