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Surrey, BC
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Posted - 07/28/2012 : 7:30 PM
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July 28, 2012
As some of you will know, we thought we had successfully made the summit of Corriveau a few weeks back. I had trouble motivating myself to go through this one again, but I had to see for myself which bump was actually Corriveau's summit.
We are standing on the southern peak, and it is 5m higher. Only took 10 minutes to get there from the northern peak.
  
The highest point is a large boulder, and as you can probably tell, she is not happy about me putting her on top of it. : ) I fixed that impressive cairn to make it a little more impressive. : )
We didn't stay long. Low cloud all morning, so there were no views.
 
Here she comes... : )
   
Lots of 4x4ing required on this one. : )
The blue sky finally appeared around 1pm. An idea of the snow conditions along the ridge. Snow was avoidable on the steep sections, so the ice-axe was never used.
Rexford
Three poses, all from the same rock. : )
  
Food?
Food!! : )
Sorry for not replying to your question in our previous report, Ryan. Dead center of this picture is the trailhead. Picture taken at the road junction with Center Creek FSR. Head for those rotting deadfall and you'll see a faint footpath going up, with flagging. There is a lot of forestry flagging on the edge of the cutblock.
The gully going up Williams looks snow free. : )
A 20 minute bike ride back to the car parked at the gate. : )
   
Some stats for those thinking about giving it a try.
Cummulative el. gain was 1762m car to car. Perhaps around 1700m trailhead to trailhead.
Took us 4 1/2 hours up from the trailhead (5 hours from the car).
Lots of bushwacking from about 1100m to 1700m.
Steep. Makes for a fast descent. : )
I didn't flag too much up high, once out of the trees/bush.
Looks like someone got stung by a bee, or she is turning into a Shar-Pei.  
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 Trail blazin', backcountry bushwackin', pine huntin', photo takin', long winded story teller
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Posted - 07/28/2012 : 9:35 PM
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Wow, you went all the way back up there to make sure you made the highest peak, incredible.
Williams is not that bad a scramble just long. There is nothing on it that would stop Katie.
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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 - 07/28/2012 : 9:37 PM
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Nicely done John.
Interested in doing that one sometime.
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Surrey, BC
Canada
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Posted - 07/29/2012 : 7:51 PM
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Peak bagging, bushwhacking, zamboni driving, snowshoeing, self portrait artist, and speed demon who loves to hang out on Mt. Seymour
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Posted - 07/29/2012 : 9:50 PM
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Good satisfaction is going back and bagging it proper. Still got to hit this one up one of these days.
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Outdoors addicted flyfishing, skiing, snowshoeing, hiking car crooner and resident motormouth
Da'Wack, BC
Canada
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Posted - 07/30/2012 : 3:05 PM
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Och poor Katie. Krista puffed up like that once too after trying to save someone from an upset wasp nest.
I'll have to give Corriveau a go sometime. |
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Sunnyvale Trailer Park
Canada
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Posted - 07/30/2012 : 4:10 PM
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  Enjoy your next hike on a groomed trail, you two deserve it. |
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Surrey, BC
Canada
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Posted - 07/30/2012 : 5:16 PM
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Thanks again everyone...really appreciate the kind words. : )
Tim, do you know anything about a route leading off the ridge, west, perhaps around 1800m? Saw some low lying flagging just before the north peak and meant to check it out on the way back, but forgot. |
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Posted - 07/30/2012 : 5:50 PM
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The last time I gave my dog a couple handfuls of huckleberries he peed on my wife and then in my car a short while after. We realized it was the huckleberries acting as a diuretic. Now he just gets a few  |
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Posted - 07/30/2012 : 6:03 PM
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| Your mushroom is a birch bolete. Generally edible, but can cause bad reactions in some, so (like all wild mushrooms that are new to you), best to try a small piece first to see what happens. It turns black when cooked, but is quite tasty. |
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Surrey, BC
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Posted - 07/31/2012 : 3:15 PM
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Originally posted by cutthroat22
The last time I gave my dog a couple handfuls of huckleberries he peed on my wife and then in my car a short while after. We realized it was the huckleberries acting as a diuretic. Now he just gets a few
Thankfully Katie is not affected in the same manner. : )
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Originally posted by sammysamsam21
Your mushroom is a birch bolete. Generally edible, but can cause bad reactions in some, so (like all wild mushrooms that are new to you), best to try a small piece first to see what happens. It turns black when cooked, but is quite tasty.
Thank you. I don't know anything about wild mushrooms, so I wouldn't dare to even try a small piece first. : ) |
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Sunnyvale Trailer Park
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Posted - 07/31/2012 : 4:25 PM
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Originally posted by John and Katie
Tim, do you know anything about a route leading off the ridge, west, perhaps around 1800m? Saw some low lying flagging just before the north peak and meant to check it out on the way back, but forgot.
Not sure about that, but at one time roads in Center Creek went fairly high up the side of the mountain. Maybe someone was trying to spare themselves the torture of Corriveau ridge. |
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Take your pick...we tagged them both : )
