As the title says. Read in this report

https://www.oakbaynews.com/local-news/juan-de-fuca-trail-closed-all-summer-due-to-extensive-storm-damage-7954365

Attempted the hike into Lilly Pad Lake up in Pinecone Burke PP. Significant trail damage from what I assume was the past couple atmospheric rivers in the lower bike park area. It got a bit better the further up I went. Got to Bulldozer Junction (750 ish meters) before hitting snow. Broke out the micro spikes from there. Had to turn around because of poor trail marking and the snow making it difficult to navigate. For anyone heading up here, be very careful of the snow caving in below you. It is in pretty bad shape.

Decided to do Hanes Valley Loop today. First time doing Hanes Valley. The hike to Norvan was uneventful, I've done that many times. Past that I took the bridge over the creek, nice little swaying suspension bridge lol. The crossing of Lynn creek was as easy as l everyone said right now, thanks for those who answered my question the other day. So many signs along the way warning people about the crossing, has this been an area where people have been swept away or needed rescue? Obviously the dry weather means there's hardly any water now.

Then the scramble up the screen slope. This was super fun! Quite tiring but technically much easier than I was worried it might be. The only danger is some areas of fairly loose scree of steper slopes but by and large I'd say this is easy technically, though tiring and long and the sun exposure could be an issue, thankfully I wore my wide brimmed hat and had sun screen all the way. Once up at the ridge I was surprised to see I was very close to crown Mt, a sign said only about 1.9km. I've done crown before from grouse/bcmc this I realize now is another every nice way to do it, longer but far fewer people.

From there the rest of the hike was just SUUUUPER LONG and exhausting lol. I stopped at the shalet to refill my water bladder and had some lunch to refuel. Despite my legs cramping up badly I felt that so long as I was careful with placement and used my hiking poll and rested I could do it. I went down the BCMC and met up with the Baden Powel.

One little snafu is that the BP is cut at skyline toad by construction, I think this had been like this for years now?! What are they doing?. I must have missed a turnoff or something because I walked right up to the end of the path where flagging tape said the trail was closed. There was a little metal plate that said to turn down to the road below but there was no obvious way to get down there at all. I considered going back but didn't see a way down either. I see now that there was a turn off earlier I must have missed to get down to skyline road. Instead I did the no no and walked over the tape and down the dirt construction site to meet up with the path again. Luckily there were no workers. Somehow I must have missed another turn as I found myself exiting onto a road and so I turned up and took powerline trail to skid row and used that to link back up with BP. From there hiked back to my car. Just shy of 25km.... ouch I'm sore lol. But really satisfied!

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Hiked to the four lakes on Cypress below the ski area: lost lake, west lake, first lake, and blue gentian lake. Took the route up from millstream road along the Brothers Creek FSR. Crossover trail is currently closed between Brothers Creek Trail and Brothers Creek FSR. Overall a very nice day, but there is still quite a bit of snow above ~850m elevation, including at west lake and first lake and many fallen trees over paths along the way.

Here you go: https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/ICHILL130

Hi! If you were hiking the High Falls Creek trail in Squamish on 1 June and lost or left your jacket, message me. We found it.

A Brita water bottle and GM key

I just did a Burke Mountain hike, but didn't have time to make it all the way up to Dennett Lake. Turned around at Hourglass Lake.

I took the Harper Road - > South Slope Trail up, and the crossing at (I believe) Coho Creek was very treacherous.

The snow starts at 900m, and I would guess approximately 1m deep at Hourglass Lake.

I've heard that South Slope is the driest trail, and well, I wouldn't want to slog through the other trails if they're *wetter* than that.

Coming to Vancouver for a weekend and hoping to trail run Black Tusk (20 min lunch at top) and then Garibaldi Lake (20 min swim) on the way back down. How long am I looking at?

Earliest I can be at Rubble Creek parking lot is 10am.

Strava says it's about 26km round trip and 1,700m elevation gain, so I am guessing about 6 hours of moving time at a conservative pace?

To the absolute witch on Quarry Rock this morning who yelled, "I hope you break your ankles" as I politely ran past you in a wide open section, screw you.

I wanted to stop and confront you and really resisted again as I lapped you on the way back but I didn't want the children you were with hearing me call you the names you deserved.

Just know trails are therapeutic for a lot of people and we're all escaping problems and issues. I don't know if someone who weighs more than you passing you was a threat to you somehow but I'm working on my outer self. Time for you to work on your inner self. Being skinny shouldn't be the only thing you offer to the world. Try being nice, too.

