Ok, so I didn't get all the way up to Observation Rock and stopped at about 7250'. I wanted to report that the Flett Glacier has small crevasses and audible water running under it, so it's probably best you have microspikes and knowledge about how to navigate an ice field in such a state. Plus, the area was EMPTY and I was all alone mostly. I saw two pairs of Wonderland hikers in Spray Park, and one trail runner and one volunteer ranger who joined me at the tarn under the Flett Glacier during lunch. Oh, and two bears feeding on blueberries in lower Spray Park.
Unfortunately (?), there will probably be a good layer of fresh snow by the end of the weekend over much of the trail from Spray Park up to Observation Rock.
There is also an unofficial trail from the gorgeous turquoise lake under the patchy western arm of the Flett Glacier back down to Spray Park, so I cross-countried it over to the Lake from the Observation Rock trail and hiked down that trail. That trail is somewhat hard to follow at times, but is noted on some GPS apps like Gaia. This made for a nice loop and was a lot of fun to come down.
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