First 10 minutes at the beginning is swampy and almost flat. Then STEEP trail in the forest over roots and rocks, maybe 30 minutes. After ascending ~10 minutes of talus slope, reaches the base of the granite wall. Now turn right along the base with running water (often require hands) for ~20 minutes. Then the trail leaves the wall, scrambles straight up (most require hands, one short section a rope was fixed), for ~30 minutes. When this ends, you reach an open basin covered with heather, yellow grass and huckleberry bushes. I chowed down my lunch quickly here and ate some mud dusted berries. Follow the cairn for ~20 minutes. Then the trail veers to the left. Had to walk on a small snow field (last year's?), and reached an obvious peak (but looks to me now like the sub peak). Cold. 
The weather looked promising on the way east. But reached rain before Hope, and stayed in it. The rain tapered off before we arrived in the meadow. A very nice area. Even on this cloudy day, I can still imagine the scenery and color. By the time we started towards the peak, the visibility was less than 10 meters. Couldn't see a thing on the top! Of course, when we returned to the base of the granite wall, it cleared out a little. By the time we reached the car, patches of blue sky could be found. When we were in a friendly cafe with lukewarm chowder in Hope, the sun was streaming through the window. 3 cars, ~10 people. Stupid us couldn't find the trailhead for over an hour. Interesting mixture of people. At least 3 PhD's, 4 nationalities.
Direction: Highway 5 (Coquihalla Highway) from Hope to Zopkios Rest Area exit #217. Left to go under the highway and park. A rest room with running water. Walk north along the road. Count power poles starting at the beginning of the concrete road barrier. About 130ft (40m) past the fifth power pole, there's a cairn with a yellow pole with an orange ribbon on your left, marking a narrow trail obscured by bushes.
