Episode 4: Yes!

On Sunday morning, after a good night of sleep thinking about bears, we get a good surprise: the sky is blue with few clouds and it's really sunny.
It's a good time to dry the tent, and enjoy a good breakfast under the sun... Elise's face has changed to a big smile!!
We walk back to the Loch, where I take pictures very different from yesterday. We meet people who come from the valley wearing only shorts and t-shirt!
Our next objective is an easy hike up to the Glacier Gorge campsite. It's slighlty longer than expected, but not hard as most of the path is clear of snow. We passs Mills lake, which is very photogenic with the high peaks in the back , pine trees forests and crystal blue water.
When we reach the camp, it immediately gets the highest rating of our 3 bivouacs: completely free of snow, close to the river and with a hammock!!
After a good filling meal, we decide to do the supposed easy hike up to the lakes (Blue lake and Frozen Lake). It's again harder than expected, with a lot of snow and a trail inclined sideways which prevents us drom using the snow shoes. It's even dangerous as the sun is heating the snow bridges that we walk on to cross the multiple rivers. After a long hike up, we find a frozen lake. But it's blue lake, Frozen lake is higher up. That's enough for the day! Even it's supposed to be a tourist walk in summer, it proved a decent challenge for us with these conditions. Surpising, after meeting a lot of people in the morning, there was not a soul around on the way and return to Blue Lake. Seuls au monde...

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