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koots_roots wrote:
great pics and thanks for the stoke! i am so looking forward to getting to those spots.
which was your favorite lookout and hike-a-bike?
a few couple questions for the ones on the list still:
re: horseshoe glacier - how far a hike is it to the glacier from where you get ditch the bikes? been up jumbo but i want a closer look at this glacier. there looks like some opportunity to scramble around or on the glacier.
kootenay joe looks like an interesting spot. is it rough ride up say for a klr? looks steepish with lots of switchbacks. any deadfall or windfall or signs of either. on the map there is a road that goes down the other side of the plateau there towards carney creek, did you check this out?
lavina looks like a nice vantage point....is there a fire lookout up there?
thanks!:dr:
Wow, tough questions, because every day was awesome! For LO's I'm thinking Lavina. Bike-a-hikes... even tougher... all worth doing!! Kootenay Joe was the roughest ride up. I'm not too great at that stuff but my buddies loved it just fine. Someone is keeping it open. The road continues down into carney creek as you guessed. It appears to be used by 4 wheelers but where we stopped is the designated wilderness boundary and no mechanized vehicles are supposed to go beyond, I think. Anyway, it looked very enticing to say the least!
As for horseshoe glacier, techically we may have done an un-named (or unknown named) glacier to it's south, but they are in the same spot and my maps did not tell me what was what... but you ride to the end of the road, park, and you're on the trail to the glacier. It took 1 1/2 hrs to hike to where we turned back.
Yes, Lavina lookout is still there, but no longer occupied. My Dad was the LO guy there for many years when I was very small. We hiked up in the summers to visit as there was no road then. Then there was a fire and a fire bomber missed and took out the lookout. This current lookout is the one that was re-built.
