Wedge Mtn. Trailhead Access??

[JasonG]

Just wondering if you could drive all the way to the TH. Of course any info on the approach right now would be great too! Thanks.

[stinkyclimber]

Here's the most recent road and trail report for Wedge from Bivouac.com (it is a paid-access site, but well worth the $20/year access fee if you are in the Coast Mtns a lot...take this cut and paste data as a sampler - no more free stuff for ya! ):

 

Road report:

2004.04.09 Stopped by snow and tree: We could only drive about 1 km up the road (from the highway). A large alder tree , and deep snow patches prevented further travel.

 

Trail report:

2004.04.11 Soft snow on the trail: Two of us hiked to the hut yesterday, to see condition of the glacier bellow Wedge (and dream about North Arête). Parked at the beginning of the trail between few trucks and cars, because upper parking lot was inaccessible. Started at 10:45. Snow was very soft and very difficult for hiking. It was very hot, but beautiful. It took us 5 hours to reach lake! Our summer time is 2.5 hours even with big packs. In front of the hut, we met girl from party of 4. They were there since Friday and came on skis. Up to hut skiing conditions were not perfect, but excellent from hut to the beginning of North Arête. Glacier looked smooth and very safe. Group was planning to climb Arête, but switched to area close to Weart, according to girl. She turned back from middle of the glacier, because of bad blisters she got from skiing to hut on Friday. She mentioned that they tried winter route first, but lack of snow pushed them to go for regular trail. We had photo session for 30 minutes and run back. It took us 3 hours to reach parking lot. Snow was very soft and hike was very unpleasant. It's OK to go right now for day trips there but you should expect to suffer a little. Trekking poles are highly recomended!