Skihash!

In my home graticule it's in the middle of a ski run at Cypress. How cool is that? I'm in 40 -111 today though, and it's off in a National Forest I can't walk to.

Possible but Not Fun Today

Today's points are in the far north of their graticules, putting Vancouver in Garibaldi Provincial Park and Surrey in untracked mountains north of Tipella, at the far end of Harrison Lake. Today's rain and single digit temperatures are just not conducive to that kind of because it's there adventure. Even Bellingham manages to be on a mountain ridge today, 2400' above Racehorse Creek.

Maybe tomorrow it will be in my living room and we can have a party.

Mt. Louis

Today's Vancouver hash is in the Earl [mountain] Range perhaps accessible via the Sunshine coast. Access would begin by putting my bike on the Horseshoe Bay bus and riding it to the ferry terminal. Then take the ferry across to Gibsons, bike approximately 85 km on a hilly but paved road to Egmont, continue another 3 km on what might be a powerline right of way or a trail to Skookumchuck Narrows Provincial Park. Ford the narrows themselves, probably requiring a boat, then hike another 8 km, probably closer to 10 km as it's all switchbacks, up the trails around Earl Creek, to finish at a point between Mt. Louis and Mt. Sumner. It's overcast and raining now, and they're calling for light rain all day.

So let me see
Bus 1:15
Ferry :40 - earliest ferry arrives at noon
85 km bike 5:00
Trail to park 1:00
Crossing water 0:30
10 km uphill hike 2:00
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TOTAL 10:25 - earliest possible arrival 8:30 p.m.

And then I'd have to get home.

So this one is sadly a no. Perhaps I'll go after a not-too-far geodash instead.

Surrey, meanwhile, is on the edge of the Mamquam Icefield in Garibaldi, another glorious trip, accessible from Squamish up the Skookum Creek. That would be worthy of taking a car, were the weather nicer.

Bellingham is in the ocean. Victoria is reachable, between Sahtlam and the Tzart-Lam Indian Reservation, possibly within the territory of the latter. I like the way Sahtlam and Tzart-Lam are undoubtedly the same Halkomelem word.

Okay: tomorrow, come Hell or High Water, I'm going to go for it.

I'm addicted

Vancouver is in the water today, but on the mud flats by the mouth of the Fraser. I have a little boat I can carry on my bicycle (okay, it's a swim toy, but it's like a boat). I have a wetsuit. I need a lifejacket, a paddle, and tide tables tell me I want to be there at 13:45.

I couldn't find my other bicycle pannier to carry the wetsuit, so I cleaned the garage instead. I found the pannier, too.