Spray park is slowly shifting to fall colors and is as beautiful as ever. We hiked from Mowich Lake through spray park and up to Observation rock.
The road is just as bumpy as always and the trail head was crowded with nearly a mile of cars backed up for parking at Mowich Lake. We saw one bear in the distance in spray park but didn't get to see the bear for long as it wandered off into the woods fairly quickly.
The trail for observation rock cuts off from the wonderland at the top of spray park. The trail is good at first but then begins to fade in and out in. As we got higher, there were patches of fresh snow at least 6 inches deep in a few spots. Though most of the fresh snow appears to have melted except in a few shaded locations. As you get higher you will need to cross glacier to reach observation rock and thus there is no trail until you reach the base of Observation Rock. There are streams running under the glacier so use caution if you intend to cross. The glaciers were firm and icy in some places but had fresh snow cover in other places. We used trail spikes and gaiters but if your are familiar with snow travel you could easily make it without those.
The view from observation rock was gorgeous and we got there at sunset. 360 photos in the links below.
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