Howe Sound Crest Trail &![Go to Slide Show](../BlankSlides.gif)
Black Mountain.
It was a beautiful Sunday and we had to go for a hike. I've done
the Howe Sound Crest Trail before with Kevin Stanley so I knew it would
be a good trip. The trail is funny - it stars with some of the most
beautiful views and then goes into the forest for a long period of time.
![Cliché shot](ClicheShotSm.jpg)
The first view before you enter the trail proper is beautiful and so
widely photographed it's almost cliché. You continue along
the ridge and into the forest. A few minutes in you find a map shelter
and glorious view of the lions.
![Map Shelter](MapShelterSm.jpg)
![Lions](LionsSm.jpg)
And from there the trail went down hill. Another few minuets into
the trail, a tree has fallen across the trail adding a little challenge.
The tree had been their a few weeks and probably fell because the soil
supporting the roots had been water logged. A few minutes later,
an even larger obstacle - a snow ridge.
![Tree Down](TreeDownSm.jpg)
![Ice Canyon](IceCanyonSm.jpg)
The snow that made up the ridge is from last year - it's lasted all
summer. Because of some poor footwear and the possibility of a fall
we decided not to risk going further - we turned around and went back.
Turning back, you are treated to another spectacular view of Howe sound.
![View of Howe Sound](ViewOfHoweSoundSm.jpg)
Getting back to the ski area we walked down to the village, had lunch
and decided to hike up Black Mountain.
![Steaming Logs](SteamingLogsSm.jpg)
Black mountain is the smaller of the two mountain in
Cypress
Provincial Park. Hiking up is literally hiking up a wide road.
![Climbing Black Mt.](ClimbingBlackSm.jpg)
Once you reach the top of mountain (ski lift) you can towards the Vancouver
side of the mountain. Down a gully, and onto the next hill you reach
the lakes area of the mountain.
![Lake on Black Mountain](LakeOnBlackSm.jpg)
From this glorious lake, its a 5 minute walk to the top. Once
at the top we paused for pictures, sent an e-mail to Mark and then started
the cold hike back.
![Top of Black Mountain](ToOfBlackSm.jpg)
![Pager To Mark](PagerToMarkSm.jpg)
A few minutes down (past a long steep skating rink) we came to this
sweeping vista. (This is a five pictures seamed together.)
This seemed a fitting end to a great day of hiking.
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