2002 - Diamond Head Ski, Biking Golden Ears, Biking Rockies, Harrison Hot Springs Bike, Chilko Lake, Battery Mt., Manning Park

Diamond Head Ski

Location of Round Mountain - high point of the ski
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Mamquam Mtn.

I skied up the old road to Diamond Head with my overnight pack another time. I have done it so often the route feels as familiar as a well worn hat. Sandy Briggs, Chris Cooper and I spent the first night in the Elfin Lake shelter, and the second night on the very top of high point.

Sunrise at high point.

The weather had been cloudy, but as we started the second night on the ridge top the clouds parted to expose a wondrous landscape. The morning dawned with a spectacular sky.
And some people ask why we do these things!

Mountain Biking in Golden Ears Park
Starting point of the ride at Gold Creek

Keith Akenhead

In this picture Keith Akenhead stands on an old east canyon road very close to the rocky beach on Gold Creek that provides a view of the backside of the Golden Ears. It is a good workout as you do a fair amount of climbing on the way up to the high point of the old road. You can also continue up Gold Creek on a trail and do some "rugged biking".


Cycling in The Rockies - July
Location of the old highway

Lynn Rajala

After I finished with my Simon Fraser University Tlite course in early July, Lynn and I packed up the van with camping supplies and our mountain bikes and headed for the Rockies. We spent some time in Kannanaskis Park and then went on to Lake Louise where we spent a couple of days. In the picture to the left, we rode the old road between Lake Louise and the access road to Lake O'hara. It was only about a kilometer to the West Lake Louise Lodge from there for lunch. It was a very enjoyable round trip.
From there we drove to the West Edmonton Mall. We made the drive home in one very long day.

Harrison Hot Springs Bike Tour
Location of Harrison Hot Springs

Chuck, Randy, Dave

Our campsite at Harrison Hot Springs.

Chilko Lake
Location of Chilco Lake

Denise and Robbie Needham

I went on a week long canoe trip organized by Chris Cooper to Chilko Lake, a high alpine area between Williams Lake and the coast. The canoe was thirty-seven feet long and was even rigged with a sail for the trip back from the southern end of the lake.

Chris Cooper

A beautiful area with ten thousand foot peaks all around the southern end of the lake. It's also grizzly bear country, but we didn't see any. The lake is about eighty kilometers long. The southern end is in typical wet west coast mountains that are heavily glaciated, with the northern end in the much flatter and drier interior region. A big change in a fairly short distance. An area not often visited due to its remote nature and the serious storms and associated waves that can build up on the lake.

Chris Cooper at the rear returning us to Tsilos Park. Turtle Island in the background.

- Part 1 video of our trip.

- Part 2 video of our trip

Battery Mountain (Alouette Mt.) - August
Location of Alouette Mtn. (Battery Mtn.)

Eric Rajala

Eric and I did a day hike up to the top of Battery in early August. It's a great view point for the Fraser Valley.
Edge Peak is on the right hand side of the picture, Needle Point is just off the picture to the left, and the top of the Golden Ears is in the distance, just to the left of Eric's right shoulder.
The cairn was originally erected quite a few years ago and has recently been repaired and a new plaque has been cemented in on the north side of it.
A long hike from Mike Lake with no running water in the summer.

Manning Park - September
Location of Cascade Lookout

Windy Joe in the background.

After dropping Dale MacQuarrie and Chuck McCafferty off with their bikes just east of Hope for their ride home, I drove on to Manning Park by myself in the van for a very relaxing weekend in the high alpine.  I spent the night at the Cascade Lookout.
The picture above shows Windy Joe just above the yellow grass.

Looking west.

I did some marking, photograhy, and watching both a sunset and sunrise. Most enjoyable.