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Posted - 12/26/2006 : 10:12 PM
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My friend Dave and I went to the Diez Vistas Indian Arm viewpoint today.The first surprise was when I parked at the Buntzen lake parking lot. A sign at the trailhead said that the floating bridge across the lake was broken. We didn't take any chances to check it out. We jumped back to the car and I drove to Sasamat lake. We decided to take the Buntzen Ridge trail from there. This trail eventually meets the Diez Vistas trail at the Pipeline Pass. Today was a perfect day for hiking. It was warm and it wasn't raining. It was a little bit windy at the top on the ridge, but that was it. We were rewarded by the beautiful views of Indian Arm. It was a good day out and we really enjoyed our 3 hour hike today
The Sasamat Lake parking lot
 
Our goal - Buntzen Ridge
The Buntzen Ridge trail (1. Myself 2. View of Dilly-Dally Peak)
 
The Diez Vistas Trail
         
Views from the Indaian Arm viewpoint. (Pic #3 - Three pumps of Mnt. Seymour.)
          
Going back
 
Sugar Mountain trail and Buntzen Rodge Trail
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 Happy go lucky, plaid wearin, postholin, safeway gaitor sportin, old-school film shootin, giver of many regards
Abbotsford, B.C.
Canada
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Posted - 12/26/2006 : 10:21 PM
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Nikolai
Nice to see you did this one today. It almost seems you got more clear views that I did when I hiked there earlier this year and last year.
Regards,
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Fast hikin, carrot chompin, always grinnin, gear scatterin recipient of the Theta Lake manouver
Burnaby
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Posted - 12/26/2006 : 10:29 PM
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nortonchum, we almost crossed paths today. I was on my way there, but plans changed, last minute. Ended up on Grouse heading towards Goat. Next time perhaps.
Good collection of pics.
At first glance, I thought spiderman was hiking with you today.
Turns out it was you. |
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Posted - 12/26/2006 : 10:36 PM
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Here is our trail track
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Utah's canyon trekking,deck chair packing desert explorer who dreams of visiting Canada someday
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Posted - 12/26/2006 : 10:51 PM
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Very nice views! Glad the weather cooperated for you.
I like the trail track you provided. I wish I could get some folks down here to do that for me sometimes. I am going to go to a TH soon where three drainages come together. I am to take the one where I jump into the creek with the "steepest bank" that's my friend's failproof directions. I KNOW I will walk 4 miles up the wrong drainage. Your Trail track's got named waypoints, too.
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Posted - 12/26/2006 : 11:03 PM
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Originally posted by burnabyhiker
nortonchum, we almost crossed paths today. I was on my way there, but plans changed, last minute. Ended up on Grouse heading towards Goat. Next time perhaps.
Good collection of pics.
At first glance, I thought spiderman was hiking with you today.
Turns out it was you.
Nice to hear that you are OK, CaptainM. I'm going to the GG+BCMC tomorrow. Hope to see you at the gym tomorrow evening. |
Edited by - nortonchum on 12/26/2006 11:10 PM |
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Posted - 12/26/2006 : 11:08 PM
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Originally posted by burnabyhiker
At first glance, I thought spiderman was hiking with you today.
Turns out it was you.
It's not a spiderman. It's my Christmas present - a super NIKE cap. So, I don't need a headlamp anymore. |
Edited by - nortonchum on 12/26/2006 11:14 PM |
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Herbal tea drinkin, tree huggin, view seeking, tortoise paced, ultralite wannabe
Vancouver, BC
Canada
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Posted - 12/27/2006 : 09:36 AM
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| Glad I checked this TR out. It looks like a great little hike with a nice workout. I'm going to have to try this one. Thanks for posting it, Nikolai. I never knew the 2 parks were so connected. Your gps track is extremely helpful. |
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Posted - 01/02/2007 : 12:00 AM
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We did this hike on the 24th. There's nothing too terribly wrong with the bridge other than it's being a little slanted. For the able-bodied, it's prefectly crossable, and I can only imagine they put that sign there for liability reasons.
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Coquitlam, British Columbia
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Posted - 01/03/2007 : 9:01 PM
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| The bridge was ok...the only problem was the very low water levels...caused the bridge to bend out of shape |
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Diez Vistas Indian Arm viewpoint Dec-26, 2006
