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 Coffee swillin', wine lovin', Owl fearin' Andie McDowell stunt double, who sports retro gear
Vancouver, BC
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Posted - 06/02/2009 : 7:43 PM
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Originally posted by Monster
Even though Sylvester is in a crouch, obviously scared silly by Chris's singing, it's overall body shape says bobcat to me.
Yeah, something about its shape was just wrong for cougar. A short, fluffy little body. That was why I thought it was someone's dog (I could only see from the back). Little tufts of fur on the sides of its face too, were visible from behind. I then wondered what a fox would be doing out there. Only as it jumped up and disappeared did I realize it was a cat.
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Trail running, bike hucking, fast packing, beer drinking collector of pine cones on a day pass
AKA
Dances with Trees
Forest Gnome Cabin
Canada
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Posted - 06/02/2009 : 7:59 PM
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| It's absolutely a bobcat, I have seen a few in the Seymour Valley over the years. Nice thing about them, as a rule, they don't jump people as cougars have been known to do |
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bandana wearin', pole huckin', view lovin', dog herdin', 4x4 navigatin', lake huntin', butt-slidin' bridge crosser, who enjoys postholing with an overnighter pack
Surrey, BC
Canada
4646 Posts |
Posted - 06/02/2009 : 8:05 PM
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Oh it's that one? I did that one in the summer a couple of years ago. How different it looks like in winter 
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Originally posted by mick range
Nice report,y'all!
"Seagram" Peak, as per Simon's description, taken from the Third Lake on the Tricouni approach from the "Mudfest" Trail
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So which lake is Seagram from the pic below? This was taken on the slopes of Seagram peak ... The lower one I imagine or is it a completely different one? You can see the 1st lake going towards Tricouni in the far left of the pic
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 Grouse Grinding, GPS carrying, lawn chair packing, bike riding North Shore tech addict who stares at Crown Mountain from his office window all day
North Vancouver
Canada
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Posted - 06/02/2009 : 8:13 PM
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Thanks for the report! I've been wanting to try out BR220 for access to Seagram Lake, to see if it is easier than the mudfest and the boulder hopping on the BR250/Tricouni Meadows spur. Sounds like it might be a bit of bushwhacking involved.
It's a very picturesque lake to head up to once the ice has melted!
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Grouse Grinding, GPS carrying, lawn chair packing, bike riding North Shore tech addict who stares at Crown Mountain from his office window all day
North Vancouver
Canada
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Posted - 06/02/2009 : 8:14 PM
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| Spunky - the lower lake is Seagram Lake. |
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bandana wearin', pole huckin', view lovin', dog herdin', 4x4 navigatin', lake huntin', butt-slidin' bridge crosser, who enjoys postholing with an overnighter pack
Surrey, BC
Canada
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Posted - 06/02/2009 : 8:15 PM
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| Your pic & mine match martin!. I've been wanting to camp there since we were last there in '06! Gotta get done this summer darnit! |
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Maple Ridge, BC
Canada
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Posted - 06/03/2009 : 09:09 AM
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Another enjoyable TR, Sam. I can identify with your impulse to "slap a GRMS radio on Chris" Glad to have been of some assistance, Tracy. |
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Vancouver, BC
Canada
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Posted - 06/03/2009 : 5:26 PM
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Awesome bobcat capture! I have never seen one.
I'm glad people enjoy reading my trip reports.  I put some effort into the process of writing them.
I've taken a stab at writing a route description. If there are any glaring omissions or anything really unclear (aside from lack of cardinal directions), please advise.
From Squamish R Main, turn right onto Br 200 (this is the exit road from High Falls Creek as described in 103 hikes). At each junction thereafter, take the left fork. Branch 220 is crudely signed. Road is good but steep, with the occasional narrow bit or large boulder or waterbar to negotiate. If you reach what appears to be a junction where a 5 deep cross ditch prevents access to the right branch (which is actually a dead end full of logging slash), you are very close and this would make a fine place to park.
Walk to top of road, until road switches back sharply to the right you can see that it continues for another switchback up the hill. Ignore the temptation to carry on via the road, and veer left across a wide boulder field. Pick your way across, trending downslope. There is new flagging at the bottom far corner of the boulder field. Follow the flagging through the forest for a short distance, then cross a small clearing (currently covered in snow likely boulders underneath). Re-enter mature forest and make your way uphill, with Seagram Creek on left side and cliff bands/boulder fields on right side. The new flagging ends in this forest.
Youll enter a good sized clearing with avalanche debris. A steep headwall (possible alternate route, which would likely exit near fourth lake) is in front, waterfall to left. To the right is a ridge make your way up to the low point on this ridge. Steep but straightforward route through mature forest. Exit forest above first lake. Approx one quarter counterclockwise along the lakes shore is a long, wide gully. Follow gully to second lake. Alternatively, to avoid decending steep treed slopes beside drops to lakeshore below, head uphill and follow ridge. Fine views to be had from this ridge. Exit ridge just before second lake, at top of gully. From here, head roughly NE, keeping the creek draining out of Seagram Lake on your left. Continue upwards until you reach an outcrop overlooking Seagram Lake, pick a lunch spot and enjoy.
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Richmond, BC
Canada
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Posted - 06/09/2009 : 1:07 PM
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Great report. Interesting area to explore, the summer photos look very inviting  . |
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Seagram Lake, May 31, 2009
