Brew Lake Trail
A rough, scrambly hiking trial from Brandywine Falls to Brew Lake
Statistics
To Brew Hut
| Total Distance: |
16.0 km (return) |
| Estimated Time: |
9 hours |
| Average Grade: |
16.0% |
| Structure: |
Linear - Return |
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Elevation Gain:
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1280 m |
| Start Elevation: |
400 m |
| Max Elevation: |
1680 m |
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To Brew Lake
| Total Distance: |
13.0 km (return) |
| Estimated Time: |
7 hours |
| Average Grade: |
15.7% |
| Structure: |
Linear - Return |
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Elevation Gain:
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1020 m |
| Start Elevation: |
400 m |
| Max Elevation: |
1420 m |
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Directions
Park at Brandywine Falls (47 km north of Squamish on Highway 99) and Hike south along the railroad tracks. After a 90 degree bend right, there is a 90 degree bend to the left. The trail starts on the right (west) side of the tracks near the end of the left bend, about 2km south of Brandywine Falls. The trail climbs steeply from here to Brew Lake. There is one section where the trail has been logged and a rough bypass trail has been constructed on the climbers left side of the clearcut, crossing a logging road en route. The bypass trail is easy to miss on the way down. There is no trail from Brew Lake up to the Brew Hut. Hike cross country over heather and blueberry meadows NW to a small lake and then N to the low pass between Brew Lake and Brandywine Creek. The hut is just east of this pass
Details
This trail and the nearby Brew Hut are maintained by the UBC Varisty Outdoors club. see http://www.ubc-voc.com/wiki/Brew_Lake_Trail and http://www.ubc-voc.com/wiki/Brew_Hut for more details.
Photographs
GPS Waypoints
| Railroad tracks bend right |
N50.02090 W123.12862 |
10U 490786 5540962 |
| Trailhead |
N50.02118 W123.13827 |
10U 490095 5540995 |
| Edge of clearcut |
N50.02833 W123.14500 |
10U 489614 5541791 |
| Trail reenters forest |
N50.02785 W123.14788 |
10U 489408 5541738 |
| Steep |
N50.02572 W123.15675 |
10U 488772 5541502 |
| Meadows |
N50.02703 W123.17425 |
10U 487519 5541651 |
| Bench |
N50.02628 W123.17693 |
10U 487327 5541568 |
| High |
N50.02792 W123.17897 |
10U 487181 5541750 |
| Brew Hut |
N50.04002 W123.19118 |
10U 486310 5543098 |