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2022.09.11 - Guinn's Pass from Galatea Creek - Sun, Sep 11 2022 - (View Original Event Details)

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Write Up:
This trail offered both the feeling and experience of civilization and true Canadian wilderness. The feeling of civilization came from a well-designed and well maintained trail, with a large number of people going up and down. The wilderness experience came from ancient trees standing tall or scattered on the ground by the force of nature. The untamed streams, lakes, and peaks reaching to the sky in all directions. The signs of bears recently digging for roots in the meadows below the pass. The first four kilometers were an easy walk near Galatea Creek, with many bridges to cross. The trail became more demanding as it rose to Lillian Lake but the real hard work started above Lillian Lake. The newly built trail to Guinn’s Pass traversed from Lower Galatea Lake between the trees below and the cliffs above to a windswept and bare pass. We had a well-deserved break at Lillian Lake, sitting on benches at the shore both on the way up and down, but our happiness was somewhat spoiled by aggressive wasp-like insect, which fortunately did not bite. We enjoyed a s short-sleeve weather, with jackets required only at the start of the hike and at the pass. It took us 4 hours and 10 minutes to reach the pass, three hours to get down, with a 50 min lunch at the pass, for a total of eight hours. Peter Minarik

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