Chilcotin Rambles – Taseko to Spruce via Powell (August 14 – 18, 2013)
Day 1 – Taseko to Marian Lake
Pictures by Lee and Trevor Hawkins
|| Day 1 – Taseko to Marian Lake || Day 2 – Marian Lake – Battlement Ridge || Day 3 – Marian – Powell – Tosh – Lorna || Day 4 – Lorna to Spruce || Day 5- Spruce and out ||
Trevor, Lee and Bryce did some self-supported Chilcotin rambles. 5 days and 4 nights of taking our bikes for a walk and occasional pedal
Taseko Lakes – Marian Lake – Powell Pass – days 1 to 3
All this ….
Fit into this Alpine Threadworks Selkirk 35 pack
Generic overdone floatplane shot
Generic fisheye floatplane shot over the Warner drainage looking S towards the Lord Glacier
Denain right below you, Feo Spur to pic left, Rae Spur to pic right. . That drainage isn’t named on a map
Powell Creek drainage – we will go up there (very, very slowly)
Delivered to Taseko Lake
Powell Creek.
“Trail” is about 100m west of Powell Creek
One of a handful of rideable sections of the Powell Creek trail
An average section of the Powell Creek trail
Hey Lee – didn’t you say you think it’ll be four hours to Marian Lk? How come we’re just 2/3rds there with 1/2 the climb still to go?
Generic Chilcotin hantavirus hut about a 1/3rd of the way up Powell Crk
Good buddy grizz
Frolicking in the meadows in the Powell Creek valley
Guys this will go a lot faster if we just don’t give a shit about keeping our feet dry
Marian Lake – 1900m
Alcoholic celebration in the sun
By the time we had dinner and setup camp it was time to have a fire
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