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Victoria
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Posted - 07/10/2012 : 09:07 AM
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Greetings,
I am planning on trekking through Garibaldi Park next weekend and am exploring the idea of parking at Rubble Creek, spending the night at Garibali Lake, hiking the Black Tusk and then trekking to the Helm Creek campground. This plan depends on the ability to call for a cab at Cheakamus Lake parking lot to get a ride back to Rubble Creek. Has anyone else done this or can confirm that htere is cell coverage at Cheakamus Lake?
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 opinionated-stove huggin'-fleece wearin'-arse burnin' hill virgin
Here
Canada
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Posted - 07/10/2012 : 3:10 PM
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| I had a very poor signal on Telus but I have a friend who got a good signal on Bell. |
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Mountain Grammar Police
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Sardonic sandbagging scoundrel, Cascade Climbers lobotomized spraymeister, space blanket flyer, new millennium vulgarian betaboy and friend to all squids
Climbing, a mountain
Canada
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Posted - 07/10/2012 : 3:29 PM
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| Cheakamus Lake is pretty busy, so it's entirely possible you may be able to hitchhike back to Rubble Cr and save yourself cab fare. |
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1058 Posts |
Posted - 07/10/2012 : 3:30 PM
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| Easy hitch hiking around there too, or stashing a bike is another good option. |
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Victoria
Canada
94 Posts |
Posted - 07/10/2012 : 3:42 PM
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Thanks for the input.
There will be 3 of us(3 stinky guys with packs), so hitchhiking may be difficult, but not out of the question. |
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Mountain Grammar Police
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Sardonic sandbagging scoundrel, Cascade Climbers lobotomized spraymeister, space blanket flyer, new millennium vulgarian betaboy and friend to all squids
Climbing, a mountain
Canada
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Posted - 07/10/2012 : 3:51 PM
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Realistically only one person needs to hitch back to get the other car, as long as they remember to bring the car key.
The other two can sit and guard the packs. |
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Victoria
Canada
94 Posts |
Posted - 07/10/2012 : 4:10 PM
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Realistically only one person needs to hitch back to get the other car, as long as they remember to bring the car key.
The other two can sit and guard the packs.
Very true... |
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660 Posts |
Posted - 07/10/2012 : 5:22 PM
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Years ago I laminated a sign;
"HIKER
RETURNING
TO CAR" as big and bold as would fit a page.
Has served me well, especially on the highway where it is not obvious why you're hitchhiking, as it is at trailhead parking. |
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Posted - 07/12/2012 : 12:36 PM
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| I've camped at Cheakamus lake and had cell serivce at the middle campsite. There was also service during part of the hike as well. It comes and goes but when you have it the signal is decent. With Fido/Rogers. |
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322 Posts |
Posted - 07/12/2012 : 3:40 PM
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Originally posted by Hiker Boy
I had a very poor signal on Telus but I have a friend who got a good signal on Bell.
That's strange because Telus and Bell share the same cell sites. For that matter, I think Rogers, Telus, and Bell have all shared the same tower sites for some years now. |
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322 Posts |
Posted - 07/12/2012 : 3:47 PM
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Originally posted by tribal
Greetings,
I am planning on trekking through Garibaldi Park next weekend and am exploring the idea of parking at Rubble Creek, spending the night at Garibali Lake, hiking the Black Tusk and then trekking to the Helm Creek campground. This plan depends on the ability to call for a cab at Cheakamus Lake parking lot to get a ride back to Rubble Creek. Has anyone else done this or can confirm that htere is cell coverage at Cheakamus Lake?
Thanks.
For sure you can get cell reception from the Helm Creek trail; except maybe for pockets down in the bottom of the valley.
But a cab might not be willing to go up to the Cheakamus Lake trail parking lot because of the gravel road.
I would walk down the Cheakamus Lake road and try hitch hiking first (that's what I've done in the past). If you get all the way down to Highway 99, you can always catch a bus down to Garibaldi if you don't want to hitch hike. Of course, then you still need to hike back up from Highway 99 to the Black Tusk parking lot. |
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vancouver, bc
Canada
987 Posts |
Posted - 07/12/2012 : 4:03 PM
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Originally posted by FrankB
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Originally posted by Hiker Boy
I had a very poor signal on Telus but I have a friend who got a good signal on Bell.
That's strange because Telus and Bell share the same cell sites. For that matter, I think Rogers, Telus, and Bell have all shared the same tower sites for some years now.
this is true. perhaps it was the phone and not the network. |
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Whistler
720 Posts |
Posted - 07/12/2012 : 4:59 PM
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Cabs go to Whistler bungee so I doubt they'll have a problem with Cheakamus lake.
There will be lots of traffic as already mentioned so you should be able to grab a lift.
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Squamish, BC
Canada
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Posted - 07/12/2012 : 9:48 PM
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If, as you say, you're going at the weekend, then hitching will be really easy. I've done the hitch in and out of Cheakamus a few times doing the 'traverse' in either direction. The Whistler area is very hitcher friendly.  |
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Cell Phone Coverage at Cheakamus Lake
