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Looking east and south (R) over our approach valley including the three lakes and the Drummond massif and Icefield right of center. Hidden in smoke in the distance are White, Gable, Prow and Douglas.Re-entering the wide valley leading around the SE side of Mount Drummond and towards Douglas Lake at distant left.Descending back into the bush.A section of trail that we simply walked across on approach is somehow a swollen creek on exit? Very strange as there's no glacier feeding this drainage as far as we could tell!"Little" Cataract Peak is still 10,400 feet high!Two unnamed tarns sit north of McConnell. Snort and Bleat peak in the bg.There are surprisingly few named peaks on the Drummond massif, including Drummond, Cyclone and Pipestone only. This impressive peak is only known as "DR3" with a lower "DR2" in front.The impressive Mount Drummond with the lower and middle McConnell lakes visible.Phil recrosses a very swollen and very fast Drummond Creek with Mount Douglas looming in the background.Exiting the upper valley with stunning views of the Drummond massif. Unfortunately our day was just starting at this point, despite having climbed a mountain already!Some parts of the trail seem recently maintained such as this section which had to be rerouted when the Red Deer River switched course, probably after the 2013 floods.Hour upon hour of forested trail.Phil scrambles up the last few feet to the summit of Mount McConnell! All three of the McConnell lakes in the background.The meadows on exit were nicer than the ones around the lakes as they were more open and scenic.Deluc (Three Brothers) Peak is also over 10,400 feet high. Mount Willingdon buried in the smoke somewhere at distant right.McConnell Alpine Meadows.Despite the smoke and the exhaustion, there's moments of tranquility along the trail.
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