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 Night owl posting,Subie driving, backpacking Dad who is perpetually trying to catch up to his kids on the trail.
Vancouver, BC
Canada
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Posted - 07/30/2012 : 10:14 PM
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This past weekend my daughter was up for a hike so I decided to introduce her to the trip to Mount Seton in the Downton Creek area. I did this trip 2 years ago and fell in love with the area: http://www.clubtread.com/sforum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=36831
The start is up the Downton Creek area just past the road sign indicating 9km. A short way past the sign there is a creek and a large cut block to hiker's left of the creek. The creek takes you all the way up to the three little lakes in a beautiful basin area.
This year we drove past the creek and then a little way into the base of the cut block.
Last trip I noted that the trail was in rough shape due to dead fall and lack of use. It's deteriorated significantly in the past 2 years with more dead fall and a lot of vegetation beginning to fill in the foot bed in many areas. As before, the key is to stay close to the creek and only cross it above the convergence of its 2 main tributaries. Once crossing one of the tributaries, stay between the two but close to the one that is now on hiker's right and cross this one quite a bit higher up. You may want to recross it again once you start breaking into the alpine.
The hike has it all including many creek and flower photo ops.
        
And then there is the great, pristine basin.
   
And after a night's sleep, there is a 9400' peak to scramble
          
You can catch glimpses of Anderson Lake and an impressive peak beyond which I guessed is Whitecap (didn't have enough map to be sure).
We got our summit and enjoyed lunch in the Sun. Then it was back down to the basin, pack up our gear and back on down.
   
PS: The road has been cleared of all recent slides but there continues to be a problem where it was undercut
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Van, BC
Canada
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Posted - 07/30/2012 : 10:30 PM
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A beautiful area - always nice to see a trip from that area and mountain, especially one that doesn't involve the risk of death :P
In your opinion, will the eroding road last the season?
-Ryan
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Night owl posting,Subie driving, backpacking Dad who is perpetually trying to catch up to his kids on the trail.
Vancouver, BC
Canada
3064 Posts |
Posted - 07/30/2012 : 10:41 PM
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Survival of the road without major work looks pretty weather dependent. I wouldn't venture upstream any time there was a risk of a big rain storm.
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Peak bagging, bushwhacking, zamboni driving, snowshoeing, self portrait artist, and speed demon who loves to hang out on Mt. Seymour
4037 Posts |
Posted - 07/30/2012 : 10:57 PM
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Beautiful.
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846 Posts |
Posted - 07/30/2012 : 11:17 PM
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| Really nice. Looks very serene. |
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Abbotsford, BC
Canada
1009 Posts |
Posted - 07/31/2012 : 12:18 AM
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| This area sure asks for an overnighter. Very nice objective for you with your daughter! |
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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 - 07/31/2012 : 09:14 AM
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| Ya that's Whitecap. |
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over the hills and far away
Canada
725 Posts |
Posted - 07/31/2012 : 10:36 AM
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| One of my favorite mountains... nicely done! |
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Burnaby, BC
Canada
1310 Posts |
Posted - 07/31/2012 : 4:48 PM
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| What a beautiful region, want to camp there also, but the road condition gives me pause. |
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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
13090 Posts |
Posted - 07/31/2012 : 6:58 PM
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| Tremendous place, really enjoyed the report! |
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Manitoba's misadventurin' bushwhackin', dog sloggin', dehydratin', beer drinkin' biggie - who's eager to peak bag Mt Currie in a dress
Squamish
5057 Posts |
Posted - 07/31/2012 : 9:36 PM
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| Love that place. Thanks for sharing. |
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North Vancouver, BC
Canada
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Posted - 07/31/2012 : 11:22 PM
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| Wow, a 9400 foot peak that can be reached by a dog! We'll be going soon!!! Thanks for the TR. |
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Seton revisited
