& Brohm Ridge
In Attendance:
Chris - Ford Bronco (blue)
Doug - Jeep Commanche (red)
Yasu - Jeep TJ (red)
Jason - Toyota (black)
Harvey & ? - Ford F150 (black/grey)
Dave - Honda ATV (red)
Barry - Ford Ranger (silver)
Tracy & ? - Ford Bronco (blue/tan)
Inder & ? - Ford Explorer (tan)
Last week at work Yasu mentioned that he was taking a group of
"stockers" up to Starvation Lake, and invited me to come along. Of
course I said yes. The weather was mixed, supposed to be cloudy with a
bit of sun and 40% chance of rain turned out to be a nice dry day (to
dry at times) with lots of sun. We met at the White Spot in West Van
for breakfast where I ran into some friends
that were heading up to the Hut Lakes. I mentioned that we were going
to
Starvation Lake and that they should come along. After breakfast Barry,
Tracy,
Inder and there friends took off and said they would meet up with us in
Squamish.
Our group of 5 trucks left (only 1 stock truck) West Van at
around
10am and proceeded to the Petro-Canada station just North of Squamish.
The
other 3 trucks saw us drive through town and caught up with us. After a
few
of us fueled up we headed North for a bit to a parking lot on the side
of
the highway where we aired down and walked the first part of that
trail,
as it is right off the highway and could be dangerous with the traffic
that
goes by. After going over our plan of attack we proceeded one by one
across
the highway, trying our best not to disrupt traffic. Once we all had
made
it "into" the trail we continued on, with no major obstacles. There was
a
large cross ditch that I gracefully dragged my bumper all the way
through,
but nobody had any troubles getting across.
Yasu climbs up onto a rock ledge
overlooking the lake.
Yasu climbs up onto a rock ledge
overlooking the lake.
Starvation Lake.
Starvation Lake.
Tracy takes a shot.
Tracy takes a shot.
Notice the custom bent TTB arms. Barry and
Inder also run this set up.
Barry coming down the steps.
Barry coming down the steps.
Way to steep for me.
But not for Yasu. I think it was just about
30 degrees on the clinometer.
The pictures start to lack a bit as I just didn't feel like grabbing
my camera each time we stopped. We continued around the lake and
towards the railroad tracks to check out obstacle that blocked the
trail. After only about
10 minutes we parked and walked across the railroad tracks. One of the
steel
polls that was buried in the rock pile had be taken down and the pile
on
the trail was only wide enough for a Samurai or Jeep with rock sliders
and
a decent amount of lift, so we all agreed that none of us really wanted
to
try the crossing. We turned around and headed back up to the highway.
The
rock steps were going to be a bit tricky for the open diff trucks.
Everybody made it up with a bit of work. I got really lucky and walked
right up with a minor bounce and barely any slipping. Once back to the
highway we had two people on the highway watching for traffic as we
climbed "out of the trail". We aired up and people started to leave.
Dave, Yasu, Doug and myself decided to head up Brohm Ridge and check
out the view.
A nice view of Squamish from about 4000'.
A nice view of Squamish from about 4000'.
Just before this corner we passed a guy with
a snowmobile in the back of his truck.
This was the end of the line. At a mere 4600'
the snow was impassible, even for the quad.
Here Yasu gives it a try.
Dave gives it a try.
Then Doug gets a good run at it.
All in all it was a fun day, although it turned out to be a bit
longer than I expected. I didn't get home until just after 10:00 pm.
Thanks to all that came out.