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Report to Trail: Golden Ears
Distance: 24Km   Elevation: 1533m   High Point: 1710m   Location: Mainland-Southwest, BC, Canada
Trail tags: 2WD campsite emergency-hut peak routefinding scrambling steep-trail viewpoints
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Attempt result and date: Successful attempt 08/03/2009
Mood after attempting this trail:  adventurous

Monday was the day after waiting for two days for the heat to come down. It was still a hot day but I didn't find it too hot. I met people who decided not to summit on Sunday because of the heat. I also met two groups and each had a dog. Both groups decided to turn back as it was too hot for the dogs when they got to the ridge. I think that I am acclimatized to the hot weather again. I also wet my head from time to time from creeks or from my water. It works really well. There is a good source of water close to the peak. I think I drunk in total 4-5L of water.

The trail conditions is ok but needs some maintenance. The boards before Alder Flats are aging and some may collapse soon. The bridge was still out but the creek was completely dry! It is a mystery how that happened. The steep section that climbs to the ridge has deteriorated a lot. I recall the new trail was in excellent conditions. It is still better than the old trail but there was significant erosion. I hope they repair it instead of building a new trail. It is also not easy to stay on the new trail and not to go to the old trail. There is new ribbons generally along the trail. It helps. But still could be confusing in some areas.

My approach to the summit was getting around the snow field and head to the col between the two notches on the Golden Ears ridge. It includes some scrambling and walking on snow but I found it as a good way. The main trail, seeing from the markers, climbs the ridge from its very start. I took it on the way back. There was heavy erosion and also some loose rocks. I actually found it harder than the way that I took up.

The whole trip took me 12 hours (10am - 10pm). The forest is thick which made me use headlamp fairly early in the evening (9pm) when it was still relatively bright outside but not in the forest.
 
trailhead and the new warning about fire risk. There is another note underneath it which says that the trail usage is restrictive.
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1104Km
at 8pm 08/04/2009
It didn't happen to me. I didn't see many of them. It was peaceful in a large way. There is only one place on the ridge that was muddy and there was a lots of small and big flies. I also run into big flies from time to time but other than it was good. On my way back, I literally saw none.
1185Km
at 7pm 08/04/2009
That is a long exposed trail for a hot summer day! Glad you completed it successfully Ahmad. How were the flies and mosquitoes on the trail?
I had my eye on Golden Ears for a while, but each picture from the past month that I saw in trip reports had at least a dozen bugs in the photoframe...
 
Successful attempt 07/03/2010
 happy
The busy parking lot at the park reminded me the summer   more...
  Photo votes:7   Votes:1   Reads:892
 
Successful attempt 09/27/2009
The first section is on a large flat trail. A few kilometers   more...
  Photo votes:4   Votes:1   Reads:870
 
Successful attempt 07/14/2010
 tired
This is a new way that I wanted to explore to Alouette   more...
  Photo votes:1   Reads:565
 
Successful attempt 05/30/2010
 happy
Hiding from the occasional drizzle under the canopy   more...
  Photo votes:6   Votes:1   Reads:803
 
Successful attempt 08/15/2010
 angry
I am not a fan. #@$& this trail. :) The heat on   more...
  Comments:2   Photo votes:2   Reads:114
Successful attempt 06/26/2010
 happy
This is a very nice trail. It's a little tricky to   more...
  Comments:4   Photo votes:1   Reads:451
 
Failed attempt 05/08/2010
 happy
A surprisingly attractive trail, one we decided to   more...
  Comments:4   Photo votes:19   Reads:1327
Successful attempt 07/17/2010
 adventurous
Beware of the many possible dead end short cut trails   more...
  Reads:72
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