Shared list
Summer Long Hikes
Explore this shared Outmap list and open each item in the map.
List map
Summer Long Hikes
27 public items in this list
plotted
Cottonwood Trail - Summer
View details for this item.
plotted
Wonderland Trail (Mt. Rainier)
View details for this item.
plotted
Dän Zhùr (Donjek) Route
View details for this item.
plotted
Stein Valley Traverse
View details for this item.
plotted
HBC Heritage Trail
View details for this item.
plotted
Juan de Fuca Marine Trail
View details for this item.
plotted
Kludahk/Juan de Fuca Loop
View details for this item.
plotted
West Coast Trail
View details for this item.
plotted
Nootka Trail
View details for this item.
plotted
North Coast Trail
View details for this item.
plotted
Tantalus Traverse
View details for this item.
plotted
Bock's Lake to Congdon Creek
View details for this item.
plotted
Congdon Creek
View details for this item.
plotted
Bocks Lake
View details for this item.
plotted
Owl - Tenquille Traverse (Ronayne Traverse, Owl-Fowl Traverse)
A tour of excellent alpine lakes, high above Pemberton! The Owl-Tenquille Traverse connects its namesake lakes via an open alpine trail (mostly) system. It's easy to complete in either direction. One of the most difficult parts is the logistics of a point-to-point run! The direction described is ever so slightly easier with an overall elevation loss. A group of runners may drop one car at the finish trailhead, shuttling a second car to the starting trailhead, then retrieving it at the end. An alternative option is to team up with a second group, trade cars before starting at either end, and run back to the original cars! The car swap avoids a LOT of extra driving! From the Tenquille Trailhead, a well established trail heads to Tenquille Lake. You'll pass the large Tenquille Cabin and a beautiful alpine lake. Continue around the south side and follow the trail past the outflow of Tenquille Creek. A spur forks right (left heads down into the valley from an alternate starting trailhead) and you continue traversing along slopes on the well-beaten Barbour MTB trail. You may encounter some downhill riders who are heli-dropped in the alpine! Continue climbing up out of treeline and onto open alpine scree and talus after turning off the MTB trail (not an obvious fork). The going is relatively smooth but it can be easy to get stuck in heather bushes. You'll reach an open pass where a more noticeable trail drops towards a lake. Follow footbeds and cairns along the slope before turning around a shoulder and climbing to another pass. Drop into a valley, following a creek. Stay high on the east side of the creek and enjoy the amazing views! Where the valley drops off, stay high in avalanche paths, crossing heather slopes and trying not to drop to treeline. You're aiming for a big obvious lake! Follow a trail from the outflow of the lake but stay high on scree slopes. A fork drops into the Tenas Creek Valley below Sun God but instead stay high to the col west of Ronayne. Climb up over the shoulder south of Ronayne and ramble along alpine talus fields. Here the footbed completely disappears and you're fully scrambling. Take it slow as the footing is poor. It's just a short section though before you get onto better terrain and start descending towards the very large Upper Owl Lake. Scramble down a major gully with loose rock. This is one of the major cruxes of the day but it's not as bad as it looks from above. Traverse scree slopes and stay on the east side of the lake. Follow the outflow down to Lower Owl Lake on poor quality trails. Aim for the west side of the lower lake and take the path of least resistance. There's bushwacking at this point but it should never be terrible! At the other side of the lower lake, pick up a better trail that descends towards Fowl Lakes and the Owl Trailhead. Once you hit treeline, it's quite easy to follow! Watch for bears and wasps. There's quite a bit of water throughout the entire route! There's also a lot of lakes offering excellent dips to cool off on hot days. Ronayne is a good side-trip summit. Check Matt Gunn's Scrambles in SW BC guidebook for more summits to explore around Tenquille Lake! Written by Eric Carter
plotted
Sockeye Watershed Traverse
View details for this item.
plotted
Lizzie Peakbagging Trip
View details for this item.
plotted
Ethelweard Group (Steven Song)
View details for this item.
plotted
Asulkan Traverse
View details for this item.
