Wed, Jun 15 2022 - Grass Ridge & Gunnery Creek EXPLORATORY (View Original Event Details)
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Steve B, Susan K
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| Participants: | | Steve B, Ruth B, LauraLee B, Andrew Billings, Patrick B, Mary M, Siri M |
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Write Up:When we parked at Sentinel Day Use Area I looked up at Grass Ridge and
thought “Holy cr*p, how are we ever going to get up there?” Then
someone said “Let’s just start walking and see what happens.”
Following various game trails for 500 meters we were soon up the steep
slope to a pleasant and scenic ridge walk on a good trail for the next
3 ˝ km. From the ridge we had fantastic views of Gunnery Mountain and
Holy Cross Mountain to the west and Fir Creek Ridge and the Bull Creek
Hills to the east.
We had lunch with great views before descending to the Gunnery Creek
trail which we followed back out to the road. The weather was perfect
for hiking. The trail conditions were excellent. The seven hardy
hikers were thrilled with the adventure to boldly go where perhaps no
weekend hiker has gone before. Yes, fortune favours the bold. Sorry
for all the fair weather hikers who cancelled. Total distance was 8 km
and 497 meters vertical. Grass Ridge is the ridge between Gunnery
Creek and the Grass Pass trail.
