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plan was to hike right up to black tusk but when i read the snow report i read it as 2 feet of snow and not 2 metres, which is a significant difference when you’re wearing a pair of trainers and spending the night there. had to employ the old carrier bag trick for day 2.

this is the barrier, a lava dam below garibaldi lake. should the unstable rock collapse it would release the lakes above which would potentially destroy squamish and other downstream villages. wikipedia told me this.

camped below black tusk at taylor meadows. not much sign of meadow-ness but a good view of the tusk. this being the longest day of the year it seemed to stay light out late into the night.

can’t say i was too thrilled by this crossing. ice on wet wood? may as well cover that walkway in banana skins.

garibaldi lake, still ice covered except for this small patch. the approach to the lake felt very much like cougar country, especially as we were following a trail of cat-like imprints for a good stretch of it.

luxuries eh?