Fri, Jul 12 2024 - Cox Hill (View Original Event Details)
| Event Coordinator(s): |  |
Susan Ch
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| Participants: | | Susan Ch, Eliana Torres, Andrea H, Michael Bzowy, Judy Ma |
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Write Up:It was a cloudy start when we set off from the trailhead but the blue
sky soon made an appearance. Luckily it was cooler than of late so it
was a very pleasant hike up through the forest to the switchback
section below the main ridge. Only one substantial pile of snow left
on the trail but there was a well established shortcut to avoid the
deep snow. Up on the ridge there was a beautiful sea of flowers
blowing in the slightly cool wind. We walked to the rocks at the end
overlooking the Jumpingpound Summit and Ridge trails for lunch where a
very cheeky and rather large ground squirrel attempted to steal my
hiking pole! There was a whole family mooching at us but they stayed
hungry.
Stats were 13.3km with 782m of cumulative elevation gain. We had a
leisurely 30 min lunch so our total time on trail was 5 1/2 hours.
