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Chilliwack, BC
Canada
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Posted - 05/27/2012 : 12:25 AM
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On a whim I put out a post to entice joiners for what would be another perfect trip...
Wayne, Wayfaring Stranger and Teddy Bears quickly expressed interest...so we would be a group of 5.
We met at the vedder bridge parkinglot at 6:30am, parked at 1000m on the access road and were hiking by 7:30am.
The walk up again was easy and with the route fresh in my mind from the thursday night hike we had things in our favor.
It wasn't long before we found ourselves in the cutblock at the summer parkinglot from which we could now see our planned route up onto the start of the ridge. This was usually a boulder field in the summer but it was filled in smoothly with snow which made the ascent quick...short steep section of about 20m. We were able to kick steps easily and avoided one melthole.
Now that we were on the "flatter" part of the main ridge...hahaha...I started encouraging Wayne to strap the skis on. It wasn't until we started heading down into the bowl below McGuire that he put them on and flew past us and disappeared behind some rolling snow covered hills below.
 
What a perfect day.
We all dug our heels in and made our way down and across to the proper summit side of the mountain...crossing a couple small avalanche fields probably caused from a tired cornice.
  
In the final push for the top we were rewarded with a rocky finish with the sun beating down on us. It was now 12:30pm. (5hrs up)
 
 
We all soaked the views in and congratulated ourselves having made it to the spectacular halfway point...or as I like to call it..The best picnic spot in the valley.Half an hour later, we had snapped enough photos, eaten our fair share of snacks and assembled our kit for the return.
 
The journey back seemed effortless for Wayne who zipped down almost all the way back to the truck, minus a couple steep spots...(one up)(one down)
***NEW*** Here's a really short video of Wayne On Skis..
http://youtu.be/7IgkAupyVLQ
Made it back to the vehicle at around 3:30pm which makes it an 8hr return hike with the current conditions.
 
 
It was really nice meeting Teddy Bears and Wayfaring Stranger today...great people, great scenery, perfect conditions, perfect day!
Cheers,
Kelly |
Edited by - kellylegros on 05/27/2012 9:21 PM
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Langley, BC
Canada
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Posted - 05/27/2012 : 12:37 AM
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| Great pics! |
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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
13442 Posts |
Posted - 05/27/2012 : 06:07 AM
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Kelly..
Awesome job, and well done. Happy to know you guys got this accomplished since I will be repeating this trip next weekend (June 3). We headed up Mt. Borden and could see your tracks cut across the lower slopes of McGuire from the Ridge.
Here is a zoom shot of McGuire, plus a cropped image to show the tracks. I was puzzled when I saw what appeared to be skii tracks. Your TR shows one of you had skiis..
 
K |
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Vancouver, BC
Canada
1111 Posts |
Posted - 05/27/2012 : 06:08 AM
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| good stuff |
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Chilliwack, BC
Canada
98 Posts |
Posted - 05/27/2012 : 07:24 AM
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What Wayne, is this our USA friend? Great day to get out.
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Outdoors addicted flyfishing, skiing, snowshoeing, hiking car crooner and resident motormouth
Da'Wack, BC
Canada
5368 Posts |
Posted - 05/27/2012 : 07:53 AM
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What a great day to do McGuire.
Love that little viewpoint |
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Popkum, BC
Canada
5887 Posts |
Posted - 05/27/2012 : 07:55 AM
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| Good going everyone! Why did you call it the spectacular half way point? I can't tell for sure because of the snow but it looks like McGuire proper to me. |
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Chilliwack, BC
Canada
827 Posts |
Posted - 05/27/2012 : 08:02 AM
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Originally posted by Flowing-Brook
Good going everyone! Why did you call it the spectacular half way point? I can't tell for sure because of the snow but it looks like McGuire proper to me.
just my weird sense of humor I guess but we were only half way...had to go all the way back to the truck.
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Originally posted by highfalls
What Wayne, is this our USA friend? Great day to get out.
Mark
Hey Mark..yes Wayne from Connenticut is back in full force.
Cheers,
Kelly |
Edited by - kellylegros on 05/27/2012 08:08 AM |
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Mission, bc
Canada
148 Posts |
Posted - 05/27/2012 : 08:28 AM
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I was hoping when I got to work I would be laidoff right away so I could maybe make this, but I had to stay and pretend to work the whole day. 
Looks like a great trip, I think I will have to try and join for Karls trip next weekend. |
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Satirical photoshop junkie who frolics in the mountains of the Chilliwack River Valley
Chilliwack, BC
Canada
6899 Posts |
Posted - 05/27/2012 : 08:41 AM
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| Eeeeeexcellent! |
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over the hills and far away
Canada
708 Posts |
Posted - 05/27/2012 : 09:01 AM
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| It's pretty common for a summit to be referred to as the half way point. Nice job guys. |
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Burnaby, BC
Canada
27 Posts |
Posted - 05/27/2012 : 11:08 AM
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It was a great trip with fantastic company. Thanks to Kelly for organizing the trip and leading the way. We had a great time and look forward to hiking with you again.
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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
13442 Posts |
Posted - 05/27/2012 : 11:12 AM
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Originally posted by Teddy Bears
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Really like your shots, I am especially interested in your ridge picture with three of you. We were on the ridge back to the east... and saw your tracks on McGuire.
K |
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Sunnyvale Trailer Park
Canada
1087 Posts |
Posted - 05/27/2012 : 11:38 AM
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| Perfect day for you guys to do this trip. Might spark a little more interest in McGuire with these reports. |
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Vancouver, BC
Canada
602 Posts |
Posted - 05/27/2012 : 12:59 PM
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I really like this fisheye |
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Chilliwack
1268 Posts |
Posted - 05/27/2012 : 2:34 PM
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| Great looking trip! Love that mountain and all of the views. Can't wait to make it to the half way point myself. Congrats. |
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Peak bagging, bushwhacking, zamboni driving, snowshoeing, self portrait artist, and speed demon who loves to hang out on Mt. Seymour
3996 Posts |
Posted - 05/27/2012 : 7:27 PM
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| Nice - gotta try this route some day. |
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Popkum, B.C.
Canada
625 Posts |
Posted - 05/27/2012 : 8:26 PM
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| Very nice, you make it look easy! Hopefully that road gets fixed so I may drag my old body up there again! |
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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
13442 Posts |
Posted - 05/27/2012 : 8:47 PM
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That is one awesome Video, Kelly. Wayne is really like flying up and down on air.
Impressive.
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Hope, BC
Canada
7094 Posts |
Posted - 05/27/2012 : 9:01 PM
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| Nice report and pics... I seen a full moon over McGuire from Ryder Lake area once and it looked totally awesome. |
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Port Douglas, BC
Canada
430 Posts |
Posted - 05/27/2012 : 10:26 PM
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Majestic Mount McGuire
