Well, that was fun…

We did a trip up to Garibaldi Provincial Park and checked out the road conditions up to the trail head.  The road up from Brackendale (just north of Squamish) was well packed and mostly sanded.  Four-wheel drive was all we needed until we got to a section where a sign indicated that chains were mandatory (steeper and unsanded).  Not having chains, we parked at the chain-up area along with quite a few other cars and walked the last 3 kilometres of road to the trail head.  Note to self:  buy chains before next weekend’s trip!

Once at the trail head (where all the clever ones with chains had parked), we  put on our snowshoes and headed up the mountain.  The trail was great and plenty of backcountry AT skiers, splitboarders and snowshoers were coming and going – all having a great time .

We didn’t have time to get too high up before having to turn around and head back down the mountain.

Next Saturday we will get up to Red Heather shelter and maybe even Elfin Lake!

BTW…we found that Valhalla Pure Outfitters (right near the main intersection into Squamish) rents
MSR Evo Ascent showshoes for only $10 a day!

Anyone that wants to come next time…just give a holler.