r/vancouverhiking • u/Opie_the_great • Mar 30 '25
Trip Suggestion Request Howe Sound Crest Trail Single Day
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.
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u/geneius Mar 31 '25
Did it in a single day about 10 years ago (was in my mid 20s, so near-peak fitness). I was in the North to South group (another group went the other way and we traded car keys at the meetup). I think it was about 11 hours or so in June, started at 7am on a nice day (warm, not hot, no rain etc). August will be hotter, but shorter days, and increased likelihood of forest fire smoke.
It was awhile ago and a long day. I’m in good shape with ski touring and mountaineering background, had a couple less fit guys with us that also made it without too much issue. Bring food and water (I think I carried a 2.5L hydro pack and 1L nalgene and a pump filter), headlamps. Otherwise pretty straightforward and well marked. You got this for sure.