Be sure to fill your water bottles here. Just below the ridge is a small spring where you can resupply your water. Along the ridge, you'll walk six miles without finding water except during early snowmelt. However, you can camp near the ridge and melt snow as late as July. Part of the ridge is rugged, offering fine views of Salmo Basin as you wind through large stands of hemlock and across small meadows.
Wildlife abounds here, so be sure to keep a watchful eye.
Bears, deer, and smaller game are frequently seen. Good campsites are plentiful for the first half-mile after reaching the ridge. I recommend setting up camp and taking a side trip to Snowy Top Mountain. Boundary Lake, on the international border, lies just below Snowy Top to the northwest. Snowy Top is bounded by numerous mountain meadows.