We meander our way up to the first lookout just below the washbowl and arrived at 09:19 am. We were passed by one hiker and her dog there, and soon passed her and the dog as they turned around before the second lookout. Funny how that happens.
We arrived at the fake summit at 1130 am, it's not much further from here to the summit, but you can get discouraged with false summits, because if you do not know any better the summits are there, just being elusive.
We started to come across the ice from underground spring runoff but managed around it. We had a very beautiful day, not a cloud in the sky. We had flushed several grouse between the cols which was really cool.
We came out on the outcropping just below the summit, I had slipped and fallen just below the junction for Rocky Peak, Crushing my finger and receiving an abrasion on my lower right back, thankfully no broken bones since we had not seen any other hikers.
We arrived at the junction for Rocky Peak at 1245 pm. and reached the summit of Giant at 1:00 pm.
Was surprised to find a hiker relaxing in the sun at the top, he had come in from New Russia, he was from Syracuse, nickname on the forums is Mastergrasshopper.
We did not do Rocky Peak because we did not think we had enough time, not to mention energy since this was the first hike since early spring, not in shape.
Arrived back at trailhead to sign out at 4:40 pm.
