The details of even the soft parts were visible. I recently had the chance to visit the location. It entailed climbing up about 3000 feet along only 3 miles of trail. There could hardly be a more spectacular place to dig fossils. High jagged peaks are found on all sides.
Glaciers glisten on their upper slopes.
The high meadows are psychedelic with flowers. The old quarry itself is just above timberline on a steep slope not far below the sharp crest between Mt. Wapta and Mt. Field. I counted them on the way down. Effort had been made to keep the path from being too steep. Emerald Lake, surely one of the loveliest in the Canadian Rockies, lives up to its name as seen from this airy perch high above it.