We'll meet at Petro Canada gas station off Hwy 1 at 4:50am on Saturday, October 8th, and depart at 5am sharp. The trail is some 60km long from Floe Lake parking to Marble Canyon parking lot. There are options to exit earlier along the way.
Map: http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/bc/kootenay/activ/activ17.aspx
To participate you must be fit and comfortable with hiking in the dark. We do have 3 days for this but the current weather forecast for Monday is snow in that area, so we should push as far as possible every day. This makes it difficult to plan at which campgrounds we'd stay over night. My understanding is that if you have a yearly wilderness pass and there are free spots at the campground, you're ok to set up a tent.
We'll take two vehicles, leave one at Numa Creek parking lot (Paint Pots is apparently closed off; another option is Marble canyon), and the other one at Floe Lake parking lot. Please pack compact because we'll have to carpool between 2 parking lots. Another ACC member will join us, so the total number of participants is 4.
Saturday: Floe parking to Floe Lake to Numa Creek campground (~21km).
Sunday: Numa to Tumbling Creek to Helmet Falls (~19km)
Monday: Helmet/Ochre to Paint Pots (~15km) or to Marble Canyon (~20km)
Our average pace will be 2km/hr. Frequent short breaks are ok but lunch breaks will be short too.
If you have questions/comments call me at 403-619-4591.
Required Items to Bring:
Hiking/backpacking watertight boots, head lamp and spare batteries, GPS, layered non-cotton clothing + change, jacket that can handle winds and rain, sleeping bag rated to below 0C, sleeping pad, tent, water, water filter, food for 3 days, bear spray/bangers, first aid kit, cash for gas
Recommended Items to Bring:
Hiking poles, gaiters, white gas stove for water treatment/cooking, sandals just in case we need to cross a creek, toe/finger thermal pads
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Registration for this event closed on Friday, October 07, 2011 at 08:00 PM.