July 31 – September 11, 1908

After failing to climb Mount Robson in 1907, Arthur Philemon Coleman [1852–1939] mounted another expedition in 1908:

On July 31, 1908, Mr. Kinney, my brother, and myself were in Edmonton once more, buying supplies, comparing aneroids and boiling-point apparatus at the meteorological observatory, and getting waterproof dunnage-bags to preserve our special treasures from unlucky spills in the rivers. On August 4th we were at the Hobo ranch, a few miles west of Lac Ste. Anne, John Yates’s headquarters, getting an obstreperous set of ponies saddled and packed [1].

From Edmonton the group followed the new tote road prepared to haul in supplies for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway [1914–1919].

On Adolphus Moberly’s recommendation they ascended the Moose River valley to Moose Pass, descended Calumet Creek to the Smoky River, and followed the Smoky up to the foot of the Robson Glacier.

The party was already more than a week behind schedule when it gained the foot of Robson Glacier on August 29. They made a couple of climbs but left dejected, planning to try again in 1909.