Fri evening drive to Squamish and up Mamquam Valley. Car camp. Set off early along ridge north of Watersprite Lake towards Crawford W2 peak. From there head S to Watersprite Tower then round towards Martin Peak. Camp somewhere along way. Sunday descend from Martin Peak and join up with old Watersprite Lake trail back to […]

Mount McGuire (South Ridge) Mount McGuire is a highly visible (but because of recurring and intermittent access issues), until recently a rarely visited summit….A fun daytrip in many ways not unlike its not so far away neighbor Cheam… 4WD needed Total Distance:8.0 km (return) Estimated Time:6 hours Average Grade:15.2% Structure:Linear – Return Elevation Gain:606 m […]

Elevation gain: 1282 m; distance: 8 k. The first 30 min is easy hike. We will cross two plataeu before reaching the base of the West Lion. The summit is class 3 scramble with fixed ropes at places.

Anderson River Peaks offers a variety of hiking, scrambling and mountaineering opportunities in a reasonably accessible yet not frequently visited area. Plan is (for those who can leave town of Friday Sept 2 around 3 pm) drive to Anderson River Peaks & establish a base camp below Reh Peak. Others who can’t leave until Saturday […]

Depart carpool location @ 8:30am Arrive trailhead @ 10:30am Hike 4-6 hrs (return) Depart trailhead 5:00pm (at the latest) Arrive back at carpool location 7-9pm at the latest (depending if group wants to stop for dinner or not)