| Glacier
Gulch Hiking Trail can be a muddy, steep hiking
experience exploring on the rock cliffs and the muddy slopes leading
up to the glacier on Hudson Bay Mountain. From the glacier the
views open right up looking out over the surrounding valley and
providing views of Hudson Bay Mountain. All hikers who enjoy the
views must break a sweat navigating an elevation gain of over
1000 metres to the glacier.
The trail follows a mostly earthy path leading
straight up for about 4-5 kilometres to various points on the
glacier. Sections of the route involve high stepping tree roots
and side stepping rockfalls. The trail is never easy and is always
challenging. And being that the route is under a glacier the trail
is very moist during most months of the year therefore very slippery.
The entire trail should take 2 -3 hours one way.
Fitness, time and destination on the glacier determine the length
of the hike. It is very important to know that most accidents
happen when coming down mountains... this is no exception plus
it is slippery and rocky. Be careful.
Once on the glacier be aware of the crevasses and
snow caves hidden under the glacier. It is always best to stay
on the path and never vary far from it when exploring the glacier.
When planning on hiking the Glacier Gulch Trail please make sure
to bring warm clothes because as the elevation goes up the temperature
comes down. It can become cold quickly.
The Glacier Gulch Trail provides all explorers
a bonus trip. An opportunity to view a freak of nature in a pair
of waterfalls. From the gulch trail or as a short detour hiking
trip the Twin Falls can
be seen crashing to the ground. The short trail to the Twin Waterfalls
are accessed from the same parking lot as the Glacier Gulch Trail.
At the recreation site where the parking lot is
located there is a fire pit, creek and picnic area under the trees.
From the parking lot take the main trail to Twin Falls, A short
few hundred metres ahead on your left is the trailhead up to the
glacier.
Contact information for
the local Smithers, BC accommodations, tours, guides, golf
courses, attractions, eco activities, artists, transportation
companies, realtors, etc. are posted under the links listed
to your right. =) |
How to
get to the
Glacier Gulch Trail: Travel Highway 16 west of
Smithers, British Columbia, Canada for about 4 kilometres and
take a left. Follow the signs to "Glacier Gulch and Twin
Falls". Turn left from Hwy 16 onto Lake Kathlyn Road. Continue
driving crossing over the railway tracks and turning left on to
Glacier Gulch Road. The recreation site and parking lot is ahead.
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