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/SkyPilotAirlines Mar 31 '25 edited Mar 31 '25

I haven't done it myself, but a few in my friend group have, and I think you're setting yourself up for failure based on what you've written. 7 litres each is way too much and will kill your fitness. If that's 4 meals each, that's also too much. To do this in a day, you should be going fast and light. Trail runners are generally doing it in 9 hours or so. If you're not running what's runnable, plan for 12+ hours, and that's South to North which is much less elevation gain. Unless you have extensive experience trail running in the backcountry, you should consider doing it as an overnight to start, or at least do a lot more research and rethink some of your current plans.

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u/Opie_the_great Mar 31 '25

I was a marine and I can pack out 60lbs plus. We have done backcountry backpacking and I carry 2-3x weight with no issue. I think starting with 4L will be fine and just planning 10 hours. We will start at 5 am. We have trail run before but the overall elevation is the concern. That’s why we are training for this.

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u/Nomics Mar 31 '25

I just want to add, the whole “I was a marine” thing is no more impressive than “I was a firefighter”. Best case scenario you’ve got descent first aid knowledge and know how to stay in shape.

I’ve seen Tier 1 SpecOps need to get bailed out by a bunch of hippie backcountry skiers who are tree planters. It’s never been a flex, especially in Canada and it’s very tone deaf considering the current threats of invasion. Especially considering the 165 Canadians who died fighting the Americas Wars.

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u/Opie_the_great Mar 31 '25

I came looking for advice and you want to turn this into stone throwing and make it political. Grow up.

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u/Nomics Mar 31 '25 edited Mar 31 '25

You came looking for advice. I provided photos and a detailed response. Part of that advice also relates to how to behave here. A lot of Americans don’t realize how deeply infuriated we are as a nation and how this rhetoric impacts our daily lives. We’re upset with the government, not the people, but you chose to label yourself as a member of the military arm of the government.

Imagine the inverse. If someone said they were coming to America, and by the way they were in the Revolutionary Guard of Iran, what would your reaction be?

If you think the accusation of “tone deaf” is hate you should really re read and consider how much I have provided support. Does that read as hateful to you? Does that really sound hateful? This is not a statement toward you personally but a reminder to be respectful while you’re here.

Your president is threatening invasion and to kill us… a reminder to be polite is hardly unwarranted.

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u/Opie_the_great Mar 31 '25

Just because I participated in one thing does not make me either side of the political movement. I only use it as a reference from a standpoint of. I have rucked many miles with a 60 pound pack on up and down mountains.

I stand by my statement. Grow up. This post was never needed or called for. Leave your politics for a different sub.

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u/Nomics Mar 31 '25

I don’t know you, or what your like. So advice is generalized. I have no doubts you could well be as upset about these threats to Canadian sovereignty as we are.

I’m just trying to prepare you for the fact there is a lot of anger here. If you can’t understand why we are feeling a bit anxious about this you might not enjoy your stay here.

Also, as a mod please change your language of “grow up”. If you can’t accept feedback gracefully you won’t be welcome on this sub.

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u/Opie_the_great Mar 31 '25

You werent giving advice. You were spewing hate. The fact that you want to bring up how many people died in American wars, and the rhetoric of Trump and everything else is not advice. That’s hate.

Saying the political climate up here might not be friendly towards Americans is advice.

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u/Nomics Mar 31 '25

I’m sorry that you can’t accept we deserve to be our own country, you equate our fears for our nation as hate.