(1) Here's the first green after crossing the Spray River bridge.
Follow the path on the right of the bridge to a signed fork.
Watch out for people yelling FART!
(2) The trail is signed throughout and its very long. After
finishing the switchbacks to about 1:45hrs, I reached the fork
for the First and Main summits. This is also the first opportunity
to view the Dragon's Back and the Main summit.
(1) This is the Central Gully. Although it looks possible to
shoot straight up, Alan Kane says THIS IS WRONG! The trail crosses
the gully and is clearly marked.
(2) The Dragon's Back is in the middle of two gullies. This
is the right-hand gully looking up the Main summit. Snow at
the scree slope was surprisingly light after driving through
a bunch of snow-capped summits in Canmore.
(1)
5:00hrs all in all, the reward comes to life. Mts. Assiniboine
and Temple weren't visible at this time, only the nearby summits
like Cascade Mtn.
(2) The cairn was knocked down and the register was also
nowhere to be found... maybe it got buried in the snow, or
fell off here. It wasn't too cold nor windy but there was
no blue sky. After staying for about half an hour, I returned
the same way for 2:30hrs.
