Mt Robson Prov. Park, BC
July 30 - August 2, 2007  

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Mt Robson
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We started driving on Sunday morning to Valemount where we are going to stop at a hotel for a night. It was about 30 min drive to Mt Robson Berg Lake Trail trailhead the next morning. After we checked in, we proceed onto the trail. It's a nice stroll along a flat trail to Kinney Lake, where the Robson River runs along. There are a lot of cedar trees alongside, give us a refreshing scent.

Surprisingly, we completed the 7km section to Kinney Lake under 2 hours. Moving on, we saw where the Robson River enters Kinney Lake. So much debris got deposited at the mouth that it appeared as flat land. Climbing up the valley, we arrived at the Whitehorn campsite. Whitehorn campsite allowed us to view the first glimpse of waterfalls. Located in a deep valley, we saw waterfalls on both side of the gorge.

The following day, we climbed up along the Robson River valley, passing through 3 big waterfalls, Falls of the Pool, White Falls, and Emperor Falls. Emperor Falls was the most impressive. Massive columns of water plunged down and sprayed a thick layer mist to the surrounding. We walked next to the Falls, literally 10 feet from the waterfall.

From there we continued up to the Berg Lake area. The valley opens up and 2 massive glaciers sitting on the sides of Mt Robson. It was impressive. After setting up camps, we epxlore to the snowbird pass trail, overlooking the Robson Glacier. Sadly we saw the evidence of the retreating glacier, leaving behind nothing but rocks and sand. We scrambled to the edge of the glacier, touching the 400,000 years old ice, hearing the fast colding running icemelt flowing through underneath. That was the high point of this trip.


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We started with a full trunk of stuff, were they really necessary ?
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The swamp off the Hotel at Valemont.
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The viewing platform at the swamp, where we were eaten alive by mosquitoes.

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Sunset silouette.
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Start off our hike ... did we look fresh ?

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Wait guys !
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This big guy fell off from Mt Robson, get outta the way...

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Tip of Kinney Lake, ...
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Crossing a lot of these small foot bridges
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One person at a time, ooookay ?.

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Crossing another suspension ...
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This is the Suspension Bridge, .. must be very high water in the spring!
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This was my treat of the day.

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Inushuk by the creek ..
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crossing the suspension bridge again ... why ?

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First dinner on trail, pasta with ground beef, tomato sauce and parmasean cheese.
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Fast running creek, ...murky straight from the glacier.

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Ranger station at Whitehorn camp.
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It's a little overkilled for this bridge structure in the wilderness.
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Falls of the Pool.

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Seriouslly, dont stop !
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Can you see C & C in the picture ? In between it was the recent rockfall.

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Going to the Emperor Falls
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Up close and personal with the Emperor !!

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You have to come here and feel it yourself!

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Are you trying to .... ?
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Yes, it is running 24/7 here like this ...
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Strawberries ...

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First close view of Mt Robson.
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Meadows off Marmot camp.

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Foot brdige system to cross this creek
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Nice to meet you, Mist and Berg.

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Berg Glacier onto Berg Lake.
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THe shelter at Berg Lake camp was a nice cabin.
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Getting cloudy and windy up Mt Robson.

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Volunteers working on my tent pad at Reargard camp.
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Going into Snowbird Pass area
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1911, it was here, we cant see it from here now. What a shame !

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Robson Glacier feeding into Berg Lake.
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Little iceberg flowing around the glacier fed pools.
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A sample of the Rockies. So colourful!

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Everything here was carved by the Glacier, sand, rocks, boulders.
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Tip of Robson Glacier from higer up.
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This is how massive the Glacier is, indeed!

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Gotta see it up close & personal.
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Wow .. (btw, I didnt paste them there)

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You will realize how small you are when you get there !

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Ice fell off the Glacier, retreating 52 ft per year.

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I cant hold it anymore.

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Standing on the surface of the glacier, you will see how much rock and sand it has been chewing up all these years.
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Cravasses ...

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After the Glacier retreated, all it left was sand and dust.
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Who needs IV in a no-fire campsite? Who is that guy running around ?
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My tent setting at Reargard.

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Reflection of Mt Robson
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Good morning, Robson!

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Good morning, C & C !
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Guess what I was doing here ? I was brushing my teeth in the morning sun.

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This is just a demonstratin of how we keep ourselves clean in the backcountry.

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Trail off marmot camp.

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Leaving Berg Lake ... bye.
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He was just hiding from the brutal sun. A little shade was stilll a shade.
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Here was the marmot ...

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3 metres diving platform off Emperor Falls camp, ...just kidding

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This is the waterfront property I am talking about.

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Such as beautiful day.

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5 min later, at the same spot, ... cloud pattern changed, it's still beautiful.

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Last Glimpse of Emperor Falls.

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BITTE KEINE ABFALLE IN DE TOILETTEN ...
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After dinner .... we were ....
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Green Peace ...

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Bio-harzard here, stay away ....
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Last minute patch job, pretty good ....
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She was our war-time documentary journalist ....

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Mt Robson reflection on Kinney Lake.
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This wasn't the biggest Devil's Club leaf we saw ....
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End of our trip ... unpacking ....

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Critters got our M&M's in the car, darn it!

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But our lemon pound cake was safe !
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Mt Robson and the visitor centre.





Location: Berg Lake Trail, Mt. Robson Provincial Park, BC

Duration: 6 - 7 days

Budget: CAD ~$400.00

Distance: 42km with backpacks plus optinal day hikes

Description: Mt. Robson is one of the oldest Provincial Park. We will hiking Berg Lake Trail following a valley up to the Lake. We will be seeing sub-alpine meadows and lots of cedar trees along the trail.

We will be mostly driving for the first day, and stay either at Kamloops or closer to the Park. We will start the trail the 2nd day after we check-in with the Park Visitor Centre. It will take us 1 1/2 day to get to Berg Lake, and will use it as a base camp to do our day hikes. Hopefully, if everything goes well, we will be visiting Toboggan Falls, Snowbird Pass, Mumms Basin and Hargreaves Lake as part of this trip.

Map: Canadian 1:50,000 Topo Map, 83 E/3 Mt. Robson

Resource(s):
Mt. Robson Provincial Park website
          or Berg Lake Map and Brouchure



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