It's been a really slow start to hiking season this year and now that the heat is here, we're able to get at it! On June 30th we took advantage of some time in Rossland to hike up Mount Roberts, the mountain that's clearly visible from the main drag of Rossland. It took us nearly 2 hours to do the 3.5 km, but it is pretty steep - 860m of elevation gain. I enjoyed many wildflowers over the route and those pictured here are some of my favourites. Great views at the summit - Rossland, Trail, Genelle and nearly Castlegar. The Columbia River is visible in several places and I'm not sure if we could actually see a bit of Lake Roosevelt which is part of the Columbia system way off in the USA. Today we took a couple of hours to hike into Fletcher Lake which is about a one hour drive from our place and a one hour hike from the end of the road. It's a pretty mountain lake with some lovely rocky peaks and ridges to view. Bugs were bad and I forgot to bring the camera!
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