Drive from Vancouver via Pemberton to Duffey Lake Road and up Downton Creek logging road, before Lillooet. Hike up to one of the many lakes and make camp. From there choose from a myriad of different peaks and ridge walks fanning out in all directions for lots of great scrambling and amazing views.

We’ll be scrambling up the West Lion on the standard “tourist” route. This includes a 3 – 3:30 hour approach on the hiking trail, and a class 4 scramble to the summit with a fair amount of exposure. We are expecting a total round trip time of 8 hours. More details to come. Need to […]

Black tusk from Garibaldi lake trail Will meet at St. David’s Church parking lot @ 5:30AM Will plan to keep a steady-quick phase to remain within schedule. Please pack light. Will coordinate a dinner/drinks afterwards in Squamish at end of hike.

Saturday • Drive to Holly Lake trailhead (Hwy 99, Downton Creek Road, Downton Creek Branch 2) – approximately 4 hours from Vancouver, 2 hours from Pemberton • Hike up the Holly Lake trail, past Holly Lake and into the alpine – approximately 400-600m elevation gain • Set up camp and enjoy the meadows Sunday • […]

Macdonald is a moderate scramble with some route-finding involved according to Matt Gunn’s book (pg. 274). After we summit Macdonald, if there’s time let’s summit Webb too (pg. 277)! Hiking and scrambling experience required – please email me with details about your experience.