We took an easy hike on Thursday (only about 5 km) to give our knees a break before Carthew Alderson. The weather had also been forecast for rain, and the shuttle that the local outfitter's store ran to the trailhead was cancelled. Thursday turned out to be gorgeous weather, but we needed the day off, so it was just as well we didn't do the big hike.
Friday was cloudy in the morning, but not raining. We took the shuttle with about 6 other people, and ended up hiking with a couple from British Columbia. The weather was fine for the first half of the hike, which is where all the views were. It started raining on our way down, but it was fine for hiking.
The hike was wonderful. 11.8 miles, 2,297 feet elevation gain and 3,150 feet loss. Lots of completely different types of terrain, from mature forest to sub alpine forest to lake shore walks to desolate summits to cirques, and views of entire horizons of mountains.
After returning to Waterton Lakes, we had dinner with our hiking friends and drove down to East Glacier. We haven't decided what to do on Saturday. Depends on the weather and how our knees feel.
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