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July 2020
Cypress Peak
Jul 5, 2020
Busy place to be... or at least busy for the places I like to hike...
- Chance & Roe Creek FSR's are in excellent shape - regular 4x4 will have no trouble. A skilled careful driver in regular AWD with standard clearance could make it all the way (this is where everyone stops because of a impassable eroded washout)
- Hike the road to the VERY end and then drop down . backtracking until you find a suitable crossing before you start up the moraine and snow fields
- Crampons, poles and ice ax for travelling on the snowfields and glacial compression zone highly recommended and bring a helmet
- There are a number of ways to get up on top of the ridge which then delivers you directly up to the peak
- The crux is a 15-20m steep stepped section of rock that requires 2-3 tricky 3rd class moves if you stay left and 2 easier 3rd class moves if you trend more right
- You get an amazing view or Tricouni from the peak and various peaks of the Squamish-Cheakamus Divide such as Fee, Brew, Caylay, Pyroclastic, etc...
- Lounging like a lizard on the warm rocks, I had the peak to myself for about 25 minutes before the first of many began to arrive
- I will not be trying to drive through Squamish at 5pm on a Sunday ever again... I lost over an hour slinking along in two lanes of bumper to bumper rush hour traffic travelling less than 20km/h
Hint: If you look really hard at the photos you will see some tiny people on the snowfields - I passed a party of 3 in the upper bowl area and there was a party of 8+, a party of 2, and one other solo guy that left around the same time from the trail head. Of those that started around the same time, 7 made the peak, and I passed 4 others on the ridge on the way down that had started later in the day.
Total Time: 7 hrs
Cumulative Gain: 1350 m
Distance: 14 km
Stay safe and have fun!
Regards,
Rex
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