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Jeep Hiking up Cloudburst Mountain

After reading the new "Scrambles in Southwestern BC" book I thought I'd try author Matt Gunn's approach route to this scenic, short, easy but somewhat bushy (lower down) peak. I'm not sure if in the end I actually followed the logging road route described in the book but what I did cut off at least half an hour of bush thrashing. In the end the other side (highway 99) route is probably a faster route door from Vancouver (since the drive is faster), but it WAS fun to avoid some of the bush on the way up. In the end it took me only about an hour and a half to the summit, 1 hour of which was highly enjoyable easy scrambling.
The Squamish River valley
The Squamish River valley
The jeep posed at the end of its hike
The jeep posed at the end of its "hike"
Out of the bush and onto my regular route...
Out of the bush and onto my regular route...
up the rocky basin....
up the rocky basin....
View of Cloudburst's subsidairy peak
View of Cloudburst's subsidairy peak
Getting close to the summit 1
Getting close to the summit 1
Getting close to the summit 2
Getting close to the summit 2
Tricouni Peak area from the summit
Tricouni Peak area from the summit
Garibaldi from the summit
Garibaldi from the summit
The last of the ice bergs
The last of the "ice bergs"
Heading back down
Heading back down
Just the Jeep Hiking left
Just the "Jeep Hiking" left