A little more secluded at roughly 7 km away from populated camping areas. Bears are no strangers to the meadows and tree thickets the route twists through. Judging from the bears I saw, and what fellow hikers on the trail in the late afternoon reported, there were roughly 3-4 in the area. There are plenty of berries ripe for the picking which explains quite a bit.
The trek from Garibaldi lake starts with some very missed switch backs before morphing into a gradual incline through meadows. All the elevation from this point occurs as the trail climbs a ridge to the peak of Panorama Ridge.
Remember there are bears in the area and to make noise as to not catch them off guard. A pair of hikers in front of us were keen on observing a bear up close and on the trail-- a situation I was not particularly thrilled about.
At the junction for panorama ridge one can photograph a marmot that is keen on keeping an eye on hikers and guarding a nearby rock!
Like actually, it perched on the same rock for an hour, glaring at the hikers passing through the junction.
The top of the ridge is the iconic location that looms over Garibaldi park's azure lake with snowy peaks in the background. There are even a few lakes fed directly from smaller glaciers that have a lovely green tint to them. It's quite a view without a required scramble. For a day hike I can see this being a challenge, but it's well worth it to just camp at one of the campgrounds to make it a little less daunting.
Although possible to roam quite a ways along the ridge, we limited our exploring to make it back before nightfall.