But the snow lingers for a long time in the mountains and the trails can be covered long after the we've forgotten all about winter down in the Fraser Valley. I also didn't know how well it was marked or how easy it is to follow, and I figured it would be a good idea to check it out before I hiked in with gear.
A quick apology is warranted here, as the pictures were taken before I got my new camera, and they are thus of very poor quality!
Here's a shot from google earth with plotted waypoints showing the way to the lake. Appologies again as I am only just learning how to input trails into kml and it's pretty rustic for the moment!
Everything was looking good as I started out in the late afternoon, though it was pretty hot!!! Before I knew it I was at the top of the main chair lift in the Mt Seymour ski area and approaching Brockton Point:
The trails weren't very well marked in this area, but the alpine views were pretty spectacular!
After a while I came to a trail sign that told me the Elsay lake trail split was 300 meters ahead. Not too long after that I came to this little pond, with all kinds of animal tracks in the mud surrounding it.
Are those cougar tracks?!
A little further along I came to the Elsay lake split. I took me about an hour to make it out that far. Overall the trail looked pretty clear once you got past the ski area, and I figured it would be a real breeze to get out to the lake. When I got home and plotted the trail into google earth I started to wonder however... What happens to the trail between points ET2 and the Mount Elsay Split? That's some pretty rugged terrain and I'd like to get a look at it first before I go hiking in with all my gear.
Overall it was a good, short, outing to scout out the trail, but I'll be going back later to scout a little further past ET2 and make sure I really understand and know the area.
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