Cathedral 1159' & Whitehorse Ledge 1450'  

Bryce Path and Whitehorse Ledge Trail from Echo Lake Gatehouse

4.9 Miles 1400' Elevation gain

Kevin, Judy & Wicket

Thought we would go for a quick hike before supper at camp. Without really knowing or thinking about distance or elevation gain we set out.

We had done this hike once before, but didn't go to Cathedral Ledge, just Whitehorse. It was time to get that 3/10ths of the Bryce Path to Cathedral we missed before. While we were there we decided to also visit Whiteface again.

We were a bit surprised when we got back to camp and checked the guidebook for distance and gain and saw the figures. This is a pretty good little hike-I know there are people that run up stuff like this before breakfast, but it's a good hike.

There is a lot of backtracking across the base of Whitehorse Ledge if you descend that way as we did, and it is full of pointless ups and downs, but at least they take you near some enormous boulders at the foot of the skree, worthy of visiting on their own.

The trail somewhat annoyingly brings you way back north to avoid the golf course before allowing you to head back along the Bryce Path towards the Echo Lake.

Too bad there isn't a trail at the other end of the course to access the lake. Maybe there is, and I just don't know. Will have to do some more exploring over there.