SUMMARY: From Tenquille Lake, walk west up to Tenquille Pass (about ten minutes) along the trail. Keep an eye out for a trail to the left, which was 'blocked' with a log across it when we were there. Follow this trail up to a point where you are below the col between Copper Mound and Mt. McLeod - this is Fossil Pass. If you don't find this side trail, just follow the main trail up to an open area in the pass which is filled with boulders embedded in the meadows. Go off-trail, cross a stream, and hike up to the col. There is an intermittent trail leading through these meadows, but any route will do.
Once in the col, turn left and hike over a small bump on the ridge - this is the steepest thing you will have to climb on this trip. Once over the bump, follow the easy ridge up to Mt. McLeod.create
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Mount Mcleod
Aug 21, 2011
This is probably the easiest ascent you can make from Tenquille Lake. There is an old trail that appears and disappears as you rise up to Fossil Pass between Copper Mound and Mt. McLeod but any way will do - the col is obvious. Once there, make your way up to the left over a bump on the ridge and from there, the summit is in plain view. There is nothing I would consider technical scrambling of any sort required to make the summit and there are various ways to wander along the ridge, soaking up the views all around. It's very rewarding and an easy trip compared to lugging your overnight gear up to the lake itself! There were some very interesting snow formations along the way, including twenty foot vertical walls of sun-cupped snow in a few spots. Up on the ridge there were no bugs to speak of either.