Our round trip time of 7 hours wasn’t too bad – Hanneke proved her fitness on this one! As I’ve hinted throughout this report, most scramblers will find Mount Alderson an easy hike with cairns and trails for 98% of it. Hikers are another story. They might find certain sections a wee bit exposed and might even have some issues with route finding on ascent. As experienced Rockies travelers will know, down climbing on ascent can make for tricky route finding since the terrain always looks very exposed from above. In this case, as in many others, everything is a little easier than it first appears. I would highly recommend a shuttle to Cameron Lake so that you can enjoy the GDT down from the end of the west ridge towards Waterton, instead of returning via the annoying switchbacks to the lake.
