Yak Peak

Stymied by the weather but desperate for exercise we made a trip to the Coquihalla to hike on Yak Peak. I think the route we chose was the climber's trail rather than any "official" hike. Parking at the Zopkios break check, we doubled back about a kilometre to an obvious cairn and dropped down to the swampy start.



The trail went straight up through classic west coast old growth to the base of the giant slab visible from the highway. A spooky place in the mist; we were pretty wary of rock fall.



We soon reached the snow line where the already gloomy morning became decidedly wetter.



The Yak-Nak col was completely snow bound with wind rolls and cornices.



The ice axes came in handy.



Here's a somewhat bedraggled looking Brenda on the the top.



A nice short hike.