RHH's photos with the keyword: robson glacier

This was the grand view from the Mumm Basin trail the last night of our backpacking trip to Mount Robson Provincial Park. We had set up camp at Robson Pass and hiked up the Mumm Basin trail for this view of the valley below. From right to left are Robson Glacier, Rearguard Mountain, Berg Glacier and Berg Lake and Mount Robson.

Mount Robson and Berg Glacier from the Mumm Basin Trail in the evening - taken on a recent three-day backpacking trip.

Taken from the Mumm Basin Trail at Berg Lake in Mount Robson Provincial Park in British Columbia on a recent backpacking rip there.

This is where we've been the last four days. We left Edmonton Monday evening, June 26, and drove to Hinton, Alberta, where we spent the night. Early Tuesday morning we drove on to Mount Robson Provincial Park in British Columbia and picked up our permits at the visitors' center. Shouldering our backpacks we started out for Berg Lake. We went about half the way, 11km (7 miles), Tuesday to Whitehorn where we camped for the night. After a breakfast of instant oatmeal and coffee we headed out again on Wednesday morning and hiked another 13 km (8 miles) including a grueling 4 km climb up Emperor Hill to Berg Lake and beyond to Robson Pass. After setting up camp and eating our evening meal we hiked another 4km (2.5 miles) up and back down the Mumm Basin Trail, where this photo and the insets were taken. We had planned on hiking out Friday but the weather reports were for rain and so we hiked out Thursday, all 24km (15 miles). We did the trip partly because family in Edmonton all had strep throat but also to prove to ourselves we could still do it, and we did, though barely, for a total of 52km (32 miles) and several thousand feet of elevation.

This is near the upper end of Robson Glacier along the trail to Snowbird Pass, a 25k hike from Berg Lake. The photo was taken in Mount Robson Provincial Park in British Columbia.

These caves are on the leading edge of Robson Glacier on the lower slopes of Mount Robson. They change from year to year, of course, and sometimes are not accessible. We found them large enough to be able to walk into them on this trip. From the outside they are simply dirty gray holes in the ice, as the imbedded pictures show, but once inside they are magically transformed by the light shining through the ice. We did not go farther than the entrance, however, since they are very dangerous, as well as very cold and wet.

In Explore August 1, 2009, #82. One of the ice caves on the edge of Robson Glacier and the only one big enough to enter. Though nothing special from outside, the caves were magical inside with the light shining through the ice. The following pictures show the cave from a distance, the entrance to the cave and another view within the cave.

Taken on the third day of our backpacking trip this summer on the way to Snowbird Pass and near the foot of Robson Glacier. This picture was taken by my wife.. More pictures and a diary at: ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2010/07/backpacking...