Dru Posted December 13, 2004 Share Posted December 13, 2004 Climb: Howe Sound and Chilliwack Valley-Climbing and Digging Date of Climb: 12/11/2004 Trip Report: What a great weekend Party - Friday night. Saturday morning - off to Horseshoe Bay. Board water taxi with 11 other people plus dog. 40 minute boat ride to Anvil Island. Pay off bible camp caretaker, find trail, hike to summit of Leading Peak. Fun day out with good views. There are some neat crags on Anvil but none of the rock is granite. Great views of Howe Sound and Garibaldi. Ran back down to the dock in order to distract the water taxi operator while some hikers straggled in a bit late. then it was off to the Troller for beers If you don't know where Anvil Island is it is the pointy island/mountain you pass on your left side just by Porteau when driving up to Squamish. Then on Sunday I was supposed to go climbing in Golden Ears but both Shaun and I slept thru our alarms. By the time we met in Chilliwack it was ~8:30 so we decided to just spend the day checking out conditions. Jones Lake: north faces in Cheam Range had a lot of powder snow. Looks like there is a great ski route down the SE face of Cheam to the base of Lady's NE buttress. Trevor would do it! Nesakwatch Creek: spent 2 hrs filling in the infamous washout, which has washed out AGAIN. Got Shauns truck through only to find that there is anotherwashout just past the Slesse Memorial trail fork on "Gate Hill". Great view of Slesse and thin ice on the Illusion Peaks, nothing worth climbing yet so we went and ate burgers instead Very nice 2 days of blue sky in December! Gear Notes: Beer Hiking boots F250 pickup Water taxi Approach Notes: Howe Sound Logging road Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted December 13, 2004 Author Share Posted December 13, 2004 No ice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshK Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 nice picture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-dog Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 Our farm in Chilliwack is less than ten minutes from Cheam, so if you ever want to know the current conditions all I need to do is look out our back window and I can tell you! From one spot on the property, it is possible to see the tip of Slesse peaking over the proximate ridgeline that separates us from the mountain. Peace, D-d0g Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted January 9, 2005 Author Share Posted January 9, 2005 Hey neighbor, I can see Cheam from my window too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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