Hollyburn snowshoeing. Tricouni Peak. June 10, 2006 Dora and I had a great day ascending Tricouni Peak. We managed to drive to the trailhead and with an early start we had reasonable (but a bit sticky) corn for the descent. It was a great day to be out in the mountains! Ascending to the third lake. Tricouni Peak in the background. Scrambling up the crux. Dora approaches the summit. Dora and Matt at the summit. Dora on the descent. Heading down to the upper lake. Stawamus Chief. Garibaldi provicial park. Hiking Garibaldi: Not an easy climb, but sooo worth it! Last weekend I braved the Sea-to-Sky highway and headed up to Garibaldi Park to do some hiking. Thinking that I've walked in the Weekend to End Breast Cancer for the last three years (60K) and therefore was very well prepared to tackle the 18K return hike to Garibaldi Lake is really kind of funny in retrospect. Of course, I didn't realize at the time that the first 6K are a set of switchbacks that take you straight up the mountainside -- an 810 metre elevation change.
Still, as we approached the lake, exhausted though I was, I was floored. Of course, the colour is never the same in photos, but here's the best I can do: Of course, then you get to the side of the lake where you can see the glacier, and you're stunned again: After all that uphill, you can imagine that it's a long trek back down -- tough on knees, ankles, and toes. Elfin Lakes. Webshots is introducing Smile, the next evolution of photo sharing: Upload and share as many photos as you want Create a dynamic photo stream to share with close friends and family Save a permanent archive of your family's photos. Panorama Ridge.
Camping gets you further range I've been up to Garibaldi Lake three times before this hike including last year where I met Helen. The last three times I've completed the hike, we hiked up to the lake, (9km), around to taylor meadows (~5km) and back down again (23km for the day). This makes for a long day and sore muscels the next day but it does get you access to some amazing terrain.
Helen's job gave her a Friday off, I took one off and we decided to camp two nights at Garibaldi Lake and on our day up there, go climb Panorama ridge. The hike up is on a good trail - it could almost be road. Finding a camp site was almost funny. Panorama Ridge On Saturday morning we had breakfast (eggs and sausage with fresh blueberries - we were the envy of the breakfast table) and got a reasonably late start to our hike - Panorama Ridge.
We had heard from other hikers the night before that the meadows were in full bloom, but I wasn't really prepared for how lush the meadows were.