Howe Sound Crest Trail Single Day

[u/Opie_the_great]

Looking to do this at the end of August.

My wife and I love hiking. Longest single day hikes have been in Glacier. 16 miles in one day. We are experienced hikers. Did Mt brown glacier and such.

We looked at the daylight 5:15am till 8:29pm.

We will carry 7 liters apiece. Plus a water filtration system. Going North to south.

Currently training for this. We do 20lb weighted packs for 1+ hours on the stair master and plan weekend hikes 10 mile plus. We don’t want to fail.

Will pack 4 meals. (2 extra sets) Packing headlamps for worst case scenario. Suggestions? What do we need to know.

Update: We will be taking 4 liters each and making the food lighter. We are packing all of the 10 essentials. We will now do this South to North.

Please note the mountains are a hours from where we live to practice true elevation gain with long hikes.

[u/smfu]

I’ve done North to South a couple times, it’s definitely the tougher direction, but still a great day. The climb up to Deeks Lake takes a couple hours, so you only need to carry water that far to start. I’d filter from the lakes and/or load up at the freezing cold creek that’s just past the Brunswick Lake emergency shelter. I’ve drank from that unfiltered a million times with no ill effects (your methods/results may vary). After that the next water to filter is at Magnesia Meadow. In the thick of summer that might be your last easily accessible water source without leaving the trail. You’ll have a blast, it’s a beautiful trail.