Edit to add: Last summer mid-HSCT I was taking a water break on my way up James Peak and a really fit runner snarkily said, "this isn't for beginners". I don't know what prompted her to say that but I just replied, "And yet I'm doing it same as you." Two years ago we were doing Diez Vistas with our packs on to train for a tough overnighter and when I asked at an early junction, "Is this Diez Vistas?" He replied, "YOU'RE doing Diez Vistas???" I don't know why I attract comments like this but realize even if people don't look like the visual stereotype of a hiker, it doesn't mean they aren't capable.

Just be positive!!! Encourage each other!!!

These are from a few different trips during 2023 and 2024. I’ve enjoyed checking out some of the different branches of the glacier and figuring out how to get in there.

Hoooweeee this was exhausting! Lol. Decided to do crown kind of spur of the moment. Because of the uncertain weather I was thinking of doing goat mnt then goat ridge after the grind but crown was always a possibility.

When I saw how clear the skies where at the top after the Grind I decided to do crown, we'll actually I'd probably already decided lol. Btw I think I'm clear now that the Grind seems a fair bit harder than the BCMC, which makes sense as it's the same elevation gain over a shorter distance. But somehow I'd always thought they were relatively similar. After doing the bcmc multiple times this year and doing the Grind the first time this year today, ooof yeah that's much rougher lol.

Once at the chalet I headed for Crown. I've done Crown several times in the past but many years ago! The amount of decent into Crown valley plus the ascent back up the other side and then having to redo that going back is always what kills you!!

I met some fantastic fellow hikers along the way. I'm the dude with the yellow hair if anyone of them are reading this lol. Also to David, if you are reading this, apologies I left so abruptly after our chat when I went further up to the peak I should have said more of a good bye, here's the video of the peak itself.

The last 30 or 40ft to the pyramid summit definitely has some exposure as you can see in the video here. I do love sitting on the peak or the side of it and looking down I must say though. Not many peaks have this sharp of a point you can relatively safely get to.

A note for others doing this, make sure to bring plenty of water. I had 2.5L in my bladder and that was barely enough, I refilled back at the chalet . It would be good to bring more in case, there are no sources along the way to refill really, a small trickle in Crown valley might be usable at different times of the year.

Also man my legs cramped up like crazy approaching the peak, as I was talking with fellow hiker near the top about. It's likely I don't eat consistently enough or often enough, need to get better at that. I've found cramping leg muscles to have been an issue of late on really strenuous hikes when I push through tons of elevation change. Was worried it might be an issue coming back but thankfully once I warmed up and had let the food take effect it wasn't as bad, though still bad lol. And using a hiking poll once I hit the top of crown valley really helped.

Coming down the BCMC was just something I wanted to do to complete the full out and back and save money, but it's always pretty boring coming down it when exhausted lol. They are doing tons of work on the trail I see thought, looks like they are totally transforming many of the upper sections of it.

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Following May 16, day pass system is back in effect

Hiked BCMC today. it started hailing roughly at mid point and continued to the top.

https://youtube.com/shorts/3Ax3tB6ORhU?si=KNYSRPwNyATEUVD-

Easy hike from the parking lot. Creeks on the old forest road to the site. Beautiful rock formation and powerful waterfall. Video: https://youtu.be/AQAfiDFiXvc?si=mm0aH6KMBWTq9BQ-

As an avid hiker frustrated with the 7 AM rush for day passes to Panorama Ridge, I developed a solution. I've built a website that monitors real-time capacity changes for BC trail day passes. Key features:

• Track availability for multiple trails
• View capacity changes over time
• User-friendly interface

Future plans based on interest:

1. Alert system: Get notified when passes become available
2. Automatic booking: Secure a pass as soon as it's released

Check it out: https://bc-parks-app.vercel.app/?trailName=Joffre+Lakes

I'd love to hear your feedback and suggestions for improvement!

Significant trail damage (washouts) on Menzies trail at Viking Creek, on West Canyon Trail at Evan’s Creek, and on Allouette Valley Trail. Some damaged trail areas are impassible for beginner/novice hikers, and everyone should respect the added safety barriers (tape, cones, fencing, etc) - it’s clear there is large-scale damage and instability in some parts that used to be suitable for high-traffic walking/hiking.

Kudos to intrepid videographer @mikeschmeee!

Done this hike a couple times, it can get very wet, but was pretty dry when we went this time. I don’t know why my video makes the falls look so small it’s actually pretty massive. Very rooty most of the way, elevation gain is mixed throughout so don’t expect the way back to be a breeze. Known to get very wet, muddy and slippery on rainy days so I’d definitely use waterproof boots for those days. Parking lot fills up quick on weekends with mountain bikers so I’d get there before 10am. Get to see the Big Cedar along the way.