How to get there:
The forest road forks off Hwy. 8 at location N50.29287, W121.17500.
Drive the road (ok with any type of car) to location N50.40107, W121.11657.
Turn right here. This road ends at a
high trailhead, location N50.39502, W121.08674, elevation 1684m.
When we were there, this road was blocked by a tree near the beginning, this
would be a show stopper for ordinary cars. An alternative, slightly longer
trail may be used if the tree remains there.
Route description:
Head directly (sidewise, not uphill) from the parking on a vague trail. You will soon
merge with a slightly clearer trail that heads uphill. There are some
trail markers
and some ribbons. Higher up, there
is a section of dead-fall, but the trail
gets through fairly well. Finally, a slightly steeper section on rock. There is a big
rope (not needed) in one place. The upper slope eases and you conclude with a short
stroll to the summit marked with tree poles.
The view is quite good from this summit.
The summit also has two small memorials.
A track is posted on Peakbagger.
Here is a quick summary of peaks climbed on this trip to British Columbia. Comments:
We had stayed in Cache Creek. The plan for the day was to climb Blustry Mountain, then drive
to Hope. We had wildfires both north and south so the drive would be longer than normal.
(Hwy. 1 was closed among others.) However, after driving the first part of the narrow
access road to Blustry,
we arrived at a locked gate.
Bummer! Looking at the additional distance
and elevation gain, we concluded that this would take more time than we wanted to spend
today.
As we continued our drive towards Hope, we looked for some easy alternative, good to at least
stretch our legs a little.
Spais Mountain looked like the best alternative, so we drove there. Reasonably good, but pretty
long forest road approach. The crux was a big log across the road. This log extended more than
5 meter on both sides of the road.
Good to have a jeep,
we crossed it without any problem.
The hike took 30 minutes up and 25 minutes returning. The trail was fairly well marked
but showed limited use. Quite a few deadfalls causing a bit of extra time.
The summit had a pretty good view in all directions. The landscape around here dominated
by gentle, rolling hills and forest in all directtions.
