| On the west side of highway 93/95, just north of Canal Flats, follow
Findlay Creek road. Turn left, heading south, at
the
Skookumchuck FSR intersection (just past the 8 km marker on the road).
Drive until the 22 marker which is shortly followed by a right hand
turn up Copper Creek FSR (indicated). Drive as far as you can on the
main, avoid the branch roads; go left at 806426, right at 794434, left
at
791448. Continue to 782462 and boot up the drainage to a
saddle,
782472 which leads to the summit ridge. |
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Snowshoe trip: RT 10.5. Left Golden at
4:00 AM to be able to take advantage of the little overnight freeze
there was (-1°C). To our surprise we could not drive on the Copper
Creek
road due to too much snow (compacted by snowmobiles). That extended the
trip dramatically from about 15 km to 24 at least. Faced with a long
distance and a forecast of 16°C, the race was on! After
5 hrs, I
was at the summit in t-shirt weather, no wind but the hazy sky started
to cover soon after. On the way back, the snow was mostly firm. The
last 5 km we
experienced some post-holing, even the doggy (which was sad to see
because he was tired). Very lucky to have been able to get out of there
so easily!
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Very firm snow, no
snowshoes required! |
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Straightforward and
fast travelling. |
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We circumvent the south-east ridge climber's right to a saddle. |
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Summit ridge, Fab and Link are below the east slopes.
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Summit view looking
east.
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We are now using our
snowshoes.
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Lincoln looks tired,
he sometimes punches through near the end.
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Fab's smiling until
he punches through again. |
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