Panorama Ridge

We’ll remember this hike for a long time. We originally set out to do the 11 miles to Garibaldi Lake and then decided to continue on to do “a little” of panorama ridge. Ended up doing the whole thing which clocked in at over 19 miles and about 9.5 hours of hiking to gain over 5,000 ft of elevation. We traversed mud, rocks, loose skreet, and so much snow. The steep sections of snow felt never ending and coming down it was easier to “butt toboggan” as Dave put it. It took us 6 hours to climb up and about 3.5 to get down (likely because I didn’t stop every few minutes to take photos ha). The pictures don’t do this one justice. When the sun shone on the lake it was the brightest turquoise I’ve ever seen. Just brilliant. Definitely earned a high spot on our favorite hikes.Read more