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Hike to McGillivray Pass
Thu, 2008/10/02 - 3:48pm | 
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Information for anyone contemplating hike to McGillivray Pass.
Posted on behalf of Peter Gardner
Our party of 6 made a trip to Whitecap Lodge this fall. It was our third trip in from our cabin at McGillivray Falls. We decided to fly in and hike out. Our last trip was a one-day in and out and was fairly strenuous for us old-timers. We had a nice day scrambling up Star Mountain and Telegraph Ridge, then a great evening with Ron Andrews at the lodge. Our trip out to Anderson Lake was a disaster. The trail is almost completely gone. The site of the old fire is almost impassable due to a huge blow down. It took us over an hour to negotiate the 50 meter stack of logs. The old logging road from the goldmine out to the Highline is totally washed out for about a kilometer due to a blocked culvert. I would strongly discourage anyone attempting this hike. It took us 11hours of tough slogging.
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Re: McGillivray Pass
VNHS had our annual summer camp at McGillivray Pass in 2004. The campsite was about 1.5 kilometres east of the pass, about one kilometre east of the chalet and maybe half a kilometre uptrail from the twin cabin.
Our access was from Gold Bridge via Kingdom Lake Road. This is a good road for all vehicles, and there is a good trail of 6km one way to the pass, elevation gain 4000 feet. About halfway in, the main trail passes through a very boggy area with an alternate trail climbing up above it (though the boggy area is much more interesting botanically). Some old cabins and mining remnants along the way. The trail to the pass and back makes an excellent day hike in its own right, though way too much of a day drive from Vancouver.
While there, we met one friend of Ron's who had come up from Anderson Lake and agreed that that trail is in poor condition, and at least one camper from our group hiked down to investigate and agreed. But I would highly recommend the hike in from Gold Bridge if in the area.