Garibaldi Park Day 2

I woke up just in time to see the sun come up from behind the mountains, my other tough hikers are still sleeping and dreaming of climbing Black Tusk

here he is - BLACK TUSK - the left over from a volcano

after a good breakfast we headed out to reach our goal to climb Black Tusk...we just hiked up through the forest and didn´t follow any trails because they don´t exist in the winter. Our tent and other stuff we left behind at Taylor Meadows (about 1500m elevation)

once we passed the treeline we had wide and open snowfields to cross and sweet views of the sourounding mountains and the glaciers

Garibaldi Lake in the valley and behind Mount Price (2049m / 6721ft.)

catching some breath before we reach Black Tusk, the last part up to the peak was crazy steep and covered with lots of snow and loose rocks. To avoid to get hit by a stone we walked in a line always on the same height. We chose to go through the ice and stone field because the other routes looked like potential avalanche slopes which we tried to avoid.

reaching Black Tusk 2315m or 7598 ft., we didn´t spend much time up there because it wasn´t easy to stay safe up there, snow and ice came falling down from the peak and the terrain was too steep to stay comfortable

after about 8 hours we came back to our campsite, we deserved our lunch...pasta, cheese sauce and polish sausage