A number of years ago we spent some time hiking in the Chilcotin. We drove many miles of backroads to get to the north end of Chilco Lake in Tsylos Provincial Park. At the end of the road we hiked up the Tullin MountainTrail to the summit. The trail wound through the forest, climbing 832 m (2729 vertical feet) in …Continue reading…
There are no trails or roads into the Charlotte Alplands. Access is mainly by floatplane from Nimpo Lake or for a few, by rough horsepack routes from Charlotte Lake. We flew into Fish Lake and hiked around the Fish – Frog Lake area then hiked out past Cowboy Lakes. There are other ways to get into the Charlotte Alplands for …Continue reading…
Our week in the Charlotte Alplands was based out of a camp on Frog Lake, then we hiked up through the forest to subalpine and alpine terrain north of the Fish-Frog Lakes Valley. We spent two days hiking into rocky alpine terrain on the peak immediately north of the camp. Maps do not name the broad peaks and ridges on …Continue reading…
The Charlotte Alplands are a protected area of rocky mountains, forested valleys, and alpine lakes in a remote area between Charlotte Lake (West Chilcotin) and the Coast Range. The area has no roads or trails so access is by floatplane from Nimpo Lake or through a horsepack outfitter like One Eye Outfit. Once out of the forested valleys, the subalpine …Continue reading…
The Charlotte Alplands are in a remote area of the province, southwest of Nimpo Lake, but on the Interior side of the Coast Range. It is a Provincial ProtectedAarea with the highest concentration of alpine lakes in B.C. There are no roads or trails in the area, except for a few hard-to-follow horsepack routes through the brush and forest. We …Continue reading…
The drive to Bella Coola and back has long been a call-to-explore and a week was set aside into the calendar for the tour. It is 740 km each way so I got an early start on a Monday morning. The road is paved all the way to Anaheim Lake so I proceeded along the route, stopping for gas as …Continue reading…