plotted
Skyline Trail (Jasper Skyline Trail)
One of Canada's most spectacular overnight treks, Skyline Trail traverses many kilometers high above treeline in the Rocky Mountains of Jasper National Park. Skyline Trail is one of the best backpacking routes in Canada. It is the highest-elevation trail in Jasper National park. Roughly 27 of its 44 kilometers are above treeline, granting huge views over the Rocky Mountains and a truly alpine experience. Weather up here can be brutal, with snow possible at any time of year. Good weather is common enough in the summer, but you should be prepared for anything, especially wind and rain. The trail is also notorious for mosquitos and other insects that thrive around the alpine lakes and rivers which you’ll camp beside. It is also prime grizzly habitat, so bear precautions are essential. The trail is usually completed in 2-4 days. Camping is allowed only in designated sites, which are best booked months in advance because of the trail’s popularity. Limited permits ensure that you will have vast stretches of the hike to yourself, however, and feel truly remote here among the rugged peaks of the Canadian Rockies. Maligne Lake to Curator Camp From Maligne Lake, the trail leads through the forest in between Lorraine and Mona Lakes. Shrouded by trees, this section is not as scenic as what is to come, but beautiful nonetheless. The rest of the trail is mostly above treeline, so you should savor the serenity of the forest while in it. A variation with better views is to start at the same trailhead but take the trail into Bald Hills. This adds 4km and some elevation gain, but earns a vantage over Maligne Lake and peaks beyond that the main trail does not. Reconnect to Skyline Trail at Evelyn Creek via a signed fire road from the Bald Hills. Evelyn Creek (km 4.8) is the first campground option, but most backpackers will want to go farther than this on the first day. The next option is Little Shovel (km 8.3), reached after the steepening climb from Evelyn Creek up into the subalpine zone. At Little Shovel, trees are more sparse and open meadows grant great views over the valley covered thus far, plus Maligne Lake and the Bald Hills. Continue climbing from the campground to reach Little Shovel Pass (km 10). This is the first and lowest of the trail’s three major passes, at 2200m elevation, and your first taste of hiking above treeline. Prepare for chilly and windy conditions. On the other side of the pass is the Snowbowl, a verdant basin dotted with trees and ponds, and bursting with wildflowers in August. Snowbowl campsite (km 12.2) is tucked among the trees in the bottom. The climb to Big Shovel Pass is a big one, but considerably easier than the ascent to Little Shovel Pass, as long as weather remains fair. At the pass (km 17, 2286m) lies what is possibly the best view yet. The wind-swept peak of Curator Mountain towers above to the east, and unfolding below is a wide valley, with Curator Lake barely visible in a perched basin on the north edge, and The Notch directly above the lake. The Notch often holds snow well into the summer, so take a good look from here and anticipate what’s in store for crossing it. From Big Shovel Pass the trail stays at about the same elevation, making a traverse above the valley on a bare south-facing slope. It dips down slightly before going back up to Curator Lake. Where it dips is the junction for Curator Camp (km 20.3), which is about 100 m down and 1 km along a switchbacking side trail. Curator is a spacious camp among the trees down in the valley. Its aesthetics as well as location approximately midway along the Skyline make it a popular camp, despite the detour required to reach it. Curator Camp to Signal Mountain Ascend back to the main trail from Curator Camp then a bit further to Curator Lake, where the trail levels out briefly. Take time to enjoy the views and stare down The Notch that lies dead ahead. When you are ready, tackle the climb to The Notch (km 22). This is the highest point along the trail, at 2511 m, and crossing it requires hiking through snow at nearly any time of year. Hit it early in the day if possible so the snow is firmer and easier to negotiate. The view from The Notch is well worth the work. You’ll earn the broadest view yet, with peaks to the east, west, and south all visible. But just wait, it gets even better. The section beyond The Notch is the true “skyline” of the trail. It follows a high ridgeline void of vegetation, with nothing but wide open panoramas all around. To the south you can see the next range across the Athabasca River Valley, which includes the snow-streaked hulk of Mt. Edith Cavell. To the north is a broad, green basin with The Watchtower peak presiding proudly overhead. On a clear day you can see Mt. Robson, highest point in the Canadian Rockies, in the distance straight ahead. This traverse is relatively easy walking, sloping downward before taking wide switchbacks into the next valley. This is the forested basin below Mt. Tekarra, which rises in sheer cliffs and rugged pinnacles to the west. Tekarra Camp (km 30.4) is in the bottom. This section requires many stream crossings and winding through dense forest. The trail again turns uphill to exit the valley and makes a rolling traverse across a sparsely treed hillside toward Signal Camp (km 35.7) and the final dip back below treeline. From Signal, it’s all downhill through the forest along a gravel road to Signal Mountain Trailhead (km 44.1). Sources: https://www.inafarawayland.com/skyline-trail-jasper/ http://www.hikejasper.com/Hiking-The-Jasper-Skyline-Trail.html#!prettyPhoto http://www.cleverhiker.com/blog/skyline-trail-backpacking-guide-jasper-national-park https://www.campingcanucks.com/skyline-trail-jasper-national-park/ http://www.mapmyrun.com/ca/jasper-park-lodge-alberta/skyline-trail-route-1485664 Written by Jesse Weber
plotted
Brazeau Loop
View details for this item.
plotted
North Cascades High Route
View details for this item.
plotted
The Glacier Peak High Route
View details for this item.
plotted
Rexford to Lindeman
View details for this item.
plotted
Woodbury Silver Spray Traverse
View details for this item.
plotted
Alpine Lakes High Route
View details for this item.
plotted
Wedgemount 5 Peaks Traverse
GPX From Julian Larsen "I am not hiking any more this year. After nearly collapsing from lack of electrolytes/food and heat exhaustion on the 4th peak (Parkhurst) I somehow pulled through to do the last peak (Rethel) and then after some stumbling and near collapses right before hitting the trail again I went into auto-pilot and sprinted the whole Wedgemount lake descent." https://www.strava.com/activities/15587805779?utm_source=ios_share&utm_medium=social&share_sig=92AB0D5F1771278805&_branch_match_id=1522453505920715887&_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAA8soKSkottLXLy4pSixL1EssKNDLyczL1k8sD4yKMgpx9jdIsq8rSk1LLSrKzEuPTyrKLy9OLbJ1zijKz00FABtM8f09AAAA