Curtis Cunningham

After a 6.7 km drive west from the corner of Toronto St and Hwy 16 in Smithers, BC, you'll come to a clearing where you can either park your vehicle and walk, or continue driving 2 km up the road to a provincial recreation site.From there (starting at 757m, lat/long: 54.82574647 / -127.27593041), instead of continuing up the well marked path, walk through the trees to where you meet the stream ...

Parking in the lot normally reserved for dropping off people, start your upward journey from the base of the Prairie t-bar at the far edge of the resort's boundary. Shortly after starting, we took the path that angles off to the left, away from the t-bar line, and upwards through the trees. With a slow but steady pace, we threaded our way through the trees with the looming peak of the mountain ...