The trail starts wide and easy, heading up through the forest in the Spray River Valley.
Soon you take a left turn onto a smaller trail. This takes you up the hillside on the forested lower slopes of Rundle.
The first part of the Mount Rundle ascent trail goes up gently through the forest.
The gondola up Sulphur Mountain is visible across the valley.
After a few kilometers of rising forest trail, the switchbacks start.
A view of the summit in the distance. I wondered how the route would get above all the cliffs. It cleverly traversed across the mountain to the right and ended up going along the top of the cliffs.
So thrilled to be on this route, my seventh summit of 2023. This one went really smooth.
That's seven peaks done. The last three were rated F 2nd class. We are ready to try a route rated F 3rd class. On our list are Mount Chester, Ribbon Peak, Mount Kidd and Mount Fable. We are planning for Mount Chester next. It is very popular and the route should be easy to find.
UPDATE: We couldn't get to Mount Chester because the trail to Chester Lake was closed until the end of June. We decided to go for Mount Hood instead. It is also F 3rd class.