2009 - Squamish Scrambler - Year 5

Third Wave - Starter Photo ;-)

Event Report:  The 5th annual Squamish Scrambler again offered perfect conditions.  The treacherous access road was bare almost to the trail head, a first to be sure.  The forecast had called for rain and clouds with clearing in the afternoon.  Luckily, the rain didn't materialize and the cloud cover wasn't hanging too low.  The sun peaked out a few times and revealed fleeting glimpses of Diamond Head and surrounding peaks.  

It appears that the event host missed his party!  By all accounts 3 separate groups made it up the mountain.  Craig, Matt, Carrie, Betty and David J. met at the Brennan Rec Centre to wait for the Event Host, but eventually drove up to the trail head without Ryan.  Kim and Randy met up with them in the park.  Thanks to the virus that has infected half of Vancouver, Sibylle, David, Ean and Erik had a false start in Vancouver and after leaving a message for Ryan and talking to Craig on the phone to cancel their attendance, changed plans yet again and arrived at the trail head late.

Ean and David V., a participant from Switzerland, took to the trail running and managed to catch up with the rest of the gang.  Sibylle and Erik went out a bit slower to make it to the Red Heather Cabin for lunch.  They were very surprised to see Ryan stumble into the cabin all by himself.  Apparently, he missed everybody at the Brennan Rec Centre.  Kim and Randy climbed all the way to the look-out on the ridge.  David V. made it a bit further, but since this was his first snowshoe run and he started to get cold and tired, decided to turn around before getting to the cabin.  Carrie, Craig, Matt, Betty, Ean and the David J. all made it to the Elfin Lakes.  Craig commented: "We sure had a nice day. The group I was with kept me going and made me go all the way to the Elfin Lake Cabin. I'm glad I went but we were all pooped before we got back, except Matt Sessions of course!"  Way to go!

Photos: Here is a slideshow of photos from the day. If you have photos that you would like to add to this slideshow, please upload them to your Flickr Account, tag them with SquamishScrambler2009 SquamishScrambler and ClubFatAssEvents and add them to the CFA Flickr Group. Detailed instructions on how to do this are posted here.

GPS: Here is a link to GPS data for the run up to Elphin Lakes, courtesy of David Jenkins.

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Results:

* Garbage Collection