hiking chilcotin mountains in british columbia, canada with Sea to Sky Expeditions

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Our guides carry most of group equipment thus reducing the weight you need to carry.
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South Chilcotin Range
South Chilcotin - Spruce Lake
Canadian Wildlife

CHILCOTINS ITINERARY

A complete itinerary along with maps, clothing and equipment list, will be issued upon registration.

Included:  Transportation from the point of origin and return, national park user fees, camping fees, cooking gear, camp stoves, tents, meal preparations, tarps, major first aid supplies, meals/snacks/beverages on the expedition, emergency radio or satellite phone, and professional guides.

Excluded:  Transportation to point of origin, transfers, accommodation and food other than included in the itinerary, gratuities, and personal equipment.

Meals:  All meals while on the backpacking portion of the trip.

Day 0:  Arrival in Vancouver. This denotes the day or days spent in Vancouver before the listed start date of the trip.

Day 1:  We will leave Vancouver for our five hour drive to our starting point, north of Pemberton. The drive, along Howe Sound and the Coast Mountains, is an extremely scenic one. We will stop at Whistler, renowned ski resort for lunch. We will then enjoy a scenic floatplane ride to Warner Lake and then make our way to Trigger Lake.

Day 2:  Today, we will enjoy an amazing day-hike up to Deer Pass. The way up and down is a mix of forest, grassland and wildflowers growing alongside the small creeks. Deer Pass is a window between two mountain ranges - in one direction lie the snow-covered Coast Mountain Range and in the other the rust and ochre colours of the interior.

Day 3:  Spruce Lake is our destination today. We will pass by Hummingbird Lake and then traverse some unique grasslands, mixed with whispering Aspen trees and lots of flowers.

Day 4:  We use today as another great day-hiking opportunity as we climb the hills behind Spruce Lake. The view at the top offers a fantastic taste of the surrounding lands. And of course there just might be some more wildflowers along the way!

Day 5:  Today (with lighter food bags!) we climb up and over Windy Pass into the High Country. We have a couple of options for camp tonight; we might go over a second pass to Taylor Basin or we might stay in the Eldorado Basin in an Alpine meadow. These upper meadows give us a second chance at seeing wildflowers if they have already bloomed at lower elevations.

Day 6: Today, our last full day in the area, we will combine moving to our last camp with a ridgeline hike in the afternoon.

Day 7:  Our final morning hike will take us down, down, down towards our van and the drive back to Vancouver .

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