[MCR] Silver Spray Hut / Kokanee Glacier Park

This info is a bit old now, but Aug. 13-16, fellow guides Albi Sole, Sharon Wood and myself guided a large group on climbing, scrambling and hiking objectives out of the Silver Spray hut on the east side of Kokanee Park. 

 

The trail was entirely snow free all the way to the hut which has received some nice new upgrades.  All the woodpecker holes have been filled and the entire exterior has a nice new coat of paint.  New rock walls were built to protect the foundation, new foamies are in place, and the kitchen has been well stocked with new dishware, cookware, and sink plugs!  A HUGE thanks to the Friends of West Kootenay Parks http://fwkp.kics.bc.ca/ and Earl Takahashi and the ACC who apparently also added new foamies and other hut upgrades to the Woodbury Hut!

 

On Aug. 14 our group did a complete traverse of the 3 summits of Cabin Peak and Mt. McQuarrie in beautiful weather.  On the 15th we were hammered with strong winds and snow with hut temps still at +1.5C by 10am but one group was still able to climb the snow couloir beside the Sunrise Prow under mixed conditions and then descend a small unmapped pocket glacier on the north side of Sunrise Mountain and circumnavigate the peak on the east to regain the hut.  By the 16th all new snow from the storm was gone in that area.

 

 

Cheers,

Shaun King  ACMG / UIAGM Mountain Guide

Mountain Sense Guiding & Instruction

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