Name: Bryant Creek Shelter
Activity: Backpacking
Total Distance: 60 km
# Nights: 2
Date: September 22 - September 24, 2017
Area: Banff National Park/Assiniboine Provincial Park
Crew: Ben, Laura, Mark
Trailhead: Mount Shark Trailhead
Trailhead: Mount Shark Trailhead
Day 1 - Trailhead to Bryant Creek Shelter (15km)
Day 2 - Day trip to Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park (via Assiniboine Pass) and back to Bryant Creek Shelter via Wonder Pass (~30km)
Day 3 - Bryant Creek Shelter back to Mount Shark Trailhead (15km)
We were originally going to do Northover Ridge on this weekend. The weather ended up being forecasted to be down to -10 at night and there was snow on the ridge so we ended up trying to find something else to do last-minute. We frantically searched for shelters, huts, and cabins in the area and settled on the Bryant Creek Shelter - again! Luckily we got a spot in the shelter on short notice and even had Saturday night to ourselves. Mainly because I called for availability 2 days prior to arrival, which happened to be the morning that the shelter and area opened again after the fires. So, lucky us! Anyways. We enjoyed an awesome day trip up to Assiniboine lodge - where the clouds were gloomy and we only caught a glimpse or two of Assiniboine's summit - then headed for Wonder Pass, where the weather was gorgeous, sunny, and hot. Bennett made his dehydrated meals (scrambled eggs or omelettes with salsa for breakfast and curry or chili for dinner!), which were delicious as always. Gotta love the dehydrator.
Larch Season!
Bennett and the Towers
Mark, Laura, and Ben on Wonder Pass
We also came here on a ski trip in the winter in early 2017 and again in 2019.
