After our trip into Mt.King George we headed up Assiniboine creek on the southern approach to Mt.Assiniboine. About 7 hours of walking takes you from valley bottom, past a picturesque lake, through an alpine scree slog, onto a glacier and soon after, the R.C Hind hut. Our second day was spent watching the weather change about twice an hour from the hut and our third day we awoke to perfect weather conditions, it was time to climb. At about 6 am we donned our stripped down packs and stepped outside into the alpin-glow. Our friends from the hut had left an hour before as they were the first to arrive and we could see their headlamps bobbing in the scree across from us. We made quick progress and were at the summit by 10 am, the climbing was secure when the angle was steeper and the rock quality was above average. Later that day we lay around at the base and took it all in, a great 7 day trip topped off with an ascent of a classic peak. We drank some coffee and ate some food before heading back towards the car. Arriving in canmore at 12 am, we had just made last call at Boston pizza, we sat and talked about the trip while we gourged ourselves on pizza, reveling in absolute contentment